# Hacker Space

> Replace your new tab with a random Hacker News story and a short AI summary.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `hacker-space`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Pranjal
- **Category:** feeds-news-blogging,appearance,social-communication
- **Daily users:** 1
- **Weekly downloads:** 1
- **Version:** 1.4.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-15
- **First published:** 2026-08-12
- **Size:** 24 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-07
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/hacker-space/)

## Description

Hacker Space turns every new tab into a single Hacker News story — with a short AI summary so you can decide in seconds whether it’s worth a full read.

What you get
• A random, recent HN story on each new tab
• A concise AI-written summary of the article
• Links to the original post, discussion, author, and domain
• Live points from Hacker News
• Local bookmarks with optional notes
• Light / dark / auto theme and font choices
• Toggles to show or hide points, domain, author, and summary

Privacy-first
• No accounts
• No ads or analytics SDKs
• Bookmarks, notes, and settings stay on your device
• Only talks to our summary API and the public Hacker News Firebase API

Open a new tab. Get one good story. Keep exploring.

## Rankings

- #113,302 — Overall
- #95 — hacker

## Permissions and access

### Host permissions

- `https://hn.tinkerers.space/*`
- `https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/*`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Low risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** High risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Can alter new tab settings; fairly benign but with some capability to affect user experience.
- This extension was recently updated in the past month. New updates may not be stable or safe.

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