# GitHub Forks

> https://github.com/ChillerDragon/GitHubForks Find the best fork of a github repository quickly by browsing a rich representation of the network tab.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `github_forks`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** ChillerDragon
- **Category:** search-tools,appearance
- **Daily users:** 9
- **Rating:** 4.00 / 5 (3 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.0.2
- **Last updated:** 2022-10-14
- **First published:** 2021-11-03
- **Size:** 346 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-07
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/github_forks/)

## Description

GitHub Forks is a Firefox add-on that adds more data to the GitHub network tab. It allows you to easily find the best fork of a GitHub repository by displaying the stars of all forks, sorting by importance, and showing the number of commits the forks are ahead and behind.

## Rankings

- #34,364 — Overall
- #72 — github

## Permissions and access

### Content script matches

- `*`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- 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_forks)