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Notifier for GitHub

by Sindre Sorhus

v25.6.25 Updated Jun 26, 2025 75.21KiB
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★ 4.71
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Description

It checks the GitHub Notifications API every minute. Supports GitHub Enterprise and an option to only show unread count for issues you're participating in. Make sure to add a token in the Options page. ## Permissions Both requested permissions are optional, so you can just decline if you don't want it. ### Tabs permission The first time you click on the extension icon, it will ask you for access to browser tabs. We need this to know if there is already an opened GitHub notifications page and switch to it if so. ### Notifications permission If you want to receive desktop notifications, you can enable them on extension options page. You will then be asked for the notifications permission.
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Reviews (3 cached)

★★☆☆☆2018-08-28
David Artiss

Have been a happy user until it started prompted for permission to read my browser history. I'm not sure why this should be a requirement and denying it causes the same permission prompt to keep appearing. I have removed it rather than give away my browser history.

★★☆☆☆2017-03-31
Stevie Howard

Constantly says "OFF" until I visit GitHub, which defeats the point of having it.

★★☆☆☆2013-04-07
Yosh Wuyts

It doesn't display any of my notifications :<

Permissions (5)

Permissions

alarms Can schedule periodic background tasks notifications Can show desktop notifications offscreen storage Can store data locally in your browser tabs Can see your open tabs and their URLs

Details

Version 25.6.25
Updated Jun 26, 2025
Size 75.21KiB
First Seen Mar 30, 2026