⚠️Not updated in over a year ⚠️Requests 1 sensitive permission ✅Highly rated
Description
Extension that provides useful features on top of GitHub Website.
FEATURES
1. Displays repo size.
2. Displays each file size in every active branch (not applicable for folder / symlink)
3. Show download link for each individual file (not applicable for folder / symlink)
4. Copy file's contents directly to Clipboard (just won't work for markdown files)
5. Download file
7. Coming soon...please suggest by opening an issue on https://github.com/softvar/enhanced-github/issues
SECURE POLICY:
Enhanced GitHub Chrome Extension doesn't collect/share/care about your data at all.
Asks for GitHub Access Token only for private repos and if Rate Limiting is your concern.
PERMISSION REQUIRED:
1. "*://*.github.com/*" - for running on github.com domain.
2. storage - for storing GitHub access token on your local system. GitHub Access token is required for private repos and for handling API rate-limiting issues.
3. webRequest - to support GitHub being a single-page-application now.
4. webNavigation - to support GitHub being a single-page-application now.
Read the detailed blog to support SPA and for requesting permissions #3 and #4 - https://medium.com/@softvar/making-chrome-extension-smart-by-supporting-spa-websites-1f76593637e8
CHANGELOG:
* Note: From v1.0.0 onwards - Click on download icon/button while pressing Alt / Cmd(for Mac)/ Ctrl(for Windows) because GitHub has stopped downloading of files directly.
* From v3.0.0 onwards, this extension wants webRequest permission so that it can properly handle SPA behavior of GitHub website.
* From v4.0.0 onwards, it support GitHub New Design.
Please check the detailed CHANGELOG - https://github.com/softvar/enhanced-github/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
OPEN-SOURCED and LICENSE:
- It's open-sourced - https://github.com/softvar/enhanced-github under MIT License
CONTACT:
For more updates, please stay tuned!
For any queries/issues - open an issue on https://github.com/softvar/enhanced-github/issues
For any query, drop me an email at varun2902@gmail.com
Reviews (5 cached)
★☆☆☆☆2024-02-02
Andrew Beet - NOAA Affiliate
Stopped working. repo/file size information is no longer displayed
★☆☆☆☆2024-01-19
Eric
Stopped working after github layout update in the past few weeks or so
★☆☆☆☆2022-11-09
ZIN
Outdated, doesn't work. Not recommended.
★★☆☆☆2021-10-21
Bryce Barbara
Doesn't seem to work anymore.
★★★☆☆2023-01-10
Saman Samani
Its working without any problem. for anyone that say its stopped working you have to add your own GitHub Access Token to the extension, the steps to do it is in github.
Permissions (3)
Permissions
storageℹ Can store data locally in your browser webNavigationℹ Can monitor navigation events webRequestℹ Can observe and analyze network traffic
Details
| Version | 6.0.0 |
| Updated | Jun 3, 2024 |
| Size | 47.01KiB |
| First Seen | Mar 26, 2026 |
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