# Github Whitespace Disabler

> Force Github "Files Changed" tab on Pull Requests to hide whitespace changes when showing diffs.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `github-whitespace-disabler`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Oliver Maksimovic
- **Category:** web-development,appearance
- **Daily users:** 100
- **Weekly downloads:** 1
- **Rating:** 4.50 / 5 (2 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.1.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-04-01
- **First published:** 2017-06-30
- **Size:** 15 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-06
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/github-whitespace-disabler/)

## Description

GitHub Whitespace Disabler is a lightweight Chrome extension that makes PR diffs easier to read by forcing the Files Changed tab to hide whitespace changes. It only requires access to relevant GitHub pages and appends the w=1 parameter to the URL when needed, without reading page content.

Full source code is available on GitHub: [GitHub repo](https://github.com/mukulmurthy/github-whitespace-disabler). If you encounter issues, please open an issue there. The project was inspired by [GitHub whitespace-disabler by kemo](https://github.com/kemo/github-whitespace-disabler).

## Rankings

- #11,709 — Overall
- #32 — github
- #53 — disable
- #104 — pull

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `webRequest`
- `webRequestBlocking`
- `*://github.com/*/*/pull/*/files`
- `*://github.com/*/*/pull/*/changes`

### Content script matches

- `github.com`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- Request access to the following domains: github.com
- This extension support email may not be valid

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