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Easy for Hacker News

by harrispjose · Functionality & UI
Manifest V3 Free
View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 15 Oct 2026

A clean, readable UI for Hacker News.

Users
8
+1 in 30 days
Rating
5.0 / 5
unchanged in 30 days
Ratings
1
0 in 30 days
Store rank
#207K
#173K among extensions
Version
1.0.2
updated 4 Sep 2026

Users

monthly, 2 months
048Aug 2026Oct 2026Oct 2026
Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 8 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

monthly, 2 months
001Aug 2026Oct 2026Oct 2026
Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 1 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month

The Chrome Web Store rounds user counts down to the leading digit, so the user line moves in steps. The ratings count is exact and is the better signal of real adoption.

About Easy for Hacker News

Easy for Hacker News redesigns news.ycombinator.com in place. There's no separate app, account, or paid tier. Open Hacker News and Easy takes over the page. What changes • Story lists: Top, New, Best, Ask, Show and Jobs, with the domain, score, author, age and comment count on every row. • Comment threads: comfortable line lengths, clear nesting and one-click collapse. • New comment markers: comments added since you last opened a thread get a dot in the margin. The “N new” button steps through them. • Voting and replies: sign in to Hacker News as usual to upvote and reply inline. • User profiles: About, Stories, Comments and Favorites, plus Upvoted and Hidden on your own profile. • Display settings: light, dark or system theme; sans or serif font; font size and density. Changes apply to every open HN tab. • Keyboard navigation: j / k to move, o or Enter to open, c for comments. How it works Easy reads the HTML Hacker News already sent to the page, then renders its own interface. It doesn't call a separate API or send the page through another server. Voting and replies use Hacker News's own links and forms with your existing session. Easy has no analytics, tracking or account of its own. Nothing is sent anywhere except Hacker News when you use its own features. Free and open source: https://github.com/harrisjose/easyhn

Growth

WindowUsersChangeRatingsRating
7 days0+0.0%00.00
30 days+1+14.3%00.00

Version history

2 versions recorded
1.0.24 Sep 2026
1.0.112 Aug 2026

Details

Category
Functionality & UI
First seen
12 Aug 2026
Size
172 KB
Languages
en
Pricing
Free
Privacy policy
easyhn.harrisjose.com
Support
easyhn.harrisjose.com
Extension ID
lchfcbigmcnnllgpiifdmpfpbbkfkjie

Permissions and risk

Moderate riskimpact 1, likelihood 3
Permissions
storage
Site access
*://news.ycombinator.com/*

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