Chrome/FF plugin brings the HN and Reddit conversation to you as you surf
Know what people are saying about any site you’re visiting
Chrome/FF plugin brings the HN and Reddit conversation to you as you surf launched on August 2, 2015 with 55 votes, #1,244 of 3,588 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 11 years on.
In plain words
Kiwi is a browser plugin for Chrome and Firefox that displays relevant conversations from Hacker News and Reddit alongside any webpage a user visits. It also surfaces related Google News articles for Chrome users. The tool allows custom searches across these services and lets users customize which communities appear first, sorting results by recency or comment count. A badge on the extension icon indicates when discussions have high engagement.
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From the sources
Know what people are saying about any site you’re visiting! :D As you browse the web - Kiwi checks to see if there have ever been any conversations on Reddit or Hacker News about the web page you're visiting. It also checks Google News for related news (currently for Chrome only). You can also make custom searches (any phrase or topic you want) across all of these services! Have certain community results show up before others, sort by recency or number of comments (attention), and more! Conversations with a ton of comments will result in a capitalized letter in the icon's badge. So "R" (for Reddit) means that thirty or more people commented in the thread for the site you're visiting (as…from metafruit.com
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