# Hacker News, Enhanced

> Hacker News Enhanced. Like HNES, but before the restyling update

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `hne`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Mackenzie Zastrow
- **Category:** appearance
- **Daily users:** 6
- **Rating:** 4.50 / 5 (2 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.1.0.3resigned1
- **Last updated:** 2024-04-26
- **First published:** 2018-10-12
- **Size:** 166 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-05
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/hne/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/zastrowm/HNE/issues](https://github.com/zastrowm/HNE/issues)

## Description

Hacker News, Enhanced is a Firefox add-on that provides a new and improved browsing experience for Hacker News. It offers a completely new style, enhanced comment threads, easy access to all pages, and various other features to enhance your experience on the platform.

## Rankings

- #40,459 — Overall
- #56 — hacker
- #155 — news
- #189 — enhance

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `tabs`

### Content script matches

- `news.ycombinator.com`
- `news.ycombinator.net`
- `hackerne.ws`
- `news.ycombinator.org`
- `hckrnews.com`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- 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/hne)