Alternatives

Products that do what User scripts for HN comment section usability improvements does

1. 1EH
   Embed HN comments in your website▲137

   2016 · comments.network

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

   2019 · github.com

3. 3CB
   Comments by Top HN Posters Analysed by IBM's Watson User Modelling API▲180

   2014 · kolinko.github.io

4. 4AC
   A Chrome extension to see notifications for comments on your HN threads▲79

   2021 · chrome.google.com

5. 5HB
   HN-beautify – a stylesheet for the HN frontpage▲91

   2014 · github.com

6. 6RH
   Remarkbox – Hosted comments without ads or tracking▲233

   2021 · remarkbox.com

7. 7CC
   Contextual Comments Scrolling for HN (JS Userscript)▲6

   2021 · greasyfork.org

8. 8HC
   HN comments UI experiment▲6

   2017 · hn-level-based-view.gomix.me

9. 9CI
   CommentBox.io – a responsible alternative to Disqus▲64

   2018 · commentbox.io

10. 10CH
    Collapse HN Comments▲141

    Little chrome extension I made to collapse comments on HN, feel free to use it if you want.

    2014 · github.com

11. 11HU
    HN Unread Comments v1.1 released (chrome extension)▲20

    2010 · chrome.google.com

12. 12TW
    Txtpen – web highlights and in-text comments▲65

    2017 · txtpen.com

13. 13HD
    HN Demetricator – An extension that removes upvote and comment counts▲92

    2020 · github.com

14. 14AE
    An extension that shows you relevant HN comments when you browse▲5

    2020 · chrome.google.com

15. 15HC
    HN Comment Saver▲5

    Jul 2026 · github.com

16. 16AH
    A HN desktop app for reading links and comments next to each other▲54

    2016 · florian.github.io

17. 17JA
    JustComments – a comment system for websites▲10

    2018 · just-comments.com

18. 18FS
    FeelHN - Sentiment analysis for HN comments [Stripe hackathon project]▲22

    2012 · chrome.google.com

19. 19HH
    hnpc – Highlight New/Updated Posts & New Comments (User Script)▲20

    2011 · github.com

20. 20CE
    Chrome extension to collapse and expand HN parent comments threads▲44

    2021 · github.com

21. 21GU
    GitHub user polls (markdown friendly)▲50

    2017 · github.com

22. 22AS
    A statically-rendered, integrated comment system for Jamstack blogs▲5

    2021 · jamcomments.com

23. 23AD
    A dead lightweight comment engine alternative to Disqus,(React, Koa)▲10

    2017 · metrue.github.io

24. 241H
    1Post – HN-like site with markdown and syntax highlighting▲43

    2015 · 1po.st

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