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Products that do what Show HN An open source chrome extension to read medium.com paid article for free does

1. 1CE
   Chrome extension that hides Medium.com articles on HN and DN▲22

   2014 · chrome.google.com

2. 2AC
   A Chrome extension to get around the WSJ paywall▲28

   2014 · wsjwalljump.weebly.com

3. 3RH
   Readable-HN Chrome extension▲28

   2011 · chrome.google.com

4. 4IW
   I was tired of opening 2 tabs for every HN link, so I made a userscript▲433

   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

5. 5RA
   RTFA, a Chrome extension to hide HN comments until you read the article▲44

   2014 · chrome.google.com

6. 6BA
   Bypass, a chrome extension to read articles behind paywalls▲12

   2016 · chrome.google.com

7. 7CE
   Chrome Extension for the one thing I miss on HN▲59

   2013 · chrome.google.com

8. 8OS
   Open-source isolated browser, free for journalists etc.▲66

   2020 · github.com

9. 9
   TLDR 2.0 ▲187

   Bitesized, customizable news via a chrome extension

   2015

10. 10
    Modern for Hacker News▲167

    A beautiful, clean, modern web UI for Hacker News

    2022

11. 11HF
    HackerNew for Chrome▲150

    I've been working on and off on a Chrome Extension for Hacker News, the extension focusses on improved usability rather than design. I can almost guarantee that after a day you won't want to go back to regular Hacker News. Give it a try, features include: - Improved readability - Quick inline replies from comments page - Quick profiles with social network info when hovering over usernames - Filtering of stories based on terms and phrases / domain or user - Endless scrolling - Collapsible comment threads - Social sharing for Twitter, Facebook, Google+, Buffer Forks, improvements and comments…

    2012 · chrome.google.com

12. 12AN
    Ancap News, a Chrome/FF extension to bring out HN's true colors▲16

    2017 · github.com

13. 13
    Brutal Reader▲98

    Strips any webpage down to just the article

    Mar 2026

14. 14IV
    I've created a Google chrome extension for HN▲6

    2012 · chrome.google.com

15. 15MF
    My first chrome extension based on an HN thread.▲34

    2011 · halfaclick.blogspot.com

16. 16AC
    A chrome extension that fades out old links on HN/Reddit/News sites▲28

    2018 · chrome.google.com

17. 17TD
    "tl;dr" Chrome extension for Hacker News▲9

    2012 · chrome.google.com

18. 18MN
    My New HN Browser Extension▲19

    2019 · chrome.google.com

19. 19UH
    Updated Hacker News Chrome Extension▲59

    2013 · blog.tommoor.com

20. 20HB
    Hackernews-Button – Bloom Filter-based, private HN browsing extension▲74

    2021 · github.com

21. 21HN
    Hacker News Talk, a Chrome extension for real-time commentary▲48

    2013 · chrome.google.com

22. 22CE
    Chrome Extension to Filter HN Stories by Keyword▲43

    2017 · github.com

23. 23
    Freedium▲15

    Read Medium articles on Freedium in one click

    19d ago · chromewebstore.google.com

24. 24BE
    Browser extension to read HN comments for any url, in ClojureScript▲69

    2018 · github.com

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