Issues
HN Sidebar is an open-source browser extension that displays the Hacker News discussion associated with the article currently being viewed. It runs in Chrome and Firefox sidebars so readers can access comments without leaving the article.
Overview
5 featuresIn the Browser DevTools & extensions space, Issues takes a focused approach. It focuses on finding and reading the relevant Hacker News discussion while browsing articles. Issues is an open-source project aimed at people who read Hacker News and web articles. The project is open source (Open Source). It runs on the web and embeddable surfaces.
seandlg builds and maintains Issues, and it first shipped in 2026. Among its 5 catalogued features are Hacker News discussions, article matching, and sidebar display.
Summary written by a language model from the project’s public pages.
- Hacker News discussions
- Article matching
- Sidebar display
- Chrome support
- Firefox support
Built with & integrations
Trust & compliance
Indexing history
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Frequently asked questions about Issues
- What does Issues do?
- Issues focuses on finding and reading the relevant Hacker News discussion while browsing articles. It is catalogued under Browser DevTools & extensions on PulseGate.
- Who should use Issues?
- Issues is an open-source project built for people who read Hacker News and web articles.
- Is Issues free?
- Yes — Issues is open source under the Open Source license and free to use.
- What platforms does Issues run on?
- Issues runs on the web and embeddable surfaces.
- Is Issues still active?
- Unverified. Issues has not been re-checked since it entered the index, so there is no finding either way — and only a positive finding would say otherwise.
- Who develops Issues?
- Issues is developed by seandlg.
- How long has Issues been around?
- Issues first shipped in 2026.
- Is Issues open source?
- Yes — Issues is open source under the Open Source license.
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