Hacker News Tab

Name: Hacker News Tab
Rating: 5 (1 reviews)
Author: Zaid Fadhil

Displays Hacker News Posts on every new tab

Hacker News Tab is an open-source Firefox add-on that displays a list of top stories from Hacker News on every new tab. Each story includes the title, score, and author information. Clicking on a story title opens the corresponding link in a new tab. Data is fetched from the Hacker News API and cached for improved performance.

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By: Zaid Fadhil

Daily users: -

Rating: 5.00

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Version: 1.0.2 (Last updated: 2024-06-24)

Version code: 5764371

Creation date: 2023-06-10

Firefox on Android: No

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Size: 66.45K

URLs: Website

Full description: See detailed description

Source: Firefox Browser Add-ons

Updated: a day ago

Ranking

# 128,483 ▲ 506

Add-on safety

Risk impact

Hacker News Tab requires very minimum permissions.

Risk impact analysis details

Medium Can alter new tab settings; fairly benign but with some capability to affect user experience.

Risk likelihood

Hacker News Tab is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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