Get a personalized version of the Hacker News homepage and find similar stories for any story.

Latest Version

Version

0.0.4

Update

November 2, 2024

Size

12.58KiB

Developer

HN Explorer Extension

Enhance your Hacker News experience with personalized story recommendations based on your interests. This extension adds:

• Recommendations page: Adds a \"Recommended\" button in the top menu that shows a personalized version of the homepage, based on your liked posts.
• Like Stories button: Save interesting stories by clicking the \"like\" button next to any post.
• Similar button: View similar stories from all historical HN posts by clicking the \"similar\" button next to any post.

Features:
• Seamlessly integrates with the native Hacker News interface
• No account required - likes are stored locally in your browser
• Works on all HN pages

Privacy Note: All liked stories are stored locally on your device. No personal data is collected or shared.

Source Manifest.json

{"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx", "manifest_version": 3, "name": "HN Explorer", "version": "0.0.4", "description": "Get a personalized version of the Hacker News homepage and find similar stories for any story.", "permissions": [ "storage" ], "host_permissions": [ "https://hackernewsexplorer.com/*" ], "content_scripts": [ { "matches": ["https://news.ycombinator.com/*"], "js": ["content.js"] } ], "action": { "default_popup": "popup.html", "default_icon": { "16": "icons/icon16.png", "48": "icons/icon48.png", "128": "icons/icon128.png" } }, "icons": { "16": "icons/icon16.png", "48": "icons/icon48.png", "128": "icons/icon128.png" }, "background": { "service_worker": "background.js" }, "content_security_policy": { "extension_pages": "script-src 'self'; object-src 'self';" }}

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