Stylus
Hacker ApprovedShares rank 25 of 70 browser extensions by recommenders
People recommend Stylus for applying custom CSS to individual websites, such as hiding YouTube Shorts links or fixing the light mode flash on HN. Critics note its interface is not intuitive.
People recommend Stylus for applying custom CSS to individual websites, such as hiding YouTube Shorts links or fixing the light mode flash on HN. Critics note its interface is not intuitive.
14 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 14
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 8 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 14 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 8 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Custom CSS per site
“a practical solution is to use a browser extension (such as Stylus) to customise the HN styling”
Comment from 21 Dec 2025 in “Big GPUs don't need big PCs” “maybe use an extension like Stylus to hide the "Shorts" links on YT pages”
Comment from 16 Apr 2026 in “YouTube now lets you turn off Shorts” “it's basically Tampermonkey but for site-level CSS overrides”
Comment from 8 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: Orange Juice – Small UX improvements that make HN much easier to read” - Comment from 20 Mar 2026 in “Android: Balancing Openness and Choice with Safety”
Open-source alternative to Stylish
“the similar (and open-source) Stylus extension is”
Comment from 14 Feb 2026 in “uBlock filter list to hide all YouTube Shorts” “Stylus is a good alternative to Stylish.”
Comment from 11 Feb 2026 in “Chrome extensions spying on 37M users' browsing data” Alternative to Tampermonkey-style scripts
“Seems like something any custom-css/custom-js plugin can handle. Stylus, or those monkey extensions.”
Comment from 9 Jan 2026 in “Ask HN: Is it time for HN to implement a form of captcha?” “it's basically Tampermonkey but for site-level CSS overrides”
Comment from 8 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: Orange Juice – Small UX improvements that make HN much easier to read”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Interface not intuitive
“it doesn't have an intuitive ui though”
Comment from 11 Feb 2026 in “Chrome extensions spying on 37M users' browsing data”
Other browser extensions people recommend
The four most recommended other browser extensions, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SponsorBlock | 137 | 4 | 97% | 13 | — | Approved |
| Firefox Multi-Account Containers | 76 | 13 | 85% | 10 | 7.5 yrs3 owners | Approved |
| NoScript | 61 | 11 | 85% | 12 | 10 yrs4 owners | Approved |
| Claude in Chrome | 53 | 42 | 56% | 9 | — | — |
| StylusThis page | 14 | 0 | 100% | 8 | — | Approved |
What people said
16 of the 17 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“or via stylus new style for feed -> paste”
“with something like Stylus”
“maybe use an extension like Stylus to hide the "Shorts" links on YT pages”
“enable the Stylus "Instant inject mode" option to prevent light mode HN from briefly flashing when loading or changing pages”
“It's nice to be able to reduce the attack surface down to just these two extensions”
“it has already exceeded my expectations”
“it's basically Tampermonkey but for site-level CSS overrides”
“a simple Stylus CSS rule is enough”
“firefox usercss or stylus addon, enjoy ;), no LLM needed”
“the similar (and open-source) Stylus extension is”
“Stylus is a good alternative to Stylish.”
“it doesn't have an intuitive ui though”
“I'd assumed most people would have jumped ship to Stylus”
“Seems like something any custom-css/custom-js plugin can handle. Stylus, or those monkey extensions.”
“a practical solution is to use a browser extension (such as Stylus) to customise the HN styling”
“And it shares a lot in common with Stylus.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.