Top 10 Useful GitHub Browser Extensions

There are many types of addiction, but addiction to GitHub is a unique and interesting one. Although GitHub is a great tool for developers, using extensions to increase your productivity is greater. Let's get started with the extensions that I'm using.

1. Octotree

It shows a side panel to enhance code review and exploration. Here, it is easy to navigate between the files and folders of the repository.

2. Enhanced GitHub

It displays :

• The whole repository size and each file size
• Download link

You can copy file content directly to the clipboard.

3. GitHub Code Folding

It enables code folding in GitHub.

4. Sourcegraph

It makes you go to definition & find references (currently for Go, Java, TypeScript, JavaScript, and Python).

5. Notifications Preview for GitHub

This extension makes you :

Show the count of notifications on the bell icon

Preview the unread notifications using pop-overs on hover

Allow to perform actions like marking as read and unsubscribing on the notifications.

6. File Icons for GitHub and GitLab

It gives you different file icons in GitHub or GitLab.

7. OctoLinker

It makes navigating through the code more efficient by turning language-specific statements like include, require or import into clickable links.

8. GitHub Isometric Contributions

It allows you to toggle between the normal GitHub contribution chart and an isometric pixel art version.

2D Chart

3D Chart

9. GIFs for GitHub

It makes it easier to search GIPHY and add a GIF into any GitHub comment box.

10. Refined GitHub

This extension has a lot of features like :

Making whitespace characters visible

Adding one-click merge conflict fixers

Adding reaction avatars showing who reacted to a comment

Letting you hide every event except comments or unresolved comments in issues and PRs

Linking issue/PR references and URLs in code and conversation titles

Adding the option to wait for checks when merging a PR

Adding a button to revert all the changes to a file in a PR.

Conclusion

I tried to show some useful GitHub extensions that I know. There are a lot of other extensions you can use to enhance your experience. If you want to explore other awesome GitHub extensions, you can check this link.

Which GitHub extension do you like more? Let me know!