(last updated: 24 Sep 2026)

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[user script] – Hacker Brain – sidebar for efficient information consumption

Read Hacker News top-level comments for any item in right-sidebar with truncation support and persistence – without page reload or page change.

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A re-imagining of the original Hackerbrain (2011 – 2018) :

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[user script] – Hacker Train – Best comments aggregator with Offline Edition
Groups Hacker News best comments page by item, collapses previously seen items, hides seen comments with a toggle to reveal them, exports standalone offline HTML archives, preserves full story titles and provides one-click storage reset.

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Install these scripts by firstly installing the ViolentMonkey or TamperMonkey browser plugin. Visit GreasyFork and press “install” on the desired plugin. Then visit those HN pages as per usual to see the changes. The monkey plugin may prompt you to enable-user-scripts as seen from its icon next to the address bar for the scripts to work correctly. Follow the instructions to do that.

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Hacker Train – Best comments aggregator – sovereign edition

As above but without requiring any client-side scripting or add-ons. With theme-switcher.

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Tinkering – getting down with the tinkerers

Browse ~1450 top personal hacker blogs, 10 at a time changed 3 times daily, via an HTML based feed reader with sweep-in, lazy-loaded sidebar comments.

Includes Neubrutalism layout:

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Search Hub – https://search.future-secured.com/

Customizable page of search engines and prompt inputs as a jumping off point into the web. Settings can be saved, collapsible sections, fields rearranged, new engines added, aggregated search. Everything stays in your browser, no telemetry or dependencies – save and run locally if need be.

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Cool Tools for the net – https://net.future-secured.com/

All-in-one DNS, network, and security inspection toolkit. Query domain names or IP addresses to perform tasks like DNS lookups, Down-checking, WHOIS queries, SSL / TLS certificate analyses, email deliverability checks, server connectivity tests and more. See information about your browser.
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