# peek – GitHub to local editor in 1 click

> Instantly open repositories, pull requests, and files to your local editor in a temp folder.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `git-peek-for-github`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Jarred Sumner
- **Category:** web-development
- **Daily users:** 1
- **Version:** 0.0.2
- **Last updated:** 2021-02-16
- **First published:** 2021-02-13
- **Size:** 76 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-06
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/git-peek-for-github/)

## Description

peek - GitHub to local editor in 1 click is a Firefox add-on that allows you to instantly open repositories, pull requests, and files from GitHub to your local editor for easy code reading, searching, and reviewing.

## Rankings

- #107,863 — Overall
- #227 — editor

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `tabs`
- `https://*.github.com/*`
- `storage`

### Content script matches

- `*.github.com`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High 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-peek-for-github)