# hn-zen

> Add Hacker News & Lobsters comments to browser history when clicking on link, to encourage reading articles first

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `hn-zen`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** dimtion
- **Category:** appearance
- **Version:** 0.1
- **Last updated:** 2023-05-27
- **First published:** 2023-05-26
- **Size:** 19 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-10
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/hn-zen/)

## Description

hn-zen is a Firefox add-on that enhances your reading experience on Hacker News & Lobsters. It loads comments before articles, provides options to hide points and comment counts, and promotes a zen experience of reading.

## Rankings

- #138,368 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`

### Host permissions

- `*://news.ycombinator.com/*`
- `*://lobste.rs/*`

### Content script matches

- `news.ycombinator.com`
- `lobste.rs`

## 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-zen)