Alternatives

Products that do what Chrome extension to show how fast HN stories bubble to the top does

1. 1CE
   Chrome Extension to Filter HN Stories by Keyword▲43

   2017 · github.com

2. 2BE
   Browser Extension to Refine the HN Experience▲259

   2019 · github.com

3. 3HW
   HTML5 Web Push Notifications for trending HN stories in Chrome▲13

   2015 · hackernews.onesignal.com

4. 4IM
   I made a tool to track the upvote/ranking history of HN submissions▲144

   2021 · upvotetracker.com

5. 5SP
   Summarizing popular HN articles▲19

   2011 · skimthat.com

6. 6PU
   Prune Unwanted Stories from HN Front Page▲49

   2012 · swapped.cc

7. 7HT
   hnlive.tk – A tool to estimate activity on HN before posting▲109

   2016 · hnlive.tk

8. 8HB
   Hackernews-Button – Bloom Filter-based, private HN browsing extension▲74

   2021 · github.com

9. 9HS
   HN Special – A visual theme and Chrome extension for Hacker News▲87

   2013 · gabrielecirulli.github.io

10. 10SH
    Spot hyped news at a glance on Hacker News and Reddit▲30

    2014 · chrome.google.com

11. 11VH
    visual hcker.news extension – story preview images for HN headlines▲5

    Jun 2026 · github.com

12. 12QS
    Quickly scan HN for new articles▲62

    I have a dedicated HN tab that I come back to and reload multiple times a day to see whats new and hot. I wrote a Chrome Extension to: - quickly scan new articles since my last reload - quickly scan highly discussed articles - open actual articles and discussions in a new tab This links to the source code. The chrome extension is linked at the bottom of the github page. Note: - This extension only operates on the HN front page (https://news.ycombinator.com/news) - The first time you reload the HN front page after installing the extension all articles will get highlighted.

    2024 · github.com

13. 13
    Hackernews push▲61

    Push only most popular stories on HN

    2014

14. 14AF
    A fast way to view Show HN▲5

    A fast Show HN online viewer

    2012 · showhackernews.herokuapp.com

15. 15IM
    I measured the half-life of 41,301 Show HN launches. It's 7 hours▲37

    I scraped every Show HN from the last 12 months (41,301 posts) plus the full comment tree of every launch with 10+ comments, ~100k comment timestamps, all from the Algolia HN API. The median launch gets 2 points and 0 comments. For launches that do get traction, half the comments they'll ever get arrive within 7.2 hours and 90% within 26, and the top decile decays on the same clock as everyone else. Vote timestamps aren't public, so comment timing is the attention proxy; caveats are in the post. Everything reproduces from the repo with one command…

    Jul 2026 · jonno.nz

16. 16AC
    A Chrome extension to burst your filter bubble▲26

    2020 · chrome.google.com

17. 17HS
    HN Summarizer▲7

    Hey HN, We have made this free extension to help you skim HN articles at the speed of light! Give it a try and tell us your experience!

    2023 · chrome.google.com

18. 18MF
    My first chrome extension based on an HN thread.▲34

    2011 · halfaclick.blogspot.com

19. 19SW
    See what words are trending on HN▲29

    2013 · hackernewstrends.herokuapp.com

20. 20HR
    HN Rank Chrome extension▲26

    2015 · jitbit.com

21. 21HT
    HNText – Top stories daily cleaned for readability▲36

    2014 · hntext.com

22. 22AN
    Ancap News, a Chrome/FF extension to bring out HN's true colors▲16

    2017 · github.com

23. 23IN
    Indicate new stories on HN frontpage (Bookmarklet/UserScript)▲24

    2024 · gist.github.com

24. 24AA
    Autobahn – automatic HN top stories in your terminal▲13

    2019 · github.com

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