Porter Plug

Power up your Github experience with embedded repo news and charts from Porter.io
What is Porter Plug?
Porter Plug is a Chrome extension called 'Porter Plug' that enhances your Github experience by providing embedded repo news and charts from Porter.io. It also offers a personalized Hacker News digest subscription based on your Github profile.

Extension stats

Users: 243 ▼ -11
Rating: 5.00 (5)
Version: 1.0.2 (Last updated: 2015-02-15)
Creation date: 2015-02-15
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood: Moderate risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • https://github.com/*
  • https://porter.io/*
Size: 84.40K
URLs: Website

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Extension summary

The trending new toy for hardcore Github users and Hacker News fans!

Porter Plug helps you learn more about popular repos on Github without leaving the site! Currently we provide repo related news from Hacker News and project growth charts . More cool stuff coming! There's also an userscript available for other browsers on our site.

Popular repos are all supported including: bootstrap, d3, node, jquery, rails, brackets, backbone, jekyll, docker, express, angular, ember, meteor, react, django.

We also provide personalized Hacker News digest subscription based on your Github profile. The best way to get most of Hacker News everyday! Visit us on https://porter.io for more information.

For suggests & issues, throw us a ticket here https://github.com/porter-io/feedback

User reviews

Not work anymore? The site returns 504
by nU8K, 2021-08-08

awesome
by Shaman Zhu, 2016-06-02

beautiful tool that allows you too see the growth history of each github repos on github.
by Li Song, 2015-02-09
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Porter Plug requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

Porter Plug is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this extension.

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