# Hacker News Theme Switcher

> Switch between light and dark themes on Hacker News.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `hacker-news-theme-switcher`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** yaghrutlu
- **Category:** appearance
- **Daily users:** 2
- **Version:** 1.1.0
- **Last updated:** 2025-08-13
- **First published:** 2025-08-09
- **Size:** 17 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-12
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/hacker-news-theme-switcher/)

## Description

Adds a small theme dropdown on Hacker News so you can toggle Light/Dark anytime. Your pick is saved and applied instantly. No trackers or ads. Extremely lightweight and open source.

## Rankings

- #67,331 — Overall
- #112 — hacker

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`

### 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-theme-switcher)