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HN Special - An addition to Hacker News

680 users Rated 4.72 from 53 ratings Last updated 31 Jul 2026

By hn-special-publishing Live in the Chrome Web Store cchaceegbflphbdpfocjalgjhjoahiia Last checked 26 Sep 2026, 22:54 UTC

The listing

What the Chrome Web Store shows, as of the last check

This extension refreshes the visual style of Hacker News and adds a few features, like infinite scrolling. Everything is toggleable.Summary from the listing
Developer
hn-special-publishing
Trader status
Not declared a trader under EU law
Category
Make Chrome Yours › Accessibility
First published
22 Jul 2013
Last updated
31 Jul 2026
Version
1.5.1
Size
808 KiB
Minimum Chrome
88
Languages
1 language

English (United States)

Support page
https://github.com/gabrielecirulli/hn-special
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Users over time As shown on the Chrome Web Store

Tracking began on 26 Sep 2026. The chart appears after the second check.

Show the numbers
CheckedUsersRatingRatings
2026-09-266804.7253
Users, 7 days
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needs a week of history
Users, 30 days
–
needs a month of history
Rank
#29,365
by users, of 264,254 extensions
In its category
#1,439
of 7,977 in Accessibility

What changed

Every change found on a check, newest first

No changes found since tracking began on 26 Sep 2026.

What it can access

From the extension's manifest, in plain language

Sites
  • *://news.ycombinator.com/*news.ycombinator.com
Sites where it runs scripts
  • *://news.ycombinator.com/*news.ycombinator.com
Asked for later, if you agree
  • historyRead and change your browsing history

About this data

Collected from the extension's public Chrome Web Store listing. It's checked every month, and again whenever a new version appears. Last checked 26 Sep 2026, 22:54 UTC; next check around 6 Oct 2026.

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Citation
Extension Tracker. “HN Special - An addition to Hacker News” (cchaceegbflphbdpfocjalgjhjoahiia). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-09-26. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/cchaceegbflphbdpfocjalgjhjoahiia. Accessed 2026-09-27.
BibTeX
@misc{extensiontracker_cchaceegbflphbdpfocjalgjhjoahiia,
  title   = {HN Special - An addition to Hacker News (cchaceegbflphbdpfocjalgjhjoahiia)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-09-26},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/cchaceegbflphbdpfocjalgjhjoahiia},
  urldate = {2026-09-27}
}

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