Refined Hacker News
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
4recommend
1warn against
Jan 21, 2026first mention
Aug 21, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“Fork https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news and enhance!”
“I've been using a fork (also MIT)”
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“I use refined Hacker news Extension.”
“the refined HN extension has had this feature for a long time”
“Let https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news be your inspiration.”
Caveats and dissent
“I replaced the older Refined Hacker News extension with this”
“If you're using refined today, you're experiencing a lot of bugs as the HN DOM has changed over time.”
Threads where it came up
- Show HN: Orange Juice – Small UX improvements that make HN much easier to read 7 mentions
- Ask HN: Why is HN missing a "go to top" link on long posts? 1 mention
- Sam Altman May Control Our Future – Can He Be Trusted? 1 mention
- Stories removed from the Hacker News Front Page, updated in real time 1 mention
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All comments 10
“Fork https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news and enhance!”
I opened an issue with screenshots: https://github.com/OrangeJuiceExtension/OrangeJuice/issues/16
“I literally just took the code from refined.”
“I've been using a fork (also MIT)”
“I just tried switching from a slightly more updated fork of Refined Hacker News (2025)”
“I replaced the older Refined Hacker News extension with this”
“If you're using refined today, you're experiencing a lot of bugs as the HN DOM has changed over time.”
“I use refined Hacker news Extension.”
“the refined HN extension has had this feature for a long time”
“Let https://github.com/plibither8/refined-hacker-news be your inspiration.”