Hacker News Companion

Enhance Hacker News with AI-powered discussion summaries, and enable keyboard navigation with Vim-style shortcuts

Key Features: ✔︎ AI-powered thread summarization with multiple options: ∗ Connect to Google AI, Anthropic, OpenAI, OpenRouter or Ollama for advanced summaries ∗ For HN Homepage stories, a cashed AI summary is loaded from HN Companion server ✔ Keyboard navigation across posts and comments using Vim-inspired shortcuts ('h', 'j', 'k', 'l') ✔ Enhanced comment navigation: ∗ Quick-jump between comments by the same author ('[', ']') ∗ Collapsible comment threads ('c') ∗ Visual indicators for post authors and comment counts ✔ Rich user interactions: ∗ User profile previews on hover ✔ Convenient help panel (press '?' to view all shortcuts) Perfect for: ✔ Power users who prefer keyboard-driven browsing ✔ Readers who want quick insights from lengthy discussions Source Code: ✔ Open Source on GitHub: https://github.com/hncompanion/browser-extension ✔ MIT Licensed - free to use, modify, and distribute ✔ Contributions and feedback welcome! Active Development: ✔ Regular updates and new features ✔ Growing support for different AI providers Note: This extension is not endorsed by, affiliated with, or sponsored by Y Combinator or Hacker News.