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24 alternatives to Contextual Comments Scrolling for HN (JS Userscript)
Sticks the first line of all comments in the visible comment tree to the top of the screen so you always know where exactly you are. See the screenshots for a better understanding. Also adds the ability to expand/collapse a comment by clicking anywhere on it.
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Contextual Comments Scrolling for HN (JS Userscript) launched in 2021; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Little chrome extension I made to collapse comments on HN, feel free to use it if you want.
2014 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Paste the following into the console of any HN page - for annotated avatars on all HN comments. (self contained code) for(u of document.querySelectorAll('.hnuser'))for(u.prepend(c=document.createElement('canvas')),x=c.getContext('2d'),c.width=18,c.height=14,s=u.innerText,r=1,i=28+s.length;i--;i>>29>X*X/3+Y/2&&x.fillRect(6+2*X,2*Y,2,2)&x.fillRect(6-2*X,2*Y,2,2):r+=s.charCodeAt(i-28,x.fillStyle='#'+(r>>8&0xFFFFFF).toString(16)))r^=r>>17,r^=r>2
2022 · its alternatives →
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2016 · comments.network · its alternatives →
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HN is great for the links people share, but a big part of the value I get comes from reading the discussion around them. I realized I was always opening the article in one tab and the comments in another, constantly switching back and forth. I figured there was probably a simpler way, so I threw together this userscript to merge the two. 1. Clicking a link from Hacker News opens the article with a side panel containing the discussion. It doesn't require your credentials, is resizable, and is easy to tweak if you want to customize it. 2. If you land on an article that has previously been…
Jul 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Commentblocks▲101Hey HN, I'm a freelance web developer and got tired of the endless email chains during website QA. Clients would send screenshots with red circles, or worse, Word docs with "the button on the page with the thing." I'd spend more time decoding feedback than actually fixing stuff. So I built Commentblocks. You add a script to your staging site, send clients a link, and they click anywhere on the page to leave a comment. That's it. No signup for them, no explaining how to use it. Each comment captures the exact element, viewport size, browser, and URL. Comments show up in a dashboard or can go…
Feb 2026 · commentblocks.com · its alternatives →
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I was struggling with navigating HN discussions using existing solutions, so I decided to implement a completely different approach, think of it as depth-first reading vs breadth-first reading. Visually it looks like swipeable stacks of comments and it offers several advantages over traditional interfaces: - Comment width doesn't get narrower no matter how deep in the comment tree you are - You always see the parent of the comment you're currently reading - Swiping allows you to move in and out of subtrees with animated transitions that you fully control - You can easily skip subtrees that…
2023 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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2016 · hnreplies.com · its alternatives →
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I'm sharing a userscript for for those who read the HN comments section a lot: 1. Updates comments without reloading the page — instantly see new ones as they appear. 2. Cleaner comment topline for less distraction — shows controls only when you hover over the topline. There is a preview gif of how it looks in the README.
Mar 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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An extension for Firefox and Chrome to add comments to any URL - comntr/webext
2019 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Contribute to marcosnils/orange-juicer development by creating an account on GitHub.
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2021 · remarkbox.com · its alternatives →
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Hacker News comments sidebar bookmarklet. GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.
2023 · gist.github.com · its alternatives →
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Add a bell emoji to unread comments on HackerNews. GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.
2021 · gist.github.com · its alternatives →
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2010 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →
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2018 · adtac.github.io · its alternatives →
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TLDR: Build a quick HN profile to see how little context LLMs need to personalise your feed. Rate 30 posts once, get a permanent ranked homepage you can return to. Our goal was to build a tool that allowed us to test a range of "personal contexts" on a very focused everyday use case for us, reading HN! We are exploring use of personal context with LLMs, specifically what kind of data, how much, and with how much additional effort on the user’s part was needed to get decent results. The test tool was a bit of fun on its own so we re-skinned it and decided to post it here. First time posting…
2025 · hackernews.coffee · its alternatives →
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A browser extension that displays Hacker News comments for the current webpage - jdormit/looped-in
2018 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Ahoy!▲89A virtual comment board for every website
2021 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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2021 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →
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Shows relevant Reddit/HN/FB comments while you surf the web
2018 · its alternatives →
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2016 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →
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2013 · github.com · its alternatives →
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