HackerWeb

HackerWeb

A simply readable Hacker News web app

HackerWeb
What is HackerWeb?
HackerWeb is a Chrome extension designed to improve the browsing and reading experience on YCombinator's Hacker News site. Providing a clear, organized layout, it simplifies the exploration of stories and the reading of comments, making news consumption effortless and pleasant. Check the homepage and the GitHub repository for further details and updates about the project.
Stats
Users: 1,000+
Rating: 4.56 (16)
Version: 0.3 (Last updated: 2016-03-05)
Creation date: 2016-03-05
Risk impact: Very low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Size: 8.19K
URLs: Website
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Summary

A simple reader web client for YCombinator's Hacker News site (news.ycombinator.com). Specially designed to have a better layout for browsing stories and reading comments.

Homepage: http://hackerwebapp.com/ GitHub repo: http://github.com/cheeaun/hackerweb

User reviews
Really good app if you're obsessed with HN. It's clean and well designed.
by Sergey Barysiuk Sergey Barysiuk, 2014-01-16

Sweet presentation. Would love it if you added support for collapsing/expanding comment threads.
by Tina Eriksson Tina Eriksson, 2013-03-05
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Safety
Risk impact

HackerWeb is safe to use. It does not request any sensitive permissions.

Risk likelihood

HackerWeb has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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