Show HN: HNswered – watches for replies to your Hacker News posts and comments

2026-04-24 | original

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Why This Matters

HNswered enhances the Hacker News experience by providing a lightweight, privacy-focused Chrome extension that tracks replies to your posts and comments without requiring login or server access. This tool helps users stay organized and engaged with conversations more efficiently, benefiting both consumers and content creators in the tech community.

Key Takeaways

No login or server needed, ensuring privacy and simplicity.
Tracks replies to your Hacker News posts and comments automatically.
Provides a local, easy-to-access inbox for managing interactions.

HNswered

HNswered is a small Chrome side panel for Hacker News replies.

Set your HN username once. HNswered watches the public stories and comments you have authored, surfaces direct replies in a local inbox, and keeps an unread badge in the toolbar.

No HN login. No server. No write access. Just public HN data, matched locally.

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What It Does

Finds replies to your HN stories and comments, even when the original comment is deep in a thread.

Shows a clean side-panel inbox with unread/read filters.

Lets you refresh on demand after posting something new.

Catches up after Chrome has been asleep or closed.

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