Hackernews Userscript

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Hackernews Userscript

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Extension stats

Users: 10
-6
Version: 1.0.0 (Last updated: 2024-01-29)
Creation date: 2024-01-29
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • declarativeNetRequest
Host permissions:
  • *://news.ycombinator.com/*
Size: 401.41K

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Extension summary

Hackernews Userscript is a browser extension that enhances user experience while browsing https://news.ycombinator.com.

It provides features which allow users to filter submissions based on a text or a regular expression:

  • Filter submissions by text in title or link
  • Filter comments by text
  • Hide submissions and comments from a specific user
  • Get visual feedback on how many items were hidden by a particular filter
  • Toggle hide of all the children for a hidden parent comment
  • Show [hidden] placeholder in place of hidden items
  • Hide an individual submission, without auto-loading the next one. You can hide everything on the page, and it will stay blank!

Extension safety

Risk impact

Hackernews Userscript requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Hackernews Userscript is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this extension.

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