GitOwl - Open Source Insights At a Glance

Name: GitOwl - Open Source Insights At a Glance
Author: David

By: David

GitOwl provides a sidebar with contextual insights to help you navigate the world of open source.

GitOwl - Open Source Insights At a Glance

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Features & Capabilities

GitOwl provides a sidebar with contextual insights to help you navigate the world of open source.

Discover similar repositories.

Similarity search using AI embeddings.
Find similar repositories across all GitHub repositories with over 1000 stars.
Limit the search using filters.

Clear overview of repository activity.

Quickly identify top issues (instantly filter by reactions, comments, recency).
See a graph of recent commits.
Visualise pull request activity.

Breakdown of user activity.

Aggregated contributions across repositories.
View details for any recent pull request or issue contribution.
Glance at latest stars.

GitOwl works on:

Privacy

GitOwl does not collect any private GitHub data.
Extension only uses the name of repository/user to provide insights.
Extension does not store or collect any other data from the webpages you visit.

GitOwl extension is Open Source, source code can be found at: https://github.com/dhilman/gitowl-extension

User Growth & Download Statistics

Add-on

By:

David

Daily users:

Version:

0.2.5 Last updated: 2024-10-22

Version code:

5830458

Creation date:

2024-09-17

Risk:

Permissions:

storage

Content scripts matches:

github.com
www.npmjs.com
pypi.org

Size:

29.51KB

Email:

co*****@gitowl.dev

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Firefox Add-ons Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-15

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 106,833 ▲ 1,589

Other rankings

#142 in source keyword 20 ▼ 2#157 in source code keyword 14 ▼ 1

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Contact the developer

Chrome-Stats does not own this Firefox add-on. Please use these information below to contact the Firefox add-on developer.

Developed by:

David

Firefox Add-ons Store

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/gitowl/

Email:

co*****@gitowl.dev

Website:

https://gitowl.dev

Permission Change History

2024-10-22: Version 0.2.2 → 0.2.5

Add Permissions: storage

Is GitOwl - Open Source Insights At a Glance Safe?

Risk impact

Risk impact measures the level of extra permissions an extension has access to. A low risk impact extension cannot do much harms, whereas a high risk impact extension can do a lot of damage like stealing your password, bypassing your security settings, and accessing your personal data. High risk impact extensions are not necessarily malicious. However, if they do turn malicious, they can be very harmful.

GitOwl - Open Source Insights At a Glance requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Request access to the following domains: github.com, npmjs.com, pypi.org
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Risk likelihood

Risk likelihood measures the probability that a Firefox add-on may turn malicious. This is determined by the publisher and the Firefox add-on reputation on Firefox Add-ons Store, the amount of time the Firefox add-on has been around, and other signals about the Firefox add-on. Our algorithms are not perfect, and are subject to change as we discover new ways to detect malicious extensions. We recommend that you always exercise caution when installing a Firefox add-on.

GitOwl - Open Source Insights At a Glance is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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