# GitRec

> A recommender system for GitHub repositories based on Gorse

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `gitrec`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** zhenghaoz
- **Category:** other
- **Daily users:** 3
- **Rating:** 1.00 / 5 (1 ratings)
- **Version:** 0.10
- **Last updated:** 2025-11-25
- **First published:** 2023-04-19
- **Size:** 187 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-06
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/gitrec/)
- **Website:** [https://gitrec.gorse.io/](https://gitrec.gorse.io/)

## Description

GitRec is a Firefox add-on that serves as a recommender system for GitHub repositories. It recommends repositories to GitHub users based on their starred repositories and finds similar repositories for popular ones. The extension and its backend are open-source.

## Rankings

- #54,298 — Overall
- #188 — recommend

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `scripting`
- `webNavigation`

### Host permissions

- `https://gitrec.gorse.io/*`
- `*://github.com/*`

### Content script matches

- `github.com`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- Request access to the following domains: github.com, gorse.io
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

> Some risk analysis details are omitted from this free response. [Upgrade to view the full analysis](https://chrome-stats.com/pricing).

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/gitrec)