Hack the News

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

Hack the News is available to install from Chrome Web Store and for download from this page. It has 91 active users The latest version is 0.1.1, and it was published 2 years ago.

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Total download count: 3 (Only count downloads from Chrome-Stats)

Install Hack the News from Chrome Web Store

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Version	Download	Size	Download count	Timestamp
0.1.1	Sign in to download	102.29K	3	2022-02-09

How to install Hack the News from a CRX file

Option 1: The easy way (for Windows users only)

Download and run chrome-stats.exe file on your PC. This method will allow you to install Chrome extensions directly from chrome-stats.com in one click. You only need to do this once!
Type in chrome://restart in the URL bar to restart the browser for the changes to take effect.
Download and install the Hack the News CRX file

Option 2: Advanced method

Download Hack the News CRX file
NOTE: Sometimes the browser may block downloading / installing CRX file from outside the Chrome Web Store. If so, you may need to use option 1, or download the ZIP file instead.
In the URL bar, go to chrome://extensions
Enable Developer mode
Drag and drop the downloaded Hack the News CRX file into the Extensions page
When prompted, click Add extension to install Hack the News.

How to install Hack the News from a ZIP file

Download and unpack the Hack the News ZIP file to a directory of your choice.
In Chrome browser, go to chrome://extensions
Enable Developer mode.
Click on the Load Unpacked button.
Select the directory of with the unpacked Hack the News ZIP file from step 1. Hack the News is now installed on your browser.