Github Stars

See the number of stars earned by a github repository while hovering over its link.

Github Stars - Chrome Extension

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.
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Extension stats

By: SuPythony
Users: 38
-4
Rating: 4.00
(2)
Version: 1.1.0 (Last updated: 2023-04-24)
Creation date: 2022-02-03
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • storage
Size: 19.74K

Other platforms

Alchemy Stars (v1.40.0)
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Extension 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.
by Jonas, 2023-04-18

Good work, thanks!
by feng buyou, 2022-02-21
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Github Stars requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Github Stars has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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