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Hacker News TL;DR

by Ivan Yurchenko · Tools
Manifest V3 Free
View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 21 Oct 2026

A bring-your-own-key extension for summarizing Hacker News articles with OpenAI, Anthropic, and Ollama LLMs.

Users
18
0 in 30 days
Rating
5.0 / 5
unchanged in 30 days
Ratings
1
0 in 30 days
Store rank
#160K
#134K among extensions
Version
0.3.0
updated 16 Dec 2024

Users

monthly, 2 years
01225Dec 2024Dec 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 21 Oct 2026: 18 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

monthly, 2 years
001Dec 2024Dec 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 21 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 Hacker News TL;DR

A bring-your-own-key extension for summarizing Hacker News articles with OpenAI, Anthropic, and Ollama LLMs. The extension will add the summarize buttons to the HN front page and article pages. Just provide your Anthropic or OpenAI API key or Ollama URL and you're good to go. 🔒️ Security note: The API keys are stored in your browser's storage and synced across devices if the browser is configured to do so. They are sent by the extension to the LLM providers only. The extension is open source, the code can be found <a href="https://github.com/ivanyu/hn-tldr-extension">here</a>

Growth

WindowUsersChangeRatingsRating
7 days−1−5.3%00.00
30 days0+0.0%00.00
6 months+1+5.9%00.00
1 year−3−14.3%00.00

Chrome Web Store search rankings

Where Hacker News TL;DR appears when people search the store, with the 30 day change
Search phrasePosition30 days
hacker#73+3

Version history

2 versions recorded
0.3.016 Dec 2024
0.2.011 Dec 2024

Details

Category
Tools
First seen
11 Dec 2024
Size
37 KB
Languages
en-US
Pricing
Free
Support
github.com
Extension ID
oobfhfehiidchknmihplkgknbjolanlk

Permissions and risk

Low riskimpact 2, likelihood 1
Permissions
storage
Site access
<all_urls>
Can read and change data on every website you visit.

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