Read faster, reply in context, and keep your flow on Hacker News

Orange Juice removes the small frictions that slow down daily Hacker News use. You spend less time navigating and more time reading, writing, and keeping up.

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Why Install Orange Juice?

Because Hacker News is great, but repetitive UI friction adds up. Orange Juice keeps the original feel while removing the things that cost you time every day.

In-Thread Replies

Stay in the thread

Inline reply and quote selection let you respond in place instead of jumping across pages.

Unread Tracking

Keep context between visits

Unread comment highlighting and hide-read controls make it obvious what is new and what you already covered.

Favorites

Save what matters

Use keyboard commands to favorite stories and comments while reading so you can quickly find them again later.

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Feature Screenshots

This is not a complete list of features, but it shows what we’re actively building and already delivering. Even this subset should make a strong case for installing Orange Juice.

Inline Reply + Quote Selection

Reply directly inside comment threads and quote selected text with one action.

Inline reply in light mode
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Inline reply in dark mode
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Unread Comment Highlighting

Quickly spot what changed since your last visit without rescanning the entire thread.

Unread comment highlighting in light mode
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Unread comment highlighting in dark mode
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Mermaid Diagram Rendering

Render Mermaid code blocks into readable diagrams directly in threads.

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Mermaid diagram rendering in dark mode
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Hide Read Stories

Clear out items you already opened and focus your attention on new stories.

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Hide read stories in dark mode
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Keyboard Navigation

Move through stories and comments faster with keyboard shortcuts, so you can browse without constant mouse movement.

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Keyboard navigation help in dark mode
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Hover User Details

Hover usernames to quickly preview profile details and context without leaving the thread.

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User info hover card in dark mode
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And too many other features to list.

Safe, Open, and Engineered

Orange Juice is designed to be trustworthy by default:
transparent code, clear licensing, and disciplined development.

Fully open source

The full source code is public under the GPLv3 license, so anyone can inspect how it works, verify behavior, and contribute improvements.

AI-assisted, not AI-slop

AI is used as a pair programmer to speed up implementation and review, but architecture and final decisions are human.

Tested, not vibe coded

The extension has extensive unit test coverage, quality checks, and automation through CI/CD. This project is intentionally not vibe coded.

Recommended Setup Path

Installation

Install from GH releases first. We realize this isn’t ideal since you’ll need to update manually, but it gets you fixes and features faster while things are moving quickly during this initial development phase.

Web stores (secondary): Chrome Web Store ·Firefox Add-ons (coming soon)

From Github releases

1

Download the latest release

Visit the releases page and download the .zip file for your browser.

2

Install in Chrome

  • Open Chrome and navigate to chrome://extensions/
  • Enable "Developer mode" using the toggle in the top right
  • Click "Load unpacked" and select the extracted folder from the .zip file
  • The extension should now be active
3

Install in Firefox

  • Open Firefox and navigate to about:debugging#/runtime/this-firefox
  • Click "Load Temporary Add-on..."
  • Navigate to the extracted folder and select the manifest.json file
  • The extension should now be active
Note: Temporary extensions in Firefox are removed when you restart the browser. For a permanent installation, you'll need to install from Firefox Add-ons once the extension is published there.