# Notifications Preview for GitHub

> Quickly see your notifications in a popup without leaving the current page

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/notifications-preview-github](https://chrome-stats.com/d/notifications-preview-github)

## Overview

- **ID:** `notifications-preview-github`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Fregante
- **Category:** web-development,appearance
- **Daily users:** 40
- **Rating:** 4.60 / 5 (10 ratings)
- **Version:** 24.9.23
- **Last updated:** 2024-09-23
- **First published:** 2017-09-12
- **Size:** 45 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-05
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/notifications-preview-github/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/tanmayrajani/notifications-preview-github/](https://github.com/tanmayrajani/notifications-preview-github/)

## Description

The "Notifications Preview for GitHub" Chrome extension provides instant access to your GitHub notifications without leaving your current webpage. It seamlessly integrates with GitHub to display a reliable notifications icon that previews the count of unread notifications.

This extension enhances the default GitHub experience by ensuring the notifications indicator remains accurate and updated, even after connection interruptions like WebSocket loss. This means you stay informed in real-time with a dependable alert system, improving workflow efficiency for developers and collaborators on GitHub projects.

## Rankings

- #17,791 — Overall
- #20 — notification
- #37 — preview
- #64 — github
- #87 — notion
- #136 — location

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`

### Content script matches

- `github.com`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

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

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