# HN Enhance

> Features: - Displays a military rank badge alongside every username. The rank is obtained according to the following formula: 50% Karma and 50% seniority. - A minimalist black theme that is easy to the eyes

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `hn-enhance`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Alvaro Bernal Gimeno
- **Category:** feeds-news-blogging,appearance
- **Daily users:** 9
- **Version:** 0.1.1resigned1
- **Last updated:** 2024-04-26
- **First published:** 2018-09-09
- **Size:** 80 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-10
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/hn-enhance/)
- **Website:** [https://alvarobg.com](https://alvarobg.com/)

## Description

HN Enhance is a Firefox add-on that enhances the Hacker News experience by displaying military rank badges and a minimalist black theme. The rank badges are determined based on a formula using karma and seniority. With HN Enhance, your browsing experience on Hacker News will be more visually appealing and informative.

## Rankings

- #34,957 — Overall
- #91 — enhance

## Permissions and access

### 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-enhance)