HackerWeb Tools

Enhancements for Hacker News and HackerWeb.

Install

Click to Install (requires Tampermonkey or Violentmonkey)

Features

HackerWeb (hackerweb.app)

• Collapsible comments - Click the toggle or left gutter to collapse threads
• Shift+click - Collapse an entire thread from any comment
• Hover highlighting - See the ancestor chain when hovering over comments
• State persistence - Collapsed comments stay collapsed across sessions
• Wider content - More readable column width

Hacker News (news.ycombinator.com)

• Quick links - Jump to HackerWeb or hckrnews from any story

What are HackerWeb and hckrnews?

If you're new to the Hacker News ecosystem, these are two excellent alternative frontends:

• HackerWeb - A fast, clean mobile-friendly interface for reading HN. Great for focused reading without distractions.
• hckrnews - Shows HN stories organized by day with scores, making it easy to catch up on what you missed.

Both are read-only interfaces to the same Hacker News content.

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Development

bun install
bun run build          # Build userscript
bun run build:watch    # Rebuild on changes

Local Testing

1. Enable "Allow access to file URLs" in extension settings
2. Create a new script with just a @require directive:

   // ==UserScript==
   // @name        Local Dev - HackerWeb Tools
   // @match       https://hackerweb.app/*
   // @match       https://news.ycombinator.com/*
   // @require     file:///path/to/dist/hackerweb-tools.user.js
   // ==/UserScript==

3. Run bun run build:watch
4. Refresh the page to pick up changes

Publishing

bun run publish        # Increment build, commit, tag, push, update gist
bun run publish:dry    # Preview without changes

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