GitHub Notifications (Firefox Add-on)

Status: WIP – usable already, but still evolving and not yet feature-complete.

What it does

• Polls your GitHub notifications (/notifications) via the GitHub API on a configurable interval
• Shows unread notifications as desktop notifications
• Clicking a notification opens the related issue/PR in a browser tab using the GitHub cookie context
• Remembers already-seen notifications to avoid duplicate alerts

Requirements

• Firefox ≥ 140
• A GitHub Personal Access Token (classic) with access to notifications, to be entered in the add-on settings

Usage (development)

1. Open about:debugging#/runtime/this-firefox in Firefox
2. Click Load Temporary Add-on…
3. Select the manifest.json file from this repository

The add-on stays loaded until Firefox is restarted.

Then set your GitHub Access Token (classic) and poll interval in the add-on's options page.

Known limitations

• No official release yet / not published on the Firefox Add-on store
• The token is currently stored unencrypted in the extension's local storage (browser.storage.local) — it stays on your device and is not synced or uploaded anywhere, but it is not protected against other local access
• This Add-on is only in german yet. Translations will be comming soon