Refined GitHub

Simplifies the GitHub interface and adds useful features

Refined GitHub - Simplifying GitHub Interface

Refined GitHub is a comprehensive Chrome extension designed to simplify the GitHub interface and add over 200 useful features. It enhances readability by linkifying issue references and URLs in the code and reducing tab size. It also enhances convenience by adding a one-click merge conflict fixers and a button for reverting changes to files in a PR. Additionally, it shows PRs that affect the current file, highlights pertinent comments, shows the first Git tag included in a merged PR, and provides a link to an automatic changelog for each tag or release. It even adds potential related pages and alternatives on 404 pages, aside from displaying the repository's age.

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Extension stats

By: Sindre Sorhus

Users: 90,000+

10.00K

Rating: 4.83

(216)

Version: 25.1.15 (Last updated: 2025-01-17)

Creation date: 2020-07-02

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood:

Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

storage
scripting
contextMenus
activeTab
alarms

Host permissions:

https://github.com/*
https://api.github.com/*

Size: 596.99K

Email: si*****@gmail.com

URLs: Privacy policy

Ranking

# 2,778 ▲ 115

Other rankings

#46 in Developer Tools #1 in github keyword 37 ▲ #141 in features keyword 16 ▲ 2

Other platforms

Not available on Android

Refined GitHub (v25.1.15)

4.81

(161) 8,956+

Not available on Edge

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Extension summary

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Highlights:

Linkifies issue/PR references and URLs in code.
Makes whitespace characters visible.
Reduces tabs’ size to 4 spaces instead of 8.
Adds one-click merge conflict fixers.
Adds reaction avatars showing who reacted to a comment.
Adds a button to revert all the changes to a file in a PR.
Adds a build/CI status icon next to the repo’s name.
Adds a button to view the source of Markdown files.
Shows PRs that touch the current file.
Highlights the most useful comment in conversations.
Shows the first Git tag a merged PR was included in.
Adds a link to an automatic changelog for each tag/release.
Adds possible related pages and alternatives on 404 pages.
Displays the age of the repository in the sidebar.

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