GitHub License Observer

Name: GitHub License Observer
Rating: 5 (3 reviews)
Author: galdor

By: galdor

Annotate GitHub projects with information about their license.

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Features & Capabilities

While GitHub has historically been a place to host Open Source software, more and more projects have started to use non Open Source licenses such as the Business Source License and the Server Side Public License. Since these licenses are not identified by GitHub, it is way too easy to start using a project before realizing that it does not contain Open Source code, thus causing potential legal issues.

This add-on tries to identify the license of each project and display a clear label indicating whether the license is Open Source or not.

User Growth & Download Statistics

Add-on

By:

galdor

Daily users:

6 -1

Rating:

5.00

(3)

Version:

1.1.1 Last updated: 2024-04-03

Version code:

5715395

Creation date:

2023-09-03

Risk:

Permissions:

*://raw.githubusercontent.com/*

Content scripts matches:

*.github.com

Size:

21.15KB

URLs:

Website

Full description:

Source:

Firefox Add-ons Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-17

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 38,278 ▼ 2,414

Other rankings

#3 in license keyword 9 #111 in server keyword 62 ▼ 7#120 in github keyword 31 ▼ 12#233 in service keyword 45 ▼ 21

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Developed by:

galdor

Firefox Add-ons Store

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/github-license-observer/

Website:

https://github.com/galdor/github-license-observer

Is GitHub License Observer Safe?

Risk impact

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GitHub License Observer requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Request access to the following domains: githubusercontent.com, github.com
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Risk likelihood

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GitHub License Observer has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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