Awesome browser extensions for GitHub
A curated list of browser extensions for GitHub. Updated daily!
Useful for developers who frequently read source in GitHub and do not want to download or checkout too many repositories.
The Sourcegraph browser extension gives GitHub IDE-like powers when you're viewing code, pull requests, and diffs: 1. Go to definition 2. Find references 3. Powerful code search with regexp matching, diff searches, and other filters 4. Hover tooltips 5. File tree navigation
ZenHub is the first and only project management suite that works natively within GitHub; enhancing your workflow with features built specifically for startups, fast-moving engineering teams, and the open-source community. The product is a browser extension that injects advanced functionality including real-time drag-and-drop Issue Task Boards, peer feedback via a +1 button, and support for uploading any file type directly into the GitHub interface. ZenHub makes it easy to centralize all processes into GitHub, keeping your team lean and agile.
Extension that simplifies the GitHub interface and adds useful features.
Displays size of each file, download link and an option of copying file contents directly to clipboard
OctoLinker is the easiest and best way to navigate between files and projects on GitHub. It supports languages such as JavaScript, Ruby, Go, PHP, JAVA and more. It works with package.json as well as with Gemfiles.
Neat hovercards for GitHub.
A browser extension which gives different filetypes different icons on GitHub.
Displays your GitHub notifications unread count. Supports GitHub Enterprise and an option to only show unread count for issues you're participating in. You can click the icon to quickly see your unread notifications.
Allows you to toggle between the normal GitHub contribution chart and an isometric pixel art version.
Automatically adds repository size to GitHub's repository summary.
Simple and discreet extension that enhances GitHub's search, letting you search for repositories and people faster than ever.
Quickly browse the history of a file from any git repository.
Octohint adds IntelliSense hint feature to GitHub.
Replace browser new tab screen with GitHub trending projects.
Easily search GIPHY to add a GIF into any GitHub comment box.
Code folding - the ability to selectively hide and display sections of a code - is an invaluable feature in many text editors and IDEs. Now, developers can utilize that same style code-folding while poring over source code on the web in GitHub. Works for any type of indentation- spaces or tabs.
When viewing a repository on github.com that has a package.json file, this extension will introspect the dependencies in package.json and display links and description for each dependency, just below the repo's README.
Make tab indented code more readable by forcing the tab size to 4 instead of 8.
Add breakpoints at 1400px, 1600px and 1800px for full GitHub experience on large screens. Also removes the truncating of file and directory names in the repository browser.
See forks with the most stars under the names of repositories.
Show [vscode-icons](https://github.com/vscode-icons/vscode-icons) in the repository browser.
This extension adds the simplicity of WYSIWYG editing to issues, comments, pull requests, wikis and discussions in GitHub. It accepts Markdown input and offers productive writing, starting with tables.
Colorize issue and PR links to see their status (open, closed, merged).
Highlight selected word in GitHub source view like Sublime Text.
Extension to get back current and longest streak.
Set custom tab size for code view on GitHub.com
Are they tabs? Are they spaces? How many? Never wonder again! Renders spaces as `·` and tabs as `→` in all the code on GitHub.
Chrome extension to see story points in GitHub projects.
The CoderStats link for GitHub Chrome extension displays a link to the CoderStats page for the currently displayed user or organization profile page on GitHub.
Hide dotfiles from the GitHub file browser.
Displays npm package stats on GitHub
Helps you keep track of incoming and outgoing PRs, and notifies you when you receive a pull request on GitHub.
Generates a pie chart on user profile pages displaying a breakdown of what languages they have used in their repositories.
A Chrome and Firefox extension to quickly see your notifications in a popup without leaving the current page.
This browser extension allows you to open files in your IDE directly from GitHub, assuming the repository you are working on is cloned on your computer. When a fragment of a file is displayed, your IDE opens the file and puts the cursor at the desired line.
Shows notifications when you get a new notification on GitHub and provides quick access to all notifications in a popup.
Easily navigate through the changes in a file that has been edited on GitHub.
Find the best GIFs for your awesome pull requests.
Visualize GitHub repos as d3 force-directed graphs. The extension gives you a quick overview of the size and composition of any repo.
Next level code navigation for GitHub.
OctoPermalinker is a browser extension that searches GitHub comments/files for links to files on branches, and adds a link to where the branch pointed when the comment/file was made/updated. This helps you avoid following a link that was broken after being posted. For context, here's some discussion about broken GitHub links: [Don't link to line numbers in GitHub](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8046710). For example, suppose you're looking at a gist that links to a file on the master branch of a repo. At the time the gist was made, the link worked, but if the file gets removed, the link is broken. OctoPermalinker uses the gist creation date to add a permalink that still works.
An extension that creates direct links to imported modules, external or internal, on source code on GitHub. Supports multiple languages, including common ones like Rust, Go, Python and Ruby, but also odd ones like Nim, Haskell, Julia and Elm.
Create, save, edit, pin, search and delete filters that you commonly use on the Github Issues and Pull Requests pages. You are able to scope filters to be shown globally (on each repo) or only have them show up on the repo you create them on. Pinning filters is also a feature that this extension allows you to do. So if you have several filters you use daily - you have a way to quickly access them, at the top of your list.
Chrome extension that adds a button in browser and links this button to a GitHub repository that you will configure, then on any webpage just click this extension button and it will add the given link with the title of the page in that repository.
Filter your pull requests/issues in different categories giving you a big boost in productivity. Also suggests new trending repositories.
Helps you see easily which activities happened since you last visited GitHub.
Introduces the Explore tab in the pull request interface where you can review changes ordered by importance and see the semantic context surrounding each change.
Browser extension that shows which pull requests contain changes related to a file.
Chrome extension which helps you not to miss important changes in your news thread related to your repo
Removes clutter from your pull request by automatically marking as viewed files that aren't worth reviewing.
Revert GitHub's UI back to its classic look (before the June 23, 2020 update that has a flat, rounded and more whitespaced design).
GitHub provides a page that only shows diffs with a .diff at the end of the URL of the pull request. This browser extension makes it easier to view csv diffs by using daff on that page.
That's everything from this list, for now. Come back soon to explore other awesome browser extensions for GitHub. Meanwhile, you might want to check outStefan Buck's website.