---
title: "Hacker News Companion – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "207 users, rated 5.00 by 1 person. Version 2.0.2, updated 2026-07-05. Requests 4 permissions."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/khfcainelcaedmmhjicphbkpigklejgf"
---

# Hacker News Companion

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: 207
- Rating: 5.00 from 1 rating
- Last checked: 2026-09-27 04:18 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: – (needs a week of history)
- Users gained in 30 days: – (needs a month of history)
- Rank by users: #49,334 of 264,703 live extensions
- Rank in Tools: #14,558 of 103,498

## The listing

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

Summary from the listing:

> Get the gist of lengthy Hacker News discussions with AI summaries tuned to HN semantics. Navigate seamlessly with Vim keybindings.

- Extension ID: `khfcainelcaedmmhjicphbkpigklejgf`
- Developer: [George Chiramattel](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/ub67d31b8d2bdbb4463b619a9ea7a58e8)
- Category: [Productivity › Tools](https://extensiontracker.com/category/productivity/tools)
- First published: 2024-12-10
- Last updated: 2026-07-05
- Version: `2.0.2`
- Size: 356 KiB
- Minimum Chrome: 88
- Languages (1): English
- Website: `hncompanion.com`
- Support page: `https://github.com/hncompanion/browser-extension/issues`
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/hacker-news-companion/khfcainelcaedmmhjicphbkpigklejgf>
- View the code or download the CRX, in CRX Viewer: <https://robwu.nl/crxviewer/?crx=https%3A%2F%2Fchromewebstore.google.com%2Fdetail%2Fkhfcainelcaedmmhjicphbkpigklejgf>

## Users over time

One row per check, newest first, as shown on the Chrome Web Store.

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-09-27 | 207 | 5.00 | 1 |

## What changed

Every change found on a check, newest first.

No changes found since tracking began on 2026-09-27.

## What it can access

From the extension's manifest, in plain language.

### Sites

- `https://app.hncompanion.com/*`: app.hncompanion.com
- `https://hn.algolia.com/*`: hn.algolia.com
- `https://news.ycombinator.com/*`: news.ycombinator.com

### Sites where it runs scripts

- `https://news.ycombinator.com/*`: news.ycombinator.com

### Browser features

- `storage`: Save settings and data in your browser

### Asked for later, if you agree

- `http://127.0.0.1/*`: 127.0.0.1
- `http://host.docker.internal/*`: host.docker.internal
- `http://localhost/*`: localhost
- `https://ai-gateway.vercel.sh/*`: ai-gateway.vercel.sh
- `https://api.anthropic.com/*`: api.anthropic.com
- `https://api.cerebras.ai/*`: api.cerebras.ai
- `https://api.cloudflare.com/*`: api.cloudflare.com
- `https://api.cohere.ai/*`: api.cohere.ai
- `https://api.deepinfra.com/*`: api.deepinfra.com
- `https://api.deepseek.com/*`: api.deepseek.com
- `https://api.fireworks.ai/*`: api.fireworks.ai
- `https://api.groq.com/*`: api.groq.com
- `https://api.mistral.ai/*`: api.mistral.ai
- `https://api.openai.com/*`: api.openai.com
- `https://api.perplexity.ai/*`: api.perplexity.ai
- `https://api.together.ai/*`: api.together.ai
- `https://api.tokenrouter.com/*`: api.tokenrouter.com
- `https://api.x.ai/*`: api.x.ai
- `https://api.z.ai/*`: api.z.ai
- `https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/*`: generativelanguage.googleapis.com
- `https://ollama.com/*`: ollama.com
- `https://openrouter.ai/*`: openrouter.ai
- `https://router.huggingface.co/*`: router.huggingface.co

## 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 2026-09-27 04:18 UTC; next check around 2026-10-08.

How the data is collected: <https://extensiontracker.com/methodology>.

## Cite this page

Extension Tracker. “Hacker News Companion” (khfcainelcaedmmhjicphbkpigklejgf). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-09-27. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/khfcainelcaedmmhjicphbkpigklejgf. Accessed 2026-09-28.

```bibtex
@misc{extensiontracker_khfcainelcaedmmhjicphbkpigklejgf,
  title   = {Hacker News Companion (khfcainelcaedmmhjicphbkpigklejgf)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-09-27},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/khfcainelcaedmmhjicphbkpigklejgf},
  urldate = {2026-09-28}
}
```

---

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