Refined Hacker News

Name: Refined Hacker News
Rating: 4.8095 (21 reviews)
Author: Mihir Chaturvedi (plibither8)

✨ Browser extension that adds useful features and tweaks a few stuff on Hacker News to make the experience better... without changing the look and feel.

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Features & Capabilities

Refined Hacker News is a lightweight browser extension that subtly enhances the Hacker News interface, preserving its minimalist aesthetic while adding useful features to boost your browsing experience. These small but impactful tweaks streamline navigation, improve usability, and add keyboard shortcuts, making it easier to browse items and comments.

Inspired by the popular Refined GitHub extension, it aims to improve Hacker News subtly without changing its distinctive visual style. Users are encouraged to contribute feedback to Hacker News for possible future native improvements. Discover all feature details on the project's GitHub page.

User Growth & Download Statistics

Add-on Developer Tools

By:

Mihir Chaturvedi (plibither8)

Daily users:

324 -2

Rating:

4.81

(21)

Version:

22.12.17 Last updated: 2022-12-17

Version code:

5500646

Creation date:

2019-06-01

Risk:

Permissions:

storage
history
tabs
*://news.ycombinator.com/*
*://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/v0/*
*://title.mihir.ch/*
*://wayback.now.sh/*
*://hn.algolia.com/*

Content scripts matches:

news.ycombinator.com

Size:

89.49KB

Email:

pl*****@gmail.com

URLs:

Website

Full description:

Source:

Firefox Add-ons Store

Data ingested on:

2026-07-11

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 6,290 ▼ 29

Other rankings

#16 in hacker keyword 14

#19 in define keyword 12 ▲ 1

#19 in news keyword 34

#38 in defi keyword 32 ▼ 1

#53 in hack keyword 19 ▼ 1

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Refined Hacker News (v22.12.17)

533 5.00

(7)

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Developed by:

Mihir Chaturvedi (plibither8)

Firefox Add-ons Store

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/refined-hacker-news/

Email:

pl*****@gmail.com

Website:

https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news

Permission Change History

2022-12-17: Version 22.12.15 → 22.12.17

Add Permissions: *://title.mihir.ch/*

Remove Permissions: *://url-title.now.sh/*

User Reviews

Pros

Provides essential tweaks for Hacker News
Allows easy blocking of certain features
Developer is super responsive to bug reports
Adds subtle touches to make HN easier to use
Improves user experience

Cons

Has loading issues as indicated by the spinning wheel
Extension sometimes forces links to open in a new tab
Front Page Story sorting bar not functioning well
Some features like 'Sorting by time' not working

Recent reviews

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by 远离*****, 2025-02-26

I love this addon... nicely done, thank you!

by Da*****, 2024-10-18

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Is Refined Hacker News Safe?

Risk impact

Risk impact measures the level of extra permissions an extension has access to. A low risk impact extension cannot do much harms, whereas a high risk impact extension can do a lot of damage like stealing your password, bypassing your security settings, and accessing your personal data. High risk impact extensions are not necessarily malicious. However, if they do turn malicious, they can be very harmful.

Refined Hacker News requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
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Refined Hacker News has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details

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