HN Status Bar

A VS Code extension that shows rotating Hacker News stories in the status bar.

Screenshot

Status Bar in Action

Features

• Fetches top stories from Hacker News API.
• Shows one story at a time in the status bar.
• Each story is shown for a configurable duration (default: 20 seconds).
• Status bar hides briefly between stories (default: 2 seconds), then shows the next story.
• Click current story in status bar to open it.

Extension Settings

This extension contributes the following settings:

• hnStatusBar.enabled: Enable/disable the extension.
• hnStatusBar.maxItems: Number of top stories to fetch.
• hnStatusBar.displaySeconds: Seconds each story remains visible.
• hnStatusBar.gapSeconds: Seconds to hide between stories.
• hnStatusBar.refreshMinutes: How often to refresh stories from API.
• hnStatusBar.showScore: Include score in status text.

Development

npm install
npm run compile

Press F5 in VS Code to launch the extension host.

Command palette commands:

• HN Status Bar: Refresh Stories
• HN Status Bar: Open Current Story