Material Icons for GitHub

Material icons for the file browser of popular websites like GitHub, Azure, Bitbucket etc.
What is Material Icons for GitHub?
Material Icons for GitHub is a Chrome extension that replaces GitHub's default icons with icons from Visual Studio Code's Material Icon Theme. It allows users to quickly identify file types, configuration files, and project scaffolding at a glance, making the browsing experience more efficient and visually appealing.

Extension stats

Rating: 4.94 (71)
Version: 1.8.19 (Last updated: 2024-07-24)
Creation date: 2020-12-22
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • storage
  • activeTab
  • scripting
Size: 743.42K

Other platforms

Material Icons for Github (v1.8.25)
5.00 (20) 965
Material Icons for GitHub (v1.8.25)
5.00 (2) 1,659+
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Extension summary

Replace GitHub's default icons with icons from Visual Studio Code's Material Icon Theme icons. Use the same icons on your code editor and on github.com, and quickly identify file types, configuration files and project scaffolding at a glance.

This extension pull icons and replacement lists directly from the open source vscode extension https://github.com/PKief/vscode-material-icon-theme.

This extension can replace icons on many other leading source control platforms.

For bug reports, please open Issues on the extensions repository at https://github.com/Claudiohbsantos/github-material-icons-extension

Don't forget to star the github repository if you like the extension.

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Icon is intuitive and enhances visualization
  • Helps distinguish files without reading extensions
  • Great for visualizing code structure in repositories
  • Beautiful and practical for GitHub and VSCode
  • User-friendly and highly rated
Cons
  • Has bugs that prevent loading in certain scenarios
  • Not working for some users lately
  • Main page of repositories may not load icons
Most mentioned
  • Functionality and bugs
  • Visualization of file structures
  • Intuitive icons
  • User experience improvements
Recent reviews
나는냐 뽀로로 티아노사우르스~
by Dev Ttangkong, 2024-08-30

by Junior Ruiz, 2024-08-28

Excelente extensión de momento va super bien.
by Мистер. Jrx, 2024-08-26
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Material Icons for GitHub is relatively safe to use as it requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Material Icons for GitHub has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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