Best Chrome Extensions to boost GitHub

This page summarizes the projects mentioned and recommended in the original post on dev.to

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  • OctoLinker

    OctoLinker — Links together, what belongs together

    OctoLinker is a GitHub browser extension that converts language-specific statements such as include, require, or import into links. It is packed with the capability to connect dependencies defined in files such as package.json, composer.json, Gemfile, or requirements.txt to their corresponding GitHub project page.

  • github-awesome-autocomplete

    Discontinued :octocat: Add instant search capabilities to GitHub's search bar

    Awesome Autocomplete for GitHub, as the name suggests, is a discreet and straightforward Chrome extension that helps to enhance GitHub's search bar, letting you search through repositories and people from the massive bulk of GitHub's database with speed faster than ever.

  • SurveyJS

    Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App. With SurveyJS form UI libraries, you can build and style forms in a fully-integrated drag & drop form builder, render them in your JS app, and store form submission data in any backend, inc. PHP, ASP.NET Core, and Node.js.

  • algoliasearch-client-js

    Discontinued ⚡️ A fully-featured and blazing-fast JavaScript API client to interact with Algolia. [Moved to: https://github.com/algolia/algoliasearch-client-javascript]

    This extension continually pulls data about active repositories and users from the GitHub Archive dataset and saves it in two separate Algolia indices - 'users' and 'repositories.' When a user starts a search, the results are received using Algolia's JavaScript API client and presented on the UI which leverages Twitter's typeahead.js library to display the auto-completion menu.

  • codewing

    Next level code navigation for Java and Go on GitHub.

    GitHub Repo | Chrome Store | Website

  • api

    Registry proxy for OctoLinker (by OctoLinker)

    It helps you effectively find a file within your code by calling a plugin based on the file type, which then executes a regular expression on the source code to detect import statements. Meanwhile, it uses GitHub tree API in your browser to resolve related file references. Similarly, it uses the OctoLinker API to resolve the external dependencies using the dependency's name and the registry type.

  • sourcegraph

    Code AI platform with Code Search & Cody

    GitHub Repo | Chrome Store | Website

  • whats-new-github

    See what's new and what's not in your GitHub dashboard's feeds and in your organizations' feeds.

    Whats-new-github is a simple Chrome plugin that allows you to check the changes in your GitHub feed since your last visit by categorizing them as new or old. This allows you to see your feed in a clean, simple, and easy manner, ensuring that you don't miss any essential updates on the timeline. It decreases distractions and increases focus, allowing you to explore your feed for recent activities from the people and places you follow.

  • WorkOS

    The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

  • lovely-forks

    💚 🍴 Show notable forks of GitHub repositories under their names.

    Lovely forks is a chrome add-on built to bring your notice to notable forks (i.e., forks with the most stars) for GitHub projects. It helps to keep track of the community-appreciated fork by adding a subscription under the repository's name on the Github page of all projects with a link to that fork.

  • octotree

    GitHub on steroids

    Octotree is an excellent Chrome extension that enhances the GitHub code review and exploration process by introducing a vscode-like sidebar that helps you navigate files efficiently and effectively within a few clicks with tree-based file filtering and multi-tab support.

  • refined-github

    :octocat: Browser extension that simplifies the GitHub interface and adds useful features

    GitHub Repo | Chrome Store

  • github-hovercard

    Neat hovercards for GitHub.

    GitHub Repo | Chrome Store | Website

  • github-file-icons

    🌈 🗂 A browser extension which gives different filetypes different icons to GitHub, GitLab, gitea and gogs.

    GitHub Repo | Chrome Store

NOTE: The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives. Hence, a higher number means a more popular project.

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