HN Comment Saver

Name: HN Comment Saver
Author: overflowy

Save, tag, annotate, and search Hacker News comments. Self-contained Firefox extension. Local-only, full-text search, highlights nad notes, auto-backups.

Overview

Firefox Add-ons Store

Daily users

Data as of 2026-07-26

Version:

1.0.1

Last updated: 2026-07-16

Features & Capabilities

A self-contained Firefox extension that saves Hacker News comments locally, lets you tag them, and finds them again with proper full-text search: token matching with prefix + word-level typo tolerance, BM25-style ranking, exact-phrase support, and match highlighting.

User Growth & Download Statistics

Add-on

By:

overflowy

Daily users:

Version:

1.0.1 Last updated: 2026-07-16

Version code:

6353510

Creation date:

2026-07-13

Risk:

Permissions:

Host permissions:

*://news.ycombinator.com/*

Content scripts matches:

news.ycombinator.com

Size:

58.62KB

URLs:

Website

Full description:

Source:

Firefox Add-ons Store

Data ingested on:

2026-07-26

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 141,393 ▲ 1,607

Other rankings

#228 in comment keyword 28

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Developed by:

overflowy

Firefox Add-ons Store

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/hn-comment-saver/

Website:

https://github.com/overflowy/hn-comment-saver

Is HN Comment Saver Safe?

Risk impact

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HN Comment Saver requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

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

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HN Comment Saver 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 was recently updated in the past month. New updates may not be stable or safe.
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