Old School GitHub

Name: Old School GitHub
Rating: 4.7 (10 reviews)
Author: Dean Attali

Revert GitHub's UI back to its classic look (before the June 23, 2020 update that has a flat, rounded and more whitespaced design).

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Old School GitHub is a Chrome extension designed to bring back the classic GitHub user interface as it appeared before the June 23, 2020 update. This update introduced a modern flat design with rounded elements and increased whitespace, which some users find less efficient or visually appealing.

Key features include moving header tabs closer to the main content for easier access on wide screens, highlighting the selected page more prominently, restoring the classic bold and tactile button styles, adding clear row separators in the file explorer for improved readability, and removing circular user images along with excessive corner rounding. Additional refinements like better issue counter text widths and subtle background enhancements to README titles help restore a familiar and functional workflow.

While the extension relies solely on CSS for UI changes due to GitHub's mixed page loading strategies, it effectively improves visual clarity and usability without rearranging the fundamental page layout. Code is available on GitHub for transparency and contribution.

User Growth & Download Statistics

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By:

Dean Attali

Daily users:

Rating:

4.70

(10)

Version:

1.9.0 Last updated: 2024-06-14

Version code:

5759156

Creation date:

2020-06-24

Risk:

Content scripts matches:

github.com
gist.github.com

Size:

22.73KB

Email:

de*****@attalitech.com

Full description:

Source:

Firefox Add-ons Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-15

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Ranking

# 13,258 ▼ 87

Other rankings

#6 in school keyword 41 #35 in github keyword 31 ▼ 1#139 in laptop keyword 2 ▼ 3#191 in hold keyword 25 #222 in gif keyword 25 ▲ 1

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Old School GitHub (v1.9.0)

2,000 4.67

(12)

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Developed by:

Dean Attali

Firefox Add-ons Store

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/old-school-github/

Email:

de*****@attalitech.com

User Reviews

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Is Old School GitHub Safe?

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Old School GitHub requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

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Old School GitHub has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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