# GitHub Sidebar

> Displays a sidebar with GitHub. Select the icon in the toolbar to open GitHub in the sidebar - great for GitHub users working on a small screen.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `github-sidebar`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Paul
- **Category:** web-development,appearance
- **Daily users:** 9
- **Weekly downloads:** 1
- **Version:** 0.3
- **Last updated:** 2022-10-17
- **First published:** 2021-05-16
- **Size:** 27 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-05
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/github-sidebar/)

## Description

"GitHub Sidebar" is a Firefox add-on that displays GitHub in a sidebar, making it convenient for GitHub users working on small screens.

## Rankings

- #35,294 — Overall
- #70 — github
- #130 — sidebar
- #144 — deepseek sidebar

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `tabs`

## 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/github-sidebar)