Hacker News
Hacker News for your new tab. Night mode or day mode (just like your IDE). Card view with images or the classic HN list view.
What is Hacker News?
Hacker News is a Chrome extension developed by https://gitconnected.com, and its main feature is "Hacker News for your new tab. Night mode or day mode (just like your IDE). Card view with images or the classic HN list view.".
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Extension Usage Instructions
- Infinite scroll
- Hacker news in default tab
- Images for stories
- Night mode
- Grid or list view
Get all the latest tech, startup, and coding news instantly. Read HN in night mode... like the web is meant to be viewed. The grid view offers images and icons to more easily scan the news items.
This is an independent Hacker News clone with no connection to Y Combinator (YC). Hacker News is an essential source for developers, founders, designers, software engineers, and anyone obsessed with startups. Thanks to all our friends from Startup School!
The Chrome Extension is open source, and you are able to build your own as well! Check out the gitconnected GitHub account under the hacker-news-reader repo.
Take the hassle out of reading staying up to date with the news and content that is important to you. Extension Basic Information
| Name |  Hacker News |
| ID | hknoigmfpgfdkccnkbfbjfnocoegoefe |
| Official URL | https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/hacker-news/hknoigmfpgfdkccnkbfbjfnocoegoefe |
| Description | Hacker News for your new tab. Night mode or day mode (just like your IDE). Card view with images or the classic HN list view. |
| File Size | 477 KB |
| Installation Count | 259 |
| Current Version | 1.0.4 |
| Last Updated | 2022-04-20 |
| Publish Date | 2018-10-26 |
| Rating | 5.00/5 Total 5 Ratings |
| Developer | https://gitconnected.com |
| [email protected] | |
| Payment Type | free |
| Supported Languages | en-US |
| manifest.json | |
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"update_url": "https:\/\/clients2.google.com\/service\/update2\/crx",
"manifest_version": 2,
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"description": "Hacker News for your new tab. Night mode or day mode (just like your IDE). Card view with images or the classic HN list view.",
"version": "1.0.4",
"author": "gitconnected",
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"default_title": "New Tab"
},
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"48": "yc-night.png",
"16": "yc-night-small.png"
},
"chrome_url_overrides": {
"newtab": "index.html"
},
"permissions": [],
"background": {
"scripts": [
"background.js"
],
"persistent": false
}
} | |
