Show HN: Hover – IDE style hover documentation on any webpage

Published: 2 weeks ago (January 4, 2026 at 01:43 PM EST)

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Source: Hacker News

Hover Extension Overview

I thought it would be interesting to have ID‑style hover docs outside the IDE.
Hover is a Chrome extension that gives you IDE‑style hover tooltips on any webpage: documentation sites, ChatGPT, Claude, etc.

How it works

When a code block comes into view, the extension detects tokens and sends the …

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