# Check HN

> Checks Hacker News for submissions on the current url or website in order to read the discussions.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/check-hn](https://chrome-stats.com/d/check-hn)

## Overview

- **ID:** `check-hn`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** essenlive
- **Category:** social-communication
- **Daily users:** 1
- **Version:** 1.2
- **Last updated:** 2022-01-12
- **First published:** 2022-01-03
- **Size:** 21 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/check-hn/)

## Description

Check HN is a Firefox add-on that allows you to easily discover discussions on Hacker News related to the current webpage or website. It checks if the page or website has already been posted, provides links to the discussions, and even offers a direct link to post it on Hacker News if there are no results.

## Rankings

- #97,790 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Very low risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/check-hn)