# GitHub Diff Whitespace

> Automatically appends ?w=1 to GitHub diff URLs to ignore whitespace changes

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/github-diff-whitespace](https://chrome-stats.com/d/github-diff-whitespace)

## Overview

- **ID:** `github-diff-whitespace`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Scott Robertson
- **Category:** web-development
- **Daily users:** 2
- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Last updated:** 2025-12-04
- **First published:** 2025-12-01
- **Size:** 9.61 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-07
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/github-diff-whitespace/)

## Rankings

- #67,808 — Overall
- #238 — github

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `tabs`
- `webNavigation`

### Host permissions

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

### 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.

> Some risk analysis details are omitted from this free response. [Upgrade to view the full analysis](https://chrome-stats.com/pricing).

## Similar extensions and apps

- [Auto-Hide GitHub Whitespace](https://chrome-stats.com/d/auto-hide-github-whitespace) — 3 users
- [Github Whitespace Disabler](https://chrome-stats.com/d/github-whitespace-disabler) — 97 users, 4.50 / 5
- [Render Whitespace on GitHub](https://chrome-stats.com/d/render-whitespace-on-github) — 15 users, 5.00 / 5
- [Github Pull Request Commits](https://chrome-stats.com/d/github-pull-request-commits) — 1 users
- [GitHub Collapse-Diffs Button](https://chrome-stats.com/d/github-collapse-diffs-button) — 1 users, 5.00 / 5
- [Github Merge Helper](https://chrome-stats.com/d/github-merge-helper)
- [Bitbucket Whitespace Ignorer](https://chrome-stats.com/d/bitbucket-whitespace-ignorer) — 2 users
- [GitHub Merge Commit Message Rewriter](https://chrome-stats.com/d/gh-pr-msg-rewriter) — 1 users
- [GitHub Widener](https://chrome-stats.com/d/github-widener) — 1 users, 5.00 / 5
- [Full Width Git Hub](https://chrome-stats.com/d/full-width-git-hub)
- [SC GitHub Helper](https://chrome-stats.com/d/sc-github-helper) — 2 users
- [GitHub SHA Compare](https://chrome-stats.com/d/github-sha-compare)

---

Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/github-diff-whitespace)