Modern for Hacker News
A redesigned web interface for Hacker News. Enhance your Hacker News experience with a beautiful, clean, modern design that's fully customizable.
Modern for Hacker News: Redesigned Web Interface Add-On for Firefox
'Modern for Hacker News' is a Firefox add-on that personalizes your Hacker News experience with a clean, contemporary design. Installing this extension automatically applies enhanced features to existing Hacker News pages without requiring any additional effort. It supports all current functionalities of Hacker News while introducing improved attributes such as customizable themes, fonts and styles, improved comment experience, accessible user account features via menu, and an optional one-click switchback to the old design. Regular updates keep the add-on aligned with the changes in Hacker News HTML. The add-on is not endorsed by, affiliated with, or sponsored by Y Combinator.
Add-on stats
Manifest V2
By: Modern Redesigns
Rating: 4.24 
(25)
Weekly download count: 17
Firefox on Android: No
Permissions:
- activeTab
- storage
- unlimitedStorage
- *://news.ycombinator.com/*
- https://extensionpay.com/*
- https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/*
Size: 7.23M
Email: su*****@modernhn.com
Full description: See detailed description
Ranking
Other platforms
Not available on Android
Not available on Edge
User reviews
These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews.
Firefox Browser Add-ons does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate,
spammy, or outdated. Pros
- Modern and polished UI
- Highly customizable
- Great tools and options for HN
Cons
- Constantly loses display settings and reverts to defaults
- Only works on the homepage; issues on paginated pages
- Extension hasn't been updated in over a year
Most mentioned
- Extension breaks the site on pages beyond the home page
- Logged out issues when the extension is enabled
- Lack of developer transparency and support
User reviews
by David, 2025-02-25
The tools this adds to HN are great, but the extension constantly loses your display settings and reverts back to the defaults. The support email does not reply to emails.
by Ryan McCue, 2025-02-24
by Davide, 2025-02-20
Add-on safety
Risk impact
Modern for Hacker News requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.
Risk impact analysis details
- High Injects scripts into web pages, which may alter or extract site contents, resulting in a substantial risk.
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Risk likelihood
We don't have sufficient data to confidently determine the risk likelihood of Modern for Hacker News. Use it at your own risk.
Risk likelihood analysis details
- High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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