Hacker News Companion

Enhance Hacker News with smart navigation and AI summaries using local or cloud LLMs. Navigate easily with Vim-style shortcuts.

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Hacker News Companion

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By: George Chiramattel

Users: 45

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Rating: 5.00

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Version: 1.1.0 (Last updated: 2025-03-01)

Creation date: 2024-12-10

Permissions:

storage

Host permissions:

https://news.ycombinator.com/*
https://hn.algolia.com/*

Size: 49.21K

Email: su*****@georgeck.me

URLs: Privacy policy

Full description: See detailed description

Ranking

# 89,197 ▼ 817

Other rankings

#16801 in Tools ▼ 261 #46 in local processing keyword 6 ▼ 7 #72 in hacker keyword 18 ▲ 4 #117 in author keyword 9 ▼ 6 #263 in navigation keyword 12 ▲ 5

Other platforms

Not available on Android

Not available on Firefox

Not available on Edge

User reviews

As someone trying to build a habit of reading HN, HN companion has already made navigating and reading through many posts so much easier! The AI summarization is especially helpful to speed up this process.

Liza George, 2025-01-11

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Hacker News Companion requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

High Injects scripts into web pages, which may alter or extract site contents, resulting in a substantial risk.
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Risk likelihood

We don't have sufficient data to confidently determine the risk likelihood of Hacker News Companion. Use it at your own risk.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension was recently updated in the past month. New updates may not be stable or safe.
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