Github Stars
See the number of stars earned by a github repository while hovering over its link.
What is Github Stars?
Github Stars is a Chrome extension that allows you to view the stars earned by a Github repo as well as its languages by hovering over its link on a webpage. It also supports prefetching for instant star viewing.
Stats
By: SuPythony
Users: 41
Rating: 4.00
(2)
Creation date: 2022-02-03
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
Size: 19.74K
Email: su*****@gmail.com
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Summary
Github Stars is an extension that allows you to view the stars earned by a Github repo as well as its languages by hovering over its link on a webpage, without needing to navigate to it. You can also enable prefetching, which allows you to view the stars instantly after hovering over the link.
It's open source and the repository and further details can be found here - https://github.com/SuPythony/Github-Stars-Extension
User reviews
It works … but is a little annoying on large lists of repositories because it doesn't seem to prefetch, so I have to move mouse over link once to trigger fetching stars, then move mouse away and back on it to update the tooltip.
Good work, thanks!
Safety
Risk impact
Github Stars is relatively safe to use as it requires very minimum permissions.
Risk likelihood
Github Stars has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.
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