Refined GitHub
by sindresorhus@gmail.com
Quick Look
Refined GitHub enhances your GitHub experience by simplifying its interface and adding over 200 useful features for developers.
AI Overview
Who is this for?
Developers and GitHub users who want to improve their workflow and the GitHub interface.
Key Features
- → Linkifies references and makes whitespace visible
- → One-click merge conflict fixers
- → Build/CI status icons
- → Highlights useful comments and PRs
- → Repository age display
Reviews Analysis
Overall Sentiment
Overwhelmingly PositiveUsers overwhelmingly praise Refined GitHub for its extensive feature set, usability improvements, and the value it adds to the GitHub experience.
Note: AI analysis focuses on the substance and recency of reviews, which may differ from the overall store rating.
What Users Love
- ✓ Significantly improves GitHub's UI and functionality.
- ✓ Adds highly useful features for code review and navigation.
- ✓ Reliable and adds value without being intrusive.
Points to Consider
- × Some users experienced minor bugs or compatibility issues.
- × The sheer number of features might be overwhelming initially.
Official Description
From the Developer
Simplifies the GitHub interface and adds useful features
Highlights:
- Linkifies issue/PR references and URLs in code.
- Makes whitespace characters visible.
- Reduces tabs’ size to 4 spaces instead of 8.
- Adds one-click merge conflict fixers.
- Adds reaction avatars showing who reacted to a comment.
- Adds a button to revert all the changes to a file in a PR.
- Adds a build/CI status icon next to the repo’s name.
- Adds a button to view the source of Markdown files.
- Shows PRs that touch the current file.
- Highlights the most useful comment in conversations.
- Shows the first Git tag a merged PR was included in.
- Adds a link to an automatic changelog for each tag/release.
- Adds possible related pages and alternatives on 404 pages.
- Displays the age of the repository in the sidebar.
And so much more! 200+ features. See the website for a full list of features.
The GITHUB and REFINED GITHUB trademarks are owned by GitHub, Inc. and used under license.
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Key Info
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Rating:
4.8/5.0
(247 ratings)
- Users:100,000
- Version:25.8.27
- Updated:Aug 29, 2025
- Developer:Visit Website →
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