# Render Whitespace on GitHub

> Renders spaces as · and tabs as → in all the code on GitHub.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/render-whitespace-on-github](https://chrome-stats.com/d/render-whitespace-on-github)

## Overview

- **ID:** `render-whitespace-on-github`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** glebm
- **Category:** web-development,other
- **Daily users:** 16
- **Rating:** 5.00 / 5 (4 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.3.13resigned1
- **Last updated:** 2024-04-25
- **First published:** 2017-09-23
- **Size:** 15 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-12
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/render-whitespace-on-github/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/glebm/render-whitespace-on-github](https://github.com/glebm/render-whitespace-on-github)

## Description

Render Whitespace on GitHub is a Firefox add-on that renders spaces as · and tabs as → in all the code on GitHub. It enhances code readability and helps developers visualize whitespace characters more easily.

## Rankings

- #27,092 — Overall
- #81 — github
- #91 — trend
- #117 — wa sender

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`

### Content script matches

- `gist.github.com`
- `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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