Github Active Forks

Adds an active forks section on a Github Page
What is Github Active Forks?
Github Active Forks is an open source Chrome Extension that adds an active forks section on a Github Repository Page. It allows users to select the number of forks they want to see and sort them by most stared, last commit, or most sub forks. No additional Github API calls are made, making it easy to modify options without worrying about rate limits.

Extension stats

By: yashx
Users: 187 ▲ 5
Rating: 3.75 (4)
Version: 0.0.3 (Last updated: 2022-03-19)
Creation date: 2021-08-19
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • storage
Size: 174.08K

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Not available on Edge
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Extension summary

Open Source Chrome Extension that adds an active forks section on a Github Repository Page

Repo: https://github.com/yashx/github-active-forks

Features

  1. Select the number of forks you want to see. (Min 1 and Max 100)
  2. Sort forks of the repository by most stared, last commit or most sub forks.
  3. No additional Github API calls are made when the above mentioned options are changed so you can modify them without worrying about rate limits.

User reviews

Didn't work with either Chrome & Arc Browser.
by Tushar Jain, 2024-10-24

Works as expected.

hey, this is pretty good... was looking at Lovely Forks and Useful Forks, but this may be better, you can usually see Recent and Most Starred at the same time without leaving the repo page
by Riaz Ali, 2024-06-11
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Github Active Forks requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

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