HNcute: A pretty pink Hacker News theme
Make HN cute!
What is HNcute: A pretty pink Hacker News theme?
HNcute: A pretty pink Hacker News theme is a Chrome extension that enhances the appearance of Hacker News with a cute and vibrant pink and purple color scheme, larger font sizes for readability, heart buttons instead of upvote buttons, and a minimalist design. It also replaces the HN logo and favicon with pink ones, and uses the Open Sans font. Check out the code on GitHub for more details.
Extension stats
By: Caroline Hermans
Users: 468
Rating: 5.00
(7)
Creation date: 2018-02-27
Manifest version: 2
Size: 124.93K
Email: ca*****@caro.io
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Extension summary
A cuter Hacker News theme. Code: https://github.com/carolinehermans/HNcute
Changes:
- Font sizes larger overall for readability
- Orange and gray color scheme -> pink and purple
- Only the most important/unread information is a dark color
- Upvote button -> heart button
- Increase font spacing
- Increase spacing between links
- Minimalist header bar
- Replace the HN logo with a pink one
- Replace the HN favicon with a pink one
- Use Open Sans instead of Verdana
User reviews
I've been using this for years. thanks!
by 
Christy Coghlan, 2022-12-29
Christy Coghlan, 2022-12-29Beautiful. Been using this theme for months now. Makes the angry orange site less angry and more pink
by 
Connor Elsea, 2018-06-10
Connor Elsea, 2018-06-1010/10 just what hacker news needs
by 
Avi Romanoff, 2018-01-04
Avi Romanoff, 2018-01-04Extension safety
Risk impact
HNcute: A pretty pink Hacker News theme requires very minimum permissions.
Risk likelihood
HNcute: A pretty pink Hacker News theme has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.
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