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hnslop
A cached API, userscript and Firefox extension that hides Hacker News stories whose linked article scores as AI-written on Pangram.
Created 2026-09-06, last pushed 2026-09-11 (gh api); hosted API and extension served 2026-10-26. Quiet since mid-September. (checked 2026-10-25)
In AI content filters
Where it stands apart
- How is the main thing licensed? copyleft or source-available with restrictions (13% of 16 others)
- Can it run entirely on your own device or infrastructure, without the maker's servers? partly (some features need the maker's servers) (6% of 16 others)
- Which shared standard or format does it mainly build on? Pangram's AI-text detector (13% of 16 others)
- Does it publish its verdicts for others to reuse (a list, dataset, feed, or API)? yes (25% of 16 others)
What it shares with most of the community
- Is it actively maintained? active (94% of 16 others)
- How is it mainly sustained? individual side project, no revenue (50% of 16 others)
- Do you need an account to use it? no account (50% of 16 others)
- What does it try to remove? content written or generated by AI (56% of 16 others)
- How does it mainly decide what to flag? an AI model or classifier (50% of 16 others)
- Once you start using it, is filtering or labeling on by default? yes, on by default (69% of 16 others)
- In the default setup, how do users mainly pay for it? free, no paid option (56% of 16 others)
Nearest neighbors
- Hacker News AI Detector (Salah Adawi) 71% of 17 shared answers match
- hcker.news (AI filter) 59% of 17 shared answers match
- HNFiltered 59% of 17 shared answers match
Every answer
| Question | Answer | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Is it actively maintained? | active Young (6 weeks) and quiet since 2026-09-11; could slip to maintenance. | source 2026-10-26 |
| How is the main thing licensed? | stands apart copyleft or source-available with restrictions Source public on GitHub but no license file (gh api license: null), so default copyright applies. | source 2026-10-26 |
| How is it mainly sustained? | individual side project, no revenue | source 2026-10-26 |
| Can it run entirely on your own device or infrastructure, without the maker's servers? | stands apart partly (some features need the maker's servers) Server is self-hostable (Go, Dockerfile), but scores come from Salah Adawi's HN AI Detector. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Do you need an account to use it? | no account | source 2026-10-26 |
| Who is it for? | both Extension for readers; API for builders ('build your own tooling'). | source 2026-10-26 |
| Which shared standard or format does it mainly build on? | stands apart Pangram's AI-text detector Reuses Pangram scores from Salah Adawi's detector. | source 2026-10-26 |
| What does it try to remove? | content written or generated by AI 'This is about detecting posts written by LLMs, not posts about AI.' | source 2026-10-26 |
| How does it mainly decide what to flag? | an AI model or classifier Pangram v3.3, via Salah Adawi's detector. | source 2026-10-26 |
| In the default setup, where is each item judged? | on the maker's server Cached by hnslop's server; scoring done upstream by Salah's service and Pangram. | source 2026-10-26 |
| What happens to flagged content by default? | removed or hidden 'The extension allows you to hide articles with a high score.' | source 2026-10-26 |
| Which place does it mainly cover? | Hacker News | source 2026-10-26 |
| What form does it take? | a browser extension or userscript | source 2026-10-26 |
| Once you start using it, is filtering or labeling on by default? | yes, on by default | source 2026-10-26 |
| Can you correct a wrong verdict? | yes, for yourself only (show anyway, threshold, allowlist) Hide threshold on score. | source 2026-10-26 |
| In the default setup, how do users mainly pay for it? | free, no paid option | source 2026-10-26 |
| Does it publish its verdicts for others to reuse (a list, dataset, feed, or API)? | stands apart yes Public JSON API of ai_score per HN post. | source 2026-10-26 |
Sources
This page was derived from:
- GitHub · github.com/nilsherzig/hnslop · read 2026-10-25
- Hacker News · news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49661856 · collected 2026-10-26
- Web page · hnslop.nilsherzig.com/ · collected 2026-10-26
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