# Hacker News preview

> Preview hacker news posts

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `hacker-news-preview`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Mustakim
- **Category:** feeds-news-blogging,privacy-security,social-communication
- **Version:** 0.0.1
- **Last updated:** 2023-01-17
- **First published:** 2023-01-16
- **Size:** 762 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-10
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/hacker-news-preview/)

## Description

Hacker News preview is a Firefox add-on that allows users to see a preview of articles on Hacker News without having to navigate to the website. It provides a privacy-friendly alternative for users to determine their interest in an article before visiting the actual website.

## Rankings

- #132,476 — Overall
- #235 — preview

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

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

### 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/hacker-news-preview)