Github++

GitHub is the biggest portal that ensures that developers working either individually or in groups can take full advantage of efficient version control. Even though GitHub currently has somewhere around 37 million users and something like 100 million public repositories, most developers are constantly looking for ways to improve it.

That’s why there are currently multiple Chrome extensions aimed at expanding or enhancing GitHub’s current capabilities. One such tool is Github++, a straightforward Chrome extension that allows you to effortlessly save GitHub pages or repositories as typical browser extensions.

To be more precise, once installed, you’ll be able to see a “+Bookmark” button on the upper left side of GitHub’s GUI, right next to the three conventional Watch, Star, and Fork buttons. Once a GitHub page is bookmarked, the extension adds a simple and non-obtrusive bar at the top of GitHub’s web-based GUI.

Even though the idea is nothing short of ingenious, the extension is far from perfect despite the fact that it works impeccably. What we actually mean is that it could do with a bit more functionality. For example, in its current state, managing the bookmarks may feel a bit awkward, as removing bookmarks from the bar can only be done by revisiting them and clicking the “-Bookmark” button.

Users can’t manage the extensions: there’s no way of moving the bookmarks, and, as expected, they can’t be organized in folders.

Nevertheless, despite all its shortcomings, we found Github++ to be a very useful little tool that improves upon GitHub’s current functionality, offering a lot for arguably so little (in terms of resources used).