# Showoctocats

> Convenience rendering of raw text files from GitHub

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/showoctocats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/showoctocats)

## Overview

- **ID:** `showoctocats`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** JaSP
- **Category:** other
- **Version:** 0.1.1
- **Last updated:** 2020-10-01
- **First published:** 2020-09-19
- **Size:** 13 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-08
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/showoctocats/)

## Description

Showoctocats is a Firefox extension that enables the rendering of raw text files from GitHub with their expected MIME type. It provides convenience for users by allowing easy viewing of raw text files directly in the browser.

## Rankings

- #135,015 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `webRequest`
- `webRequestBlocking`
- `https://raw.githubusercontent.com/*`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows the extension to observe and analyze traffic in flight for the selected hosts.
- 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/showoctocats)