Does Stashr save my Hacker News favorites automatically?

Yes. Once you turn Hacker News on in the extension, every story or comment you favorite is captured the moment you click favorite, with no extra step.

Why does Stashr ask for permission for Hacker News?

Hacker News is opt-in, so adding it never pauses the extension for anyone who doesn't use it. The first time you turn it on, Chrome asks you to let Stashr read news.ycombinator.com. Stashr only reads those pages and never posts anything for you.

How do I favorite a comment on Hacker News?

Click the comment's timestamp (like "3 hours ago") to open it on its own page, then click favorite in its header. Stories work the same way: open the story's page and click favorite under the title.

Does it save the linked article too?

Stashr keeps the story's title and link, not a copy of the article. To keep the article itself, open it and right-click → Save page to Stashr.

Favorites only for now. Upvotes are private on Hacker News and most people use them as a reaction, not a save, so Stashr leaves them alone.

Can I import the favorites I already have?

Yes. A one-time import from the extension backfills your favorite stories and favorite comments.

Can I import someone else's favorites?

No. Favorites are public on Hacker News, but Stashr only imports the account you're logged in with, using your own session in the browser. It never asks for your password.

Hacker News

Every Hacker News favorite, kept and searchable

Favorite a story or a comment the way you always do, and Stashr keeps a searchable copy, so the thread you meant to come back to is still there when you look for it.

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What Stashr saves from Hacker News

Hacker News favorites are one long list per user. There are no tags, no search, and no way to find the comment you saved last spring except scrolling. Stashr captures each story and comment the moment you favorite it and files a copy in your library, with the same AI tagging and plain-English search as every other save.

For a story, Stashr keeps the title, the link and site it points to, who posted it and when, and its points and comment count when it was saved. Ask HN and Show HN posts keep their text. For a comment, Stashr keeps the full comment and the story it was posted on. Un-favorite something and Stashr removes it from your library to match.

What gets captured

Favorite stories

Any story you favorite, with its title, link, site, author, points, and comment count, kept as one searchable card.

Favorite comments

The full text of a comment you favorite, code blocks and links included, with the story it was posted on.

Ask HN & Show HN

Text posts keep their body, so the question or the launch post is searchable, not just its title.

How saving from Hacker News works

Favorite the way you already do. Stashr handles the rest in the background.

1. Turn it on, then favorite

Click Turn on in the extension once and allow access to Hacker News. After that, open a story or a comment and click favorite, exactly like you do now.

2. Stashr grabs it

The moment you favorite, the extension reads the story or comment straight from the page. The click goes through as normal.

3. It lands in your library

Your copy is filed and searchable in plain English, right next to everything else you've saved. Turn on AI tagging and it's tagged in your own words too.

Bring your Hacker News favorites over

Already have years of favorites? Run a one-time import from the extension and Stashr walks your favorite stories and favorite comments and files each one as the same searchable copy.

It paces itself to stay polite to Hacker News, runs in the background while you keep reading, and never changes your favorites on HN.

Why people use it

Hacker News makes it easy to favorite something. It does nothing to help you find it again.

Favorites you can actually search

HN search covers the whole site, not your favorites. In Stashr every favorite is searchable by what it's about, so "that comment about Postgres vacuum tuning" finds it.

Comments, not just links

The best part of HN is often a comment. Stashr keeps the whole thing with the story it was on, so the insight survives without the thread.

One library for everything

Your favorites sit alongside your GitHub stars and what you keep from X, Reddit, Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, Facebook, and any web page you save, all searchable from one place.

Nothing new to do

You favorite on Hacker News exactly as you always have. Stashr just makes each one organized and searchable.

Common questions

Hacker News guides

Hacker News favorites: how to find, search, and export

Hacker News has no bookmarks: favorites are the save button. Find your list, favorite a comment, see how it differs from upvotes, and export it all to CSV.

Stashr now saves your Hacker News favorites

Hacker News support is live in Stashr. Import your favorite stories and comments, capture new favorites as you click, and search them in plain English.