Is GitZip for github safe?

Clean risk

Downloads selected GitHub repository files or folders as a ZIP without downloading the whole project.

This extension adds item selection, checkboxes, a download button, and context-menu options on GitHub repository pages. It shows a progress dashboard while preparing the ZIP, offers light and dark theme settings, and provides an optional GitHub API token flow for higher rate limits. The description also states that Google Analytics collection is enabled by default.

Kino Lienv1.0.4Chrome Web Store
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Who publishes it

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Publisher
Kino Lien

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What it can do

Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 1.0.4. 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 api.github.com

    https://api.github.com/*

  • Store data in your browser

    storage

  • Add items to the right-click menu

    contextMenus

Where it sends data

Destinations our analysis observed GitZip for 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

    GitZip for github sends data to github.com. 10 other extensions we have analysed send data here.

  • Google Analytics

    GitZip for github sends data to Google Analytics. Named as a recipient by 11 other extensions we have analysed.

Updated 30 September 2026ffabmkklhbepgcgfonabamgnfafbdlkn