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HN Companion

AI-native

Summaries built for HN.Follow the conversation.

hncompanion.com Source★ 5 Chrome Web StoreProductivity & Collaboration / Browser & Tab Productivity

AI Benchmark
Desktop
Mobile
Monthly visits
<5K
Sep 2026
Public revenue
Undisclosed
No public revenue evidence yet
Entry price
Free
No monthly subscription pricing
Creators
Latent Signal
@latentsignal_hq· 2 followersCo-created with georgeck
Launched
9mo ago
2026-02-10 · Est.

Traffic

Last 12 months
Monthly visitsData through Sep 2026 · Oct 2026 pending
Events1 marketing move

Marketing moves

Launches, search & content, referrals, promotions
X accounts@latentsignal_hq

  • Launched on Show HN (31 pts · 15 comments)Launch

    HN Companion – web app that enhances the experience of reading HN — HN is all about the rich discussions. We wanted to take the HN experience one step further - to bring the familiar keyboard-first navigati…

    Feb 10 · 9mo agoLaunch page

Third-party reviews & case dossiers

Acquisition breakdowns, engineer reviews & open-source metrics
Show HN
2026-02-10Source
Post excerpt:
HN is all about the rich discussions. We wanted to take the HN experience one step further - to bring the familiar keyboard-first navigation, find interesting viewpoints in the threads and get a gist of long threads so that we can decide which rabbit holes to explore. So we built HN Companion a year ago, and have been refining it ever since. Try it: https://

Open Source & Self-Hosting

GitHub · MCP / Skill
hncompanion/browser-extension
Last commit 2026-07-05
GitHub Stars
★ 5
Forks
2
License
See repository
Primary language
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Store data

Chrome Web Store
Chrome Web Store Chrome Web Store
Update date not synced
Rating
Rating not syncedRating count not synced
New ratings last mo
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Price & IAP
FreeIAP data not synced
Current version
—Store metadata

Store assets, rating histograms, install tiers, and screenshots are synced from Apple App Store, Google Play, and Chrome Web Store.

Traffic sources

Sep 2026

Traffic breakdown

Channels

  • Direct30%
  • Organic Search26%
  • Referrals13%
  • Display Ads8%
  • Other23%

Countries

  • United States100%

Search

Domain authority —Domain registered 2025-01-29

KeywordMonthly volume
lucky dangle for mac1,130
eric lu rsa1,120
lucky dangle app1,060
luckydangle1,030
hn summarizer60

Traffic data: Vaneform

Pricing

Website does not list public plan prices.

Trial: None · Observed 2026-11-04 · Source page

Pages & changes

Tracked since 2026-07-31

Key pages

Weekly snapshots

Changes

No pricing, plan, or positioning changes detected since tracking started.

Questions & evidence

How much website traffic does HN Companion get?
Vaneform estimates <5K website visits in 2026-09. Visits can include repeat visits; this estimate measures web traffic separately from paying customers or revenue.Source
What is HN Companion and what platforms does it support?
HN Companion is catalogued under Browser & Tab Productivity: Summaries built for HN.Follow the conversation.. Supported platforms: Browser Extension.
Is HN Companion open source?
HN Companion has a public repository (https://github.com/hncompanion/browser-extension) with its source repository published, recording 5 GitHub stars.Source

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