Modern for Hacker News

A redesigned web interface for Hacker News. Enhance your Hacker News experience with a beautiful, clean, modern design that's fully customizable.

Modern for Hacker News is available to install from Firefox Browser Add-ons and for download from this page. It has 796 active users The latest version is 1.14, and it was published 2 years ago.

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Total download count: 0 (Only count downloads from Firefox-Stats)

All available versions

You can find the current and older versions of Modern for Hacker News here. You can download the archived versions or inspect their source codes.

As a free user, you can only download the latest version.

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Version Download Size Download count Timestamp
1.14 XPI · ZIP · Source code 7.23M 0 2022-11-13
1.12 Paid users only 7.23M 0 2022-09-27
1.11 Paid users only 7.23M 0 2022-09-10
1.1 Paid users only 7.23M 0 2022-09-07

Install XPI file

An XPI file, short for "XPInstall," is a compressed file format used primarily by Mozilla applications, like Firefox and Thunderbird, to distribute and install add-ons or extensions. These files are similar in function to CRX files for Chrome but cater to the Mozilla ecosystem.

  1. Simply drag-and-drop the XPI into Firefox to install the add-on.

Install ZIP file

  1. In Firefox browser, go to about:addons to open Add-ons Manager
  2. Click on , then select Install Add-on From File
  3. Select the Modern for Hacker News ZIP file from step 1. Modern for Hacker News is now installed on your browser.