# Dark Hacker News

> Dark Mode For Hacker News

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/dark-hacker-news](https://chrome-stats.com/d/dark-hacker-news)

## Overview

- **ID:** `dark-hacker-news`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Firefox user 15009516
- **Category:** appearance
- **Daily users:** 1
- **Version:** 0.1.1
- **Last updated:** 2019-05-26
- **First published:** 2019-05-26
- **Size:** 13 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-12
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/dark-hacker-news/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/ScFix/DarkHacker](https://github.com/ScFix/DarkHacker)

## Description

Dark Hacker News is a Firefox add-on that enhances the user experience by providing a dark mode for Hacker News. It offers a sleek and stylish design that is easy on the eyes, making browsing Hacker News more enjoyable. To get support or provide feedback, visit the GitHub repository.

## Rankings

- #98,371 — Overall
- #121 — hacker

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `https://news.ycombinator.com/*`

### Content script matches

- `news.ycombinator.com`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Low risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Injects scripts into web pages, which may alter or extract site contents, resulting in a substantial risk.
- 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/dark-hacker-news)