# Tweeks

30 Hacker News commenters recommended Tweeks and 27 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Browser extension that uses an LLM to change web pages from plain-language prompts, a modern take on Greasemonkey. Critics most often worry about data privacy and how it will be monetized.

## Why people recommend it

- Hides unwanted features and slop (4 comments): "This is awesome work - I can already imagine using this to hide features I don't want to see on websites at certain times." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45919387)) "Refreshing to see a product which wants to reduce the amount of slop and noise in my life, instead of the opposite." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45921292)) "We thought it was about time to use LLMs to combat slop." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45917142))
- Greasemonkey idea for everyone (3 comments): "One Chrome plug-in called 'Tweeks' is a reimplementation of Grease monkey user scripting where you can make changes by posing natural language to an LLM" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45927493)) "it's a very cool idea to bring the power of greasemonkey to the masses" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45926958)) "brilliant idea to bring back the Greasemonkey way of doing things" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45918259))
- Custom changes in plain language (3 comments): "this extension has enabled me to build helpers that I never would have thought to implement by hand" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45919146)) "Now I can do that all in seconds (and iterate just as quickly)." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45928168)) "Your very own custom focus mode is only one prompt away" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45923365))
- Good onboarding and responsive team (4 comments): "Really appreciate all your feedback, and we're excited to keep improving." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45928606)) "your onboarding page does a good job of walking the user through it" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45924132)) "the onboarding experience is really well done" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45920553))

## What people warn about

- Unclear data privacy and handling (4 comments): "The easiest way to monetize this is to sell it to somebody who will exfiltrate all your banking data with an invisible auto-update." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45928998)) "Anything you make is or can become public. I would revisit this decision and prioritize keeping users' data private." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45918247)) "Where is your privacy policy and terms of service? I do not see either on your site." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45917132))
- Broad browser access permissions (3 comments): "Telling me to install an extension without ever telling me what that extension actually does" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45917832)) "installing an extension that has access to my entire browser infrastructure and those terms." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45918626)) "closed-source extension that casually requests access to (all) 'Website content'" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45916806))
- Ownership and monetization concerns (2 comments): "wonder how this plays out when tooling designed to de-enshittify is owned by a YC startup" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45916736)) "I'm cautious to install this because I don't know how to monetize this for the long haul" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45917174))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Claude in Chrome](https://hackerapproved.com/p/claude-in-chrome.md): 53 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Tweeks", https://hackerapproved.com/p/tweeks/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).