# homerchen19/github-file-icons

🌈 🗂 A browser extension which gives different filetypes different icons to GitHub, GitLab, gitea and gogs.

Repository: https://github.com/homerchen19/github-file-icons
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/github-file-icons
Homepage: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/file-icon-for-github-and/ficfmibkjjnpogdcfhfokmihanoldbfe
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2025-01-05T14:00:25+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3163, "days_push": 605, "days_rel": 605, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1640, forks 79 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:15.298699+00:00)

## What it is
A browser extension that replaces the default file icons on GitHub, GitLab, Gitea, and Gogs with distinct icons per file type. It supports Chrome, Firefox, and Safari, with options for colorful or monochrome icons, dark mode, and custom self-hosted domains.

## Use cases
- show different icons for file types on github
- make github file tree easier to scan visually
- enable file icons on self-hosted gitea or gogs
- get file icons in gitlab repositories
- improve icon readability on github dark theme

## When to choose
- you browse GitHub, GitLab, Gitea, or Gogs daily and want faster visual file identification
- you want a lightweight extension with color and dark-mode options
- you need icons on self-hosted Git sites via custom domain support

## When to avoid
- you don't use any Git hosting web UIs in the browser
- you prefer minimal browser extensions or block content-modifying extensions for privacy

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: active
- function: ui-components, theme
- domain: developer-tools, version-control, browser-extensions
- platform: browser-extension, browser
- tags: file-icons, github, gitlab, gitea, gogs, chrome-extension, firefox-extension, safari-extension

## Member repositories
- homerchen19/github-file-icons (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:15.298699+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:46:23.920716+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/homerchen19/github-file-icons (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:15.298699+00:00, sha c1a292d7c415)
  - homepage: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/file-icon-for-github-and/ficfmibkjjnpogdcfhfokmihanoldbfe (fetched 2026-08-29T11:19:39.034168+00:00, sha 4aa1214f2fbf)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.