# Y Redesign for Hacker News

> A modern Hacker News redesign

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6701998952](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6701998952)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id6701998952`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Made by Nick LLC
- **Category:** Utilities
- **Version:** 1.5 Beige mode, radial buttons
- **Last updated:** 2025-07-03
- **First published:** 2024-09-27
- **Size:** 627 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-21
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/y-redesign-for-hacker-news/id6701998952)
- **Website:** [https://madebynick.me/y-redesign](https://madebynick.me/y-redesign)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://madebynick.me/privacy](https://madebynick.me/privacy)

## Description

The modern redesign for Hacker News.

A beautiful Safari Web Extension for iOS. The goal of this extension is to maintain the simplicity of the site while improving its appearance. 

- Reader mode lets you hide the unnecessary buttons to focus on the content
- Modernized design
- Same compact text density
- Better spacing
- Better styling
- Bigger touch targets for minimizing comments
- New dark mode option
- New beige mode option

## Rankings

- #1,218,492 — Overall

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6701998952)