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✨ Hacker News, but refined — Interface tweaks and features to make the HN experience better

84 mentions on Hacker News by 48 people: 5 stories, 79 comments · first 2019-06-13 · latest 2026-08-21

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  1. Fork https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news and enhance!
    comment by toomuchtodo · 2026-08-21 · in Ask HN: Why is HN missing a "go to top" link on long posts?
  2. …it to me a bit more clearly what you'd like to see? I literally just took the code from refined. https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news/blob/ee7ef...
    comment by latchkey · 2026-04-08 · in Show HN: Orange Juice – Small UX improvements that make HN easier to read
  3. Are you referring to https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news ? It's MIT-licensed open source. I've been using a fork (also MIT): https://github.com/alexferrari88/refined-hacker-news
    comment by Leftium · 2026-04-08 · in Show HN: Orange Juice – Small UX improvements that make HN easier to read
  4. Refined hasn't received an update in 4 years. https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news/issues/135... I used refined for years as well. Great product, but the underlying code was meh, and the author abandoned it. If you're using…
    comment by latchkey · 2026-04-08 · in Show HN: Orange Juice – Small UX improvements that make HN easier to read
  5. I use refined Hacker news Extension. https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news#highlights It might be beneficial to tell me what the difference between these two can be? A lot of the features from my first glance (I can be totally…
    comment by Imustaskforhelp · 2026-04-08 · in Show HN: Orange Juice – Small UX improvements that make HN easier to read
  6. …to wait, the refined HN extension has had this feature for a long time, but it is device specific. https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news
    comment by nickthegreek · 2026-04-07 · in Sam Altman may control our future – can he be trusted?
  7. Build it! Show HN! Let https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news be your inspiration. Put out the tip jar, I will tip! (Firefox first class citizen in this regard pls if possible)
    comment by toomuchtodo · 2026-01-21 · in Stories removed from the Hacker News Front Page, updated in real time (2024)
  8. https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news is perhaps relevant. If someone wants to add LLM pluggable support (API endpoint target) and it’ll work on Firefox, I’m willing to kick in some fiat. “HN Copilot.”
    comment by toomuchtodo · 2025-07-15 · in Ask HN: Is it time to fork HN into AI/LLM and "Everything else/other?"
  9. …https://github.com/insin/comments-owl-for-hacker-news >; is it just source available? In contrast to https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news/blob/22.12... which is MIT
    comment by mdaniel · 2025-01-27 · in A List of Hacker News's Undocumented Features and Behaviors
  10. You might find https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news of value.
    comment by toomuchtodo · 2024-10-01 · in Ask HN: Has HN ever accepted a feature request?
  11. This extension marks new comments with an orange vertical bar, plus some niceties: https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news
    comment by kawera · 2024-07-13 · in Ask HN: How do you read and follow the discussions on big threads?
  12. https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news
    comment by jprd · 2024-05-20 · in Ask HN: Which browser add-on for Hacker News do you use?
  13. the extension Refined Hacker News[1] offers such a feature already https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news [1]
    comment by zote · 2024-03-13 · in Tor's new WebTunnel bridges mimic HTTPS traffic to evade censorship
  14. …bit more readable and user friendly. There's also this extension that just refines a couple things: https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news
    comment by freshairr · 2024-01-27 · in Ask HN: Are there any alternative front ends for HN?
  15. …on mouseover with Refined Hacker News [1] installed, I see you don't have a bio set up. [1]: https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news I also have HackerSmacker [2] and Momento for Hacker News [3] user tagging. I've only really…
    comment by mcint · 2024-01-06 · in Show HN: Hacker News User Information on Hover
  16. > It probably exists or someone made it before but I couldn't find it https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news#readme
    comment by mdaniel · 2024-01-06 · in Show HN: Hacker News User Information on Hover
  17. Maybe "Refined Hacker News" should fix this. See: https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news Edit: You can use the F12 debugging pane to adjust the width of a single tab without resizing the window. It's kind-of a hack, though. Just…
    comment by gwbas1c · 2023-10-27 · in The negative impact of mobile-first web design on desktop
  18. "Warning: Unmaintained" I like Refined Hacker News. https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news
    comment by CharlesW · 2023-10-21 · in Hacker News Enhancement Suite is best thing since sliced bread
  19. …nightmare. It's as if people with poor eyesight were not welcome here. I use Refined Hacker News https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news which alleviates some pain points, but unfortunately it doesn't fix this issue.
    comment by nextaccountic · 2023-10-18 · in Why is text of sumissions in low-contrast grey on HN?
  20. …Too https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33527047 (November 8, 2022 — 18 points, 7 comments) [0] https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news/blob/main/...
    comment by latchkey · 2023-10-04 · in Sequoia Captials Puff piece on SBF just before FTX's collapse
  21. …between the two. Refined Hacker News[1] makes the original HN site a little nicer to use. [1]: https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news#readme
    comment by Leftium · 2023-09-02 · in Ask HN: What userscripts/styles do you use for HN?
  22. …of theming and inline commenting. I'm currently a fan of Refined Hacker News (no affiliation) - https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news - but I'm sure there are others just as good out there.
    comment by pc86 · 2023-08-23 · in Server-side rendering is a better choice for many applications (2020)
  23. https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news
    comment by toomuchtodo · 2023-05-28 · in Show HN: HNRelevant – Show related HN submissions in an integrated sidebar
  24. Using a search engine would have yielded https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news in a tiny fraction of the time wasted with the AI. Also chances are great that the AI just spit out some code from that extension… (Of course…
    comment by still_grokking · 2023-05-27 · in Lessons from Creating a VSCode Extension with GPT-4
  25. You'll need this PR to use it without errors: https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news/pull/125
    comment by latchkey · 2023-05-26 · in Show HN: Hacker News user experience enhancement browser extension
  26. …is that the developer seems to have given up on it. You'll need this PR to use it without errors: https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news/pull/125
    comment by latchkey · 2023-05-26 · in Show HN: Hacker News user experience enhancement browser extension
  27. …News". It provides thoughtful, convenient enhancements but doesn't change the core HN experience. https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news
    comment by CharlesW · 2023-05-26 · in Show HN: Hacker News user experience enhancement browser extension
  28. …extension with some really useful features, which was on the front page a few months ago. [1] https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news
    comment by herrvogel- · 2023-05-26 · in Show HN: Hacker News user experience enhancement browser extension
  29. …comments. I have this extension that highlights any new comments, which makes it a lot easier. https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news
    comment by mostlysimilar · 2023-05-05 · in Ask HN: How do you get notified of reply comments on HN?
  30. Or install this extension https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news to have better UI on HN
    comment by nextaccountic · 2023-05-05 · in MSFT is forcing Outlook and Teams to open links in Edge and IT admins are angry
  31. FWIW the https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news#readme extension does a good job of marking new comment items with a little indicator, although it does lose its mind when dang merges submissions (meaning I'm guessing the "last…
    comment by mdaniel · 2023-03-24 · in How to read Hacker News threads with most recent comments first
  32. Note the Refined Hacker News browser extension does this automatically, and more: https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news#readme This bookmarklet might be a nice option on mobile. I prefer to view via my own HckrNews web app,…
    comment by Leftium · 2023-03-09 · in Show HN: Bookmarklet to Highlight OP's Username
  33. …News [1], which does a bit more. But if you only want the user popup, a slim extension is nice. [1] https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news
    comment by frozenice · 2023-02-12 · in Show HN: HN Pop-Up – Hover on HN Username to See Their Profile
  34. @plibither8: Maybe this is something Refined Hacker News extension could do? https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news
    comment by hosteur · 2023-02-06 · in Ask HN: Is anyone successfully self-hosting Firefox Sync?
  35. Nice. I use https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news
    comment by jccalhoun · 2022-12-18 · in Show HN: I built a Hacker News userscript to make this site more legible
  36. There's also https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news which has more recent commits
    comment by nusaru · 2022-12-03 · in Puter
  37. …Are you sure you're not using some HN browser extension? I'm using Refined Hacker News myself: https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news
    comment by satvikpendem · 2022-11-22 · in Ask HN: Where did the “unread” marker go?
  38. It can be even better. With a little bit more JavaScript. https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news
    comment by still_grokking · 2022-11-21 · in Hacker News Parody Thread (2013)
  39. https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news Install this and than look at the bottom of the page. :-D
    comment by still_grokking · 2022-11-19 · in HelenOS: a microkernel-based, multiserver OS from scratch
  40. Two spaces are sufficient. And with https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news you get even nice gray boxes around code. Enjoy!
    comment by still_grokking · 2022-11-18 · in Choice trees: Nondeterministic, recursive, and impure programs in Coq
  41. …[0] which puts all the links at the bottom of the page. You missed the 2019 submission [1]. [0] https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21425054
    comment by latchkey · 2022-10-19 · in Elevator Saga: Elevator programming game
  42. https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news/blob/main/... This isn’t exactly what you were asking for, but it’s close! A further enhancement might be to automatically redirect as you described based on a similar blacklist
    comment by jlund-molfese · 2022-10-08 · in Request HN: A tab with only ad free pages?
  43. …extension and it puts all the previous links at the bottom of the page. 'show-similar-submissions' https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news/
    comment by latchkey · 2022-09-26 · in Playstation 2 Architecture
  44. …XPath/CSS query selection to achieve it's functionality. So, I think it's suffering similar issues: https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news/issues/121
    comment by busymom0 · 2022-09-26 · in Tell HN: My Hacker News app (HACK) is sort of broken this afternoon
  45. …(because I don't use them). Not sure if it is an HN API change or not, but feels like it. 0. https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news
    comment by filoleg · 2022-09-26 · in Tell HN: My Hacker News app (HACK) is sort of broken this afternoon
  46. Hi, are you familiar with https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news ? I'm currently using it It has some features like, if I select a part of a comment and hit reply, it will reply quoting that part edit: oh, you're charging for it…
    comment by nextaccountic · 2022-09-09 · in Show HN: I made a modern web UI for Hacker News
  47. I've been pretty happy with this one: https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news
    comment by latchkey · 2022-09-08 · in Show HN: I made a modern web UI for Hacker News
  48. I use Refined Hacker News ( https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news ), which helpfully highlights the OP in the HN orange.
    comment by mynameismon · 2022-08-26 · in Poll: Contractors, what is your hourly rate
  49. …wants a quick, nice pop-up on mouse-over, there is 'Refinded Hacker News' plugin for Chrome and FF: https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news
    comment by gala8y · 2022-07-31 · in Famous HNers and their sites
  50. I don't know if this goes against the spirit of the question, but https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news does as you described
    comment by mdaniel · 2022-07-25 · in Ask HN: Do you think Hacker News is missing any features?