GitHub Repository Size

As a GitHub power user, you might be interested not only in boosting your productivity but also in finding little tools capable of making life with the popular repository hosting and version control service a bit easier.

One such tool is called GitHub Repository Size, and it comes in the form of a very accessible Chrome extension. As its name makes it crystal clear, this incredible lightweight tool basically adds an extra category in GitHub's repository summary section.

Not only that, but it also provides you with an accurate size reading on all the repository's components. The extension is capable of handling both public and private repositories, but it does require something on your part, namely to provide it with your personal GitHub token.

However, as expected, before you can do that, you need to deploy the install the extension on your computer's Chrome browser. Happily, it can be installed just as easily as most other extensions from the Chrome Web Store, with just a single mouse click on the "ADD TO CHROME" button.

Subsequently, log in to GitHub, click the profile menu (upper right side), access the Settings section, and locate the Personal access tokens entry listed under the Developer settings section. Either generate a new token or use an already existing one and add it to the extension's UI.

To conclude with, if Chrome's your web browser of choice and you're constantly working on GitHub, then there's really no reason why you should install GitHub Repository Size, unless, of course, repository sizes are not relevant to your work.

While definitely not impressive, this is actually a very useful and nice extension that's extremely lightweight, easy to install, and which features excellent integration with GitHub's web-based UI.