HNewhere

A lightweight userscript that adds Hacker News discussions to any article.

HNewhere detects matching Hacker News stories, loads comments into a sidebar, and lets you browse discussions without leaving the page.

Install

1. Install a userscript manager:

   • Tampermonkey
   • Violentmonkey
   • Userscripts (Safari)

2. Install HNewhere Current release: v1.5.3

3. Visit an article with a Hacker News discussion.

Features

• Automatically detects Hacker News discussions for articles
• Displays HN comments in a sidebar without leaving the page
• Quote-linked article annotations while the sidebar is open
• Subtle clickable article highlights and underlines for matched quotes
• Clickable cited text inside matched comments that jumps back to the article and filters the discussion
• Comments can link multiple cited passages from the same article
• Clicking an article annotation can filter the sidebar to the matching comment thread
• Filtered discussion view with a pull-quote summary, direct-match navigator, and quick return to the full thread
• In blended views, filtered mode hides HN submissions that do not contain a matching quote
• Comment and reply straight from the sidebar, with Hacker News' own formatting rules to hand
• Submit the current page to Hacker News when no discussion exists yet
• Dark mode that matches the page, so it works with Dark Reader and site themes
• Greyed-out button on pages with no discussion, or hidden entirely if you prefer
• Stays out of the way on webmail, banking, auth flows, consoles, and local addresses
• Vote on stories and comments without leaving the article
• Tracks stories opened from Hacker News
• Resizable sidebar with saved width
• Draggable floating HN button with remembered desktop position
• Collapsible comment threads with saved state
• Highlights new comments since your last visit
• Shows story text when available
• Marks original poster comments
• Blended view when multiple matching HN submissions exist
• Sidebar settings for annotation layers and automatic opening behavior

Requirements

• A browser with userscript support
• Access to:
  • Hacker News API
  • HN Algolia search API

License

MIT