# GitHub Wrong Account Alert

> When you have several GitHub accounts, it avoids inadvertant actions with the wrong account on a repository

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/github-wrong-account-alert?hl=pt](https://chrome-stats.com/d/github-wrong-account-alert?hl=pt)

## Overview

- **ID:** `github-wrong-account-alert`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** pdulvp
- **Category:** web-development
- **Version:** 1.1
- **Last updated:** 2020-05-25
- **First published:** 2020-05-24
- **Size:** 41 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-05
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/github-wrong-account-alert/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/pdulvp/github-wrong-account-alert](https://github.com/pdulvp/github-wrong-account-alert)

## Description

GitHub Wrong Account Alert is a Firefox add-on that helps you avoid using the wrong GitHub account on a repository. It red-highlights the GitHub header bar to alert you when you are connected to the wrong account.

## Rankings

- #141,254 — Overall
- #246 — account

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `activeTab`
- `tabs`

### Content script matches

- `github.com`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High 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-wrong-account-alert?hl=pt)