GitHub Extensions to Boost Your Productivity
Nick Karnik

Nick Karnik @theoutlander

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GitHub Extensions to Boost Your Productivity

Publish Date: Aug 27 '18
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Here are GitHub Extensions that I use. They will enable you to improve your productivity on GitHub. Please share your favorite extensions in the comments.


Octotree allows easy exploration of the source code within the browser through a panel on the left:
Octotree


github-dashboard provides the ability to filter events on the Github.com activity dashboard
github-dashboard


Sourcegraph allows going to definition and finding references within the code
Sourcegrap


Octolinker allows navigating through code more efficiently by turning module imports into clickable links so you can easily view their source
Octolinker


github-repo-size displays repository size and individual file sizes on GitHub
Github-repo-size


refined-github simplifies the GitHub interface and adds several useful features

No more jumps caused by recently pushed branches
(They are moved to the side)
refined-github

Reaction avatars showing who reacted to a comment
refined-github

The option to wait for checks when merging a PR
refined-github

Clickable references to issues and pull requests
refined-github

Links to an issue's closing commit or pull request
refined-github


ZenHub is a better way to manage your GitHub Issues. It supports Multi-repo Boards, Epics, and reports - all inside of GitHub

ZenHub


github-npm-stats displays npm download stats on a GitHub repo

github-npm-stats


npmhub displays npm dependencies on GitHub repos

npmhub


isometric-contributions renders an isometric pixel art version of GitHub contribution graphs

isometric-contributions


If this list of extensions was helpful, ❤️ it and follow me on Twitter.



Comments 14 total

  • Khoa Pham
    Khoa PhamAug 27, 2018

    There's also github.com/onmyway133/github-chat where you can chat :P

    • Nick Karnik
      Nick KarnikAug 27, 2018

      Wow, this looks really interesting. Definitely better than Gitter. :)

      Thanks for sharing!

  • Jess Lee
    Jess LeeAug 27, 2018
  • David J Eddy
    David J EddyAug 27, 2018

    Great list Nick! I use refined-github and zendesk personally and are amazing.

    Thank you for the list; I am adding others now :D.

    • Nick Karnik
      Nick KarnikAug 27, 2018

      You're welcome, David!

      What is your use-case with zendesk? I thought the integration is mainly for support tickets?

      • David J Eddy
        David J EddyAug 27, 2018

        I used ZenDesk in a small dev group in a Kan-ban style workflow. We had 'ideas', 'researching', 'implementing', 'on dev', and 'deployed' and the like. It worked out well enough for the small team. It did, as you pointed out, allow us to take user reported issue straight into our workflow (that can be a good or a bad thing depending on your organization).

        Hope that helps.

  • Nick Karnik
    Nick KarnikAug 27, 2018

    Thanks for sharing these. GitKraken website looks awesome! I will definitely check it out. That Win95 looks interesting too.

    I just came across this yesterday: github.com/felixrieseberg/windows95. It is a fully-functional Windows 95 in electron!

  • André Costa Lima
    André Costa LimaAug 27, 2018

    Notifier for Chrome/Firefox: github.com/sindresorhus/notifier-f... 😉

  • Nick Karnik
    Nick KarnikAug 27, 2018

    Have you seen win95.ajf.me/?

  • Rémi Lavedrine
    Rémi LavedrineAug 29, 2018

    Love Gitkraken as well as it solves my multi platform laptops (Linux, MacOS and from time to time Windows).
    It works really well.

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