# GitHub Widener

> Expands the GitHub and Gist code pane to the full window width.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `github-widener`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** danstewart
- **Category:** web-development,appearance
- **Daily users:** 1
- **Rating:** 5.00 / 5 (2 ratings)
- **Version:** 0.5
- **Last updated:** 2020-11-17
- **First published:** 2020-04-23
- **Size:** 167 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-06
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/github-widener/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/danstewart/github-widener](https://github.com/danstewart/github-widener)

## Description

GitHub Widener is a Firefox add-on that expands the GitHub and Gist code pane to the full window width. It requires access to the browser history API to detect page changes. Check out the GitHub repository for more details.

## Rankings

- #74,151 — Overall
- #244 — github

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `history`
- `tabs`

### Content script matches

- `github.com`
- `gist.github.com`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low 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-widener)