Hacker News in New Tab

Hacker News in New Tab for quick access to the latest stories.

Hacker News in New Tab - Chrome Extension

Hacker News in New Tab is a small and light Chrome extension that replaces your New Tab page with the top stories from Y Combinator's Hacker News. Stay up-to-date with the latest news and enjoy a night mode for comfortable reading.

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Extension stats

By: Mateusz Janusz

Users: 76

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Rating: 5.00

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Version: 1.1.0 (Last updated: 2021-08-30)

Creation date: 2018-09-23

Permissions:

storage

Size: 42.84K

Email: ma*****@gmail.com

Full description: See detailed description

Ranking

# 75,867 ▼ 1,600

Other rankings

#464 in News & Weather ▲ 23 #102 in hacker keyword 18 ▼ 47

Other platforms

Not available on Android

Not available on Firefox

Not available on Edge

User reviews

Basically the only hacker news new tab page that doesn't look like it was made in 2006 and works with dark mode. Excited to be less than 10% of the user base one day. This extension is going places.

Aayush Gupta, 2019-09-17

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Hacker News in New Tab requires very minimum permissions.

Risk impact analysis details

Medium Can alter new tab settings; fairly benign but with some capability to affect user experience.
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Risk likelihood

We don't have sufficient data to confidently determine the risk likelihood of Hacker News in New Tab. Use it at your own risk.

Risk likelihood analysis details

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