Hackers New

Name: Hackers New
Author: Rodney Folz

By: Rodney Folz

Show items from HN's /newest page on the Hacker News front page.

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A simple browser extension for Firefox and Chrome that adds items from HN's /newest page to the front page. These stories are chosen at random from /newest and get re-chosen every fifteen minutes. You can upvote them from the front page just like you would from /newest.

(The highlight in the screenshot is edited to draw attention to the new story; this extension doesn't change how HN is styled.)

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Explanation of permissions:

Host permissions: hacker-news.firebaseio.com and news.ycombinator.com. The first host is required to access the HN api and fetch new stories. The second host is required to display new stories on the front page.

alarms: Required to trigger the periodic fetching of new stories.

storage: Required to persist data for new stories after we fetch them, so that displaying them on the front page is snappy.

I take privacy seriously and your data is never shared with anyone. The extension is open-source at https://github.com/folz/hackers-new so that you can verify this claim.

User Growth & Download Statistics

Add-on

By:

Rodney Folz

Daily users:

Version:

1.0.6resigned1 Last updated: 2024-04-25

Version code:

5727368

Creation date:

2016-11-14

Risk:

Permissions:

*://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/*
*://news.ycombinator.com/*
alarms
storage

Content scripts matches:

news.ycombinator.com

Size:

29.94KB

URLs:

Website

Full description:

Source:

Firefox Add-ons Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-19

Compare stats and ranking:

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# 137,444 ▲ 3,033

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Developed by:

Rodney Folz

Firefox Add-ons Store

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/hackers-new/

Website:

https://github.com/folz/hackers-new/issues

Is Hackers New Safe?

Risk impact

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Hackers New requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

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Risk likelihood

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Hackers New is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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