Hacker News AI Reading Assistant

Hacker News AI Reading Assistant is a no-account browser extension for reading and organizing Hacker News in your chosen target language using your own LLM API key. Your key stays on your device and never passes through the developer's server. Features • Side-panel reading: browse Top, New, Best, Ask, and Show without opening the HN site first • Target languages: choose Simplified or Traditional Chinese, English, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, and more, or enter another language • Title translation: auto or manual batch translation with a one-tap translation/original toggle • Thread translation: read and translate top comments in the built-in reader, with collapsible originals • Article translation: fetches and translates linked articles in a clean magazine-style reader • Translate this page: translate the body of any page you're viewing into the selected language, in place • Bookmarks and notes: save any story and manage reading notes in a dedicated library • Ask AI anywhere: use the floating assistant for the current content or organize saved reading by topic • Export anytime: download bookmarks and notes as Markdown or JSON • Interest filter: a "Following" tab surfaces AI, programming, startups, security, science, hardware, design, and culture • Providers: automatic API endpoints for OpenAI, Anthropic, DeepSeek, and Google Gemini; custom endpoint and model fields for OpenAI-compatible services • Light / dark theme, follows the system • Local translation cache to avoid spending quota twice Privacy first • No backend server; the developer collects nothing • Your API key is stored only in local chrome.storage.local and sent directly to your chosen provider with translation requests • Bookmarks, notes, and limited excerpts stay local and do not sync to your Google account • Selected content is sent to your model provider only when you ask a question or request AI organization • Uninstalling removes all local settings, bookmarks, notes, and cache