Hack the News

A Hacker News icon that notifies you when the top story changes.

Hack the News - Get Notified of Top Story Changes

Hack the News is a Chrome extension called 'Hack the News' that displays a Hacker News icon on your browser. It changes color whenever the top story on Hacker News changes. Stay updated with the latest top stories with this handy Chrome extension.

Extension stats

By: github.com/robbiewain

Users: 91

Rating: 4.75

Version: 0.1.1 (Last updated: 2017-12-07)

Creation date: 2017-12-06

Permissions:

storage

Size: 103.42K

Full description: See detailed description

Ranking

# 74,291 ▼ 287

Other rankings

#205 in News & Weather ▲ 2 #23 in hack keyword 18 ▲ 4 #164 in hacker keyword 18 ▲ 2 #248 in story keyword 19 ▲

Other platforms

Not available on Android

Not available on Firefox

Not available on Edge

User reviews

I used to frequent HN, until I took an arrow to the knee. This extension brings HN to me, bestest extension eva!

by

joseph ni, 2015-06-20

takes away the time sink of checking HN all the time

by

Andy Cernera, 2015-06-16

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Hack the News does not require any sensitive permissions.

Risk impact analysis details

Low Request access to the following domains:

Risk likelihood

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

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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