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

Users: 497 ▲ 15
Rating: 5.00 (7)
Version: 1.12 (Last updated: 2018-02-27)
Creation date: 2018-02-27
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Size: 124.93K

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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

Beautiful. Been using this theme for months now. Makes the angry orange site less angry and more pink
by Connor Elsea, 2018-06-10

10/10 just what hacker news needs
by Avi Romanoff, 2018-01-04
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Extension 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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