# GitHub System Emoji

> Make GitHub use the system emoji font instead of serving ugly images.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `github-system-emoji`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Wesley Moore
- **Category:** appearance
- **Daily users:** 10
- **Rating:** 5.00 / 5 (1 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.0
- **Last updated:** 2021-07-11
- **First published:** 2021-07-10
- **Size:** 16 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-06
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/github-system-emoji/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/wezm/github-system-emoji-extension](https://github.com/wezm/github-system-emoji-extension)

## Description

GitHub System Emoji is a Firefox add-on that makes GitHub on Linux, FreeBSD, and other non-Windows, non-macOS systems use the system emoji font instead of mis-aligned images.

## Rankings

- #33,332 — Overall
- #14 — system
- #40 — emoji
- #81 — github

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

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

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- Request access to the following domains: github.com
- 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-system-emoji)