HN Enhance

An extension that enhances news.ycombinator website.

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HN Enhance is a Chrome extension designed to improve your experience on the Hacker News (news.ycombinator) website. It adds a unique military rank badge next to each username, calculated based on the user's Karma-to-Seniority ratio, giving a clear visual indicator of reputation and engagement. Additionally, it features a minimalist black theme that reduces eye strain and provides a sleek, modern look for prolonged reading sessions. Enhance your browsing experience with concise visual cues and an easy-on-the-eyes color scheme.

Extension Productivity Programming News & Magazines

By:: Alvaro Bernal G
Users:: 55 -2
Rating:: 4.50

(8)
Version:: 0.1.0 Last updated: 2019-04-04
Creation date:: 2019-04-04
Risk:: Low risk impact Low risk likelihood
Size:: 74.79KB
Email:: al*****@gmail.com
Full description:: See detailed description
Source:: Chrome Web Store
Data ingested on:: 2025-07-17

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# 87,126 ▼ 1,128

Other rankings

#211 in News & Weather ▼ 1 #115 in enhance keyword 48 ▼ 19

User reviews

It is great, but currently the links are black which is hard to see.

Ca*****, 2021-10-21

Currently broken. Links are rendered in black text on dark grey background.

Ol*****, 2021-10-19

Does exactly what I wanted it to!

Na*****, 2019-12-25

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Extension safety

Risk impact

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HN Enhance requires very minimum permissions.

Risk impact analysis details

High Injects scripts into web pages, which may alter or extract site contents, resulting in a substantial risk.

Risk likelihood

Risk likelihood measures the probability that a Chrome extension may turn malicious. This is determined by the publisher and the Chrome extension reputation on Chrome Web Store, the amount of time the Chrome extension has been around, and other signals about the Chrome extension. Our algorithms are not perfect, and are subject to change as we discover new ways to detect malicious extensions. We recommend that you always exercise caution when installing a Chrome extension.

HN Enhance has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details

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