Hacker News Highlighter

A subtle indicator of popular posts on Hacker News
What is Hacker News Highlighter?
Hacker News Highlighter is a Chrome extension that adds a small indicator to show the popularity of posts on Hacker News. Stay updated with the popular posts in a subtle way.

Extension stats

Users: 80 ▲ 4
Rating: 3.67 (3)
Version: 0.7 (Last updated: 2013-03-19)
Creation date: 2013-03-19
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Size: 51.23K

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Not available on Edge
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Extension summary

This extension adds a small indicator of a post's popularity on Hacker News.


Updates:

  • Fix broken selection
  • Even leaner build
  • Loads as soon as DOM is ready.

User reviews

Use it daily, a great way to quickly view the best posts on HackerNews at any given time
by Tom Lynch, 2019-01-08
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Hacker News Highlighter requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Hacker News Highlighter has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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