hcker.news helper

Name: hcker.news helper
Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Author: hcker.news

The official companion extension for hcker.news, an alternative Hacker News frontend. Vote, favorite, flag, hide, and reply with your HN account directly on hcker.news

Overview

Firefox Add-ons Store

Daily users

7 ▲ 1

Data as of 2026-09-07

Rating:

5.00

(2)

Version:

0.6.3

Last updated: 2026-07-18

Features & Capabilities

hcker.news helper is the official companion extension for hcker.news, an alternative Hacker News interface.

Features

Upvote stories and comments, and downvote comments
Favorite, flag, and hide stories and comments, with supported actions undoable
Reply to stories and comments
See which Hacker News account is active
Open the matching hcker.news page from any Hacker News thread using the toolbar button

How to use

Log in to Hacker News in the same browser context, then open hcker.news. The extension uses your existing Hacker News session; it does not require separate account credentials.

Firefox Multi-Account Containers and private windows are supported.

Made by the creator of hcker.news. Not affiliated with Hacker News or Y Combinator.

User Growth & Download Statistics

Add-on

By:

Daily users:

Rating:

Version:

0.6.3 Last updated: 2026-07-18

Version code:

6356451

Creation date:

2026-06-16

Firefox add-on GUID:

hcker-news-helper@hcker.news

Firefox add-on numeric ID:

3026789

Firefox on Android:

Risk:

Permissions:

storage

Host permissions:

https://news.ycombinator.com/*

Content scripts matches:

hcker.news
news.ycombinator.com

Size:

48.05KB

Email:

su*****@hcker.news

Full description:

Source:

Firefox Add-ons Store

Data ingested on:

2026-09-07

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 37,895 ▲ 1,852

Other rankings

#177 in news keyword 32 ▲ 18

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Contact the developer

Chrome-Stats does not own this Firefox add-on. Please use these information below to contact the Firefox add-on developer.

Developed by:

hcker.news

Firefox Add-ons Store

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/hcker-news/

Email:

su*****@hcker.news

User Reviews

by Da*****, 2026-08-10

great extension! it didn't require any config or login, automatically picked up my active HN session.

by da*****, 2026-08-05

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Is hcker.news helper Safe?

Risk impact

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hcker.news helper requires very minimum permissions.

Risk impact analysis details

High Injects scripts into web pages, which may alter or extract site contents, resulting in a substantial risk.
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Risk likelihood

Risk likelihood measures the probability that a Firefox add-on may turn malicious. This is determined by the publisher and the Firefox add-on reputation on Firefox Add-ons Store, the amount of time the Firefox add-on has been around, and other signals about the Firefox add-on. Our algorithms are not perfect, and are subject to change as we discover new ways to detect malicious extensions. We recommend that you always exercise caution when installing a Firefox add-on.

hcker.news helper is recently added, and hasn't been around long enough for us to gather enough data to accurately assess its risk level.

Risk likelihood analysis details

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