# HN Keyboard Boost

> Minimal keyboard navigation for Hacker News.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `hn-keyboard-boost`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Jesse Soo
- **Category:** other
- **Daily users:** 1
- **Version:** 0.1.2
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-30
- **First published:** 2026-06-24
- **Size:** 17 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-05
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/hn-keyboard-boost/)

## Description

HN Keyboard Boost adds lightweight keyboard navigation to Hacker News.

Browse stories and comments without leaving the keyboard:
- j / k: next / previous item
- h / l: parent / child comment
- J / K: next / previous sibling comment
- [ / ]: previous / next top-level thread
- x: collapse / expand comments
- o: open story or comments
- c: open comments
- r: reply
- v: upvote
- m: next page
- ?: show help

## Rankings

- #103,741 — Overall
- #100 — keyboard
- #115 — boost

## Permissions and access

### Content script matches

- `news.ycombinator.com`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Low risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** High 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-keyboard-boost)