# Notifier for GitHub

> Get notified about new GitHub notifications

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `notifier-for-github`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Sindre Sorhus
- **Category:** web-development,alerts-updates,other
- **Daily users:** 442
- **Weekly downloads:** 3
- **Rating:** 4.96 / 5 (28 ratings)
- **Version:** 24.4.24
- **Last updated:** 2024-04-24
- **First published:** 2019-06-11
- **Size:** 75 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-06
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/notifier-for-github/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/sindresorhus/notifier-for-github](https://github.com/sindresorhus/notifier-for-github)

## Description

Notifier for GitHub is a powerful Chrome extension designed to keep developers and collaborators updated with their GitHub notifications seamlessly. It displays a notification count directly in the toolbar icon, ensuring you never miss important updates. Clicking the icon quickly takes you to your GitHub notifications page for easy management.

Key features include desktop notifications for real-time alerts, the option to filter and show only unread counts for issues you're actively participating in, and full support for GitHub Enterprise. This extension streamlines your workflow by bringing GitHub notifications effortlessly to your browser.

## Rankings

- #5,434 — Overall
- #145 — Alerts & Updates
- #11 — github
- #107 — notification
- #119 — gif

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `alarms`
- `storage`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Very low risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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## Review summary

### Pros

- Saves users from excessive email notifications from GitHub.
- Works well as a replacement for previous incompatible extensions.
- Convenient and effective for managing GitHub notifications.
- Highly recommended for Firefox users managing their GitHub accounts.

### Cons

- Lacks a preview list feature for notifications.

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