Is Enhanced GitHub safe?

Clean risk

Adds repository and file size details plus per-file download tools to GitHub pages.

This extension shows repository size, displays individual file sizes in active branches, and adds download links for files on GitHub. It also lets users copy file contents to the clipboard, except for Markdown files, and can store a GitHub access token locally for private repos or API rate-limit handling.

Varun Malhotrav6.0.0Chrome Web Store
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Who publishes it

Varun Malhotra - no other listings under this identity

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Publisher
Varun Malhotra

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What it can do

Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 6.0.0. Asking for a permission is not a finding on its own - it is what the extension can do if it chooses to.

  • Read and change your data on github.com

    *://*.github.com/*

  • Store data in your browser

    storage

  • Watch every request your browser makes

    webRequest

  • See every page you navigate to, as you navigate to it

    webNavigation

Where it sends data

Destinations our analysis observed Enhanced GitHub contacting. Sending data somewhere is not a finding on its own - an extension that syncs your settings has to talk to its own server - but it is where your data can go, and who else it goes to.

  • github.com

    Enhanced GitHub sends data to github.com. 10 other extensions we have analysed send data here.

Updated 30 September 2026anlikcnbgdeidpacdbdljnabclhahhmd