# Improve HN

> Adds additional functionality to Hacker News. Dark theme (and other style improvements), comment hiding, new comment counter.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `improve-hn`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Andrius
- **Category:** appearance,alerts-updates
- **Daily users:** 1
- **Version:** 1.0.2resigned1
- **Last updated:** 2024-04-25
- **First published:** 2016-05-22
- **Size:** 43 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-10
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/improve-hn/)

## Description

Improve HN is a Firefox add-on that adds additional functionality to Hacker News. It includes a dark theme, comment hiding, new comment counter, specific coloring for 'Ask HN' and 'Show HN' items, and more.

## Rankings

- #115,933 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Content script matches

- `news.ycombinator.com`

## 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/improve-hn)