Overview
Hacker News watchlists, HN keyword alerts, reading list, topic tracker, newest feed notifications.
HN Watchlists is a browser extension for tracking topics on Hacker News. Set up watchlists for keywords or phrases you want to follow, then receive alerts when relevant posts appear. You can use negative keywords to reduce noise and tune sensitivity to improve match quality. This is useful for monitoring subjects you care about across work, research, and personal projects without manually refreshing Hacker News throughout the day. Privacy and data • No account required • Settings are stored locally in your browser using chrome.storage • Data is fetched only from the official Hacker News Firebase API to check new items Not affiliated with Hacker News or Y Combinator.
Details
Version
1.0.0
Updated
March 25, 2026
Offered by
Salah Louizy
Size
21.19KiB
Languages
Developer
Non-trader
This developer has not identified itself as a trader. For consumers in the European Union, please note that consumer rights do not apply to contracts between you and this developer.
Privacy
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The developer has disclosed that it will not collect or use your data.
This developer declares that your data is
- Not being sold to third parties, outside of the approved use cases
- Not being used or transferred for purposes that are unrelated to the item's core functionality
- Not being used or transferred to determine creditworthiness or for lending purposes
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