# Hacker News filter

> Filter posts on the Hacker News.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `hn-filter`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** zeraye
- **Category:** feeds-news-blogging,search-tools
- **Daily users:** 1
- **Version:** 1.1.0
- **Last updated:** 2025-05-31
- **First published:** 2025-05-20
- **Size:** 11 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-11
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/hn-filter/)
- **Website:** [https://git.sr.ht/~jakub/hn-filter](https://git.sr.ht/~jakub/hn-filter)

## Description

Filter posts on the Hacker News using regex.

Versions:
- v1.1.0 (2025-05-31)
- v1.0.0 (2025-05-20)

You can see v1.1.0 changelog at: <a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/eb460c857c0434f08d352f84f113c9fc3496ff0ab0f798f03dcaf73646b1822f/https%3A//git.sr.ht/~jakub/hn-filter/commit/58a1a58c33774ca2f4e7459dbdc8ae094d334861" rel="nofollow">https://git.sr.ht/~jakub/hn-filter/commit/58a1a58c33774ca2f4e7459dbdc8ae094d334861</a>

Source code: <a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/8c6be3b2602bcb403f3ba21cde0be0139df9ced263727b5ae43237f885a5d5eb/https%3A//git.sr.ht/~jakub/hn-filter" rel="nofollow">https://git.sr.ht/~jakub/hn-filter</a>

If something is broken, let me know: jakub@rudnik.io

## Rankings

- #93,675 — Overall
- #129 — hacker

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

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

### 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-filter)