# Pin for GitHub

> Pin repositories on GitHub for later without having to star them.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/pin-for-github?hl=ja](https://chrome-stats.com/d/pin-for-github?hl=ja)

## Overview

- **ID:** `pin-for-github`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** vantezzen
- **Category:** web-development
- **Rating:** 5.00 / 5 (2 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.2
- **Last updated:** 2019-04-30
- **First published:** 2019-04-30
- **Size:** 192 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/pin-for-github/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/vantezzen/pinforgithub](https://github.com/vantezzen/pinforgithub)

## Description

Pin for GitHub is a Firefox add-on that allows you to save repositories on GitHub to your pin-board. It eliminates the need to publicly star repositories and uses Firefox's sync storage to synchronize pins across devices.

## Rankings

- #130,172 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `*://github.com/*`
- `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/pin-for-github?hl=ja)