Lovely forks
Lovely forks - Find notable forks of Github projects
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- *://github.com/*
- *://api.github.com/*
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Add-on summary
An addon to help you notice notable forks of a Github project.
Sometimes on Github, projects are abandoned by the original authors and the development continues on a fork. However, the original repository is often not updated to let new-comers see that. I have many times wasted effort on making a pull-request or installing old buggy versions of projects when the community had already moved to a fork.
To make matters worse, the old projects usually have higher search-engine traffic and a lot more stars than the forks. This makes the forks even harder to find. This addon tries to remedy that by adding a subscript under the name of the repository on the Github page of all projects with a link to the most notable fork (i.e. the fork with the most stars), if such a fork exists.
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Lovely forks requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.
Risk likelihood
Lovely forks is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.