# HN Card

> HN Card adds profile overlays to Hacker News usernames

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/hn-card](https://chrome-stats.com/d/hn-card)

## Overview

- **ID:** `hn-card`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Chaos Coder
- **Category:** feeds-news-blogging,appearance
- **Version:** 1.3
- **Last updated:** 2019-12-22
- **First published:** 2019-12-18
- **Size:** 285 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-10
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/hn-card/)

## Description

HN Card is a Firefox add-on that adds profile overlays to Hacker News usernames. Simply hover over a username to see their bio or profile. Enhance your Hacker News experience with HN Card!

## Rankings

- #146,575 — Overall
- #219 — card

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `http://news.ycombinator.com/*`
- `https://news.ycombinator.com/*`

### 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/hn-card)