# hnlinks

> Browse links on a HackerNews thread, fast!

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `hnlinks`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** dit7ya
- **Category:** feeds-news-blogging,appearance
- **Daily users:** 1
- **Rating:** 5.00 / 5 (1 ratings)
- **Version:** 0.4.1
- **Last updated:** 2021-04-22
- **First published:** 2020-09-24
- **Size:** 17 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-10
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/hnlinks/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/dit7ya/hnlinks/](https://github.com/dit7ya/hnlinks/)

## Description

hnlinks is a Firefox add-on that enhances your browsing experience on HackerNews by providing a sidebar to easily navigate external links in comment threads. It also allows you to see if a link has been posted as a HackerNews story before.

## Rankings

- #78,248 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `*://hn.algolia.com/api/*`

### Content script matches

- `news.ycombinator.com`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Low risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low 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/hnlinks)