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A browser extension for Hacker News

Orange Juice

Hacker News, a little sweeter.

Inline replies, unread tracking, and keyboard shortcuts for the site you keep coming back to.

“Ty for this extension, it greatly improves HN for me. I can't imagine using HN without orangejuice now.”
— regions99rockery, on GitHub
Hacker News before and after hiding read stories Hacker News before and after hiding read stories

Hide the stories you’ve already read.

Clear read stories from the front page, or keep them visible with dimming or strikethrough.

The useful bits.

Small additions for the way you already use Hacker News.

Stay in the conversation

Read a comment. Select a line. Reply right there. Orange Juice keeps the thread in view while you write.

Replying to a comment without leaving the Hacker News thread Replying to a comment without leaving the Hacker News thread
Find the new comments

Come back to a thread and see which comments arrived while you were away.

New comments marked with an orange line New comments marked with an orange line
Give your mouse a break

Move with j and k, reply with r, or save a favorite with f. Press ? to see the shortcuts and change the bindings.

Orange Juice keyboard shortcuts Orange Juice keyboard shortcuts
Get to know the person behind a comment

Hover over a name to see their profile. Follow people you want to hear from, or mute the ones you don’t.

A Hacker News profile shown beside a comment A Hacker News profile shown beside a comment
Share a link to the conversation

Copy a story or comment’s Hacker News URL with a keyboard shortcut.

Confirmation that a Hacker News link was copied Confirmation that a Hacker News link was copied
Read the code. See the diagram.

Code is easier to read, and Mermaid diagrams render right inside comments. Emoji shortcodes work, too.

A Mermaid diagram rendered in a Hacker News comment A Mermaid diagram rendered in a Hacker News comment
Keep up with your people

A following feed collects recent comments and submissions from the HN users you follow. Reorder the list and refresh each person when you want.

Add a little
Orange Juice.

Install it, open Hacker News, and make yourself at home.

Out in the open.

Orange Juice is open source under the GPLv3 license. Read the code, report a bug, or help build the next feature.

Visit the project Read the privacy policy