# Git.io

> Shorten your GitHub urls to a git.io url.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/git-io](https://chrome-stats.com/d/git-io)

## Overview

- **ID:** `git-io`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** mahdyar.me
- **Category:** web-development
- **Daily users:** 1
- **Version:** 1.4
- **Last updated:** 2021-08-03
- **First published:** 2021-03-01
- **Size:** 107 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-08
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/git-io/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/mahdyar/git.io-extension/issues](https://github.com/mahdyar/git.io-extension/issues)

## Description

Git.io is a Firefox add-on that allows you to shorten your GitHub urls to git.io links.

## Rankings

- #113,292 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `tabs`
- `activeTab`
- `https://git.io/*`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/git-io)