I Hate GitHub White Space icon

I Hate GitHub White Space

by Hunter Ham Digital · Workflow & Planning
Manifest V3 Free
View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 18 Oct 2026

Automatically adds the hide white space filter to the GitHub diff view.

Users
16
+1 in 30 days
Rating
5.0 / 5
unchanged in 30 days
Ratings
4
0 in 30 days
Store rank
#165K
#138K among extensions
Version
1.2
updated 9 Apr 2024

Users

monthly, 3 years
0816Feb 2024Jul 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 18 Oct 2026: 16 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

monthly, 3 years
024Feb 2024Jul 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 18 Oct 2026: 4 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month

The Chrome Web Store rounds user counts down to the leading digit, so the user line moves in steps. The ratings count is exact and is the better signal of real adoption.

About I Hate GitHub White Space

GitHub's website doesn't have a way to persist their "hide white space" setting in the code diff view. This slows down workflow when reviewing code changes. This applies to... 1. Pull Request file diffs pages 2. Commit diffs pages The extension detects if the white space setting is toggled by checking for the `w` in the URL query/search parameters. If the query param is not set to anything, the extension adds w=1 (hide white space). By checking for the existence of the `w` param, it will allow users to have w=0 on purpose if they want to purposely show white space. ========== There is an existing extension for this, however, I believe they're not secure enough. My extension only uses a Chrome content script (scripts that only run in the context of one tab/page) and is limited only to https://github.com/* The URL check function runs when you navigate to a page on github.com and when the URL changes within the current page. ========== GitHub Repo: https://github.com/hmh84/i-hate-github-whitespace Issues and Feature Requests: https://github.com/hmh84/i-hate-github-whitespace/issues

Growth

WindowUsersChangeRatingsRating
7 days+1+6.7%00.00
30 days+1+6.7%00.00
6 months0+0.0%00.00
1 year−1−5.9%00.00

Version history

3 versions recorded
1.29 Apr 2024
1.115 Feb 2024
1.06 Feb 2024

Details

Category
Workflow & Planning
First seen
6 Feb 2024
Size
29 KB
Languages
en
Pricing
Free
Support
github.com
Extension ID
jffhbnipbleekgflcgbkpehelhnnbdgi

Permissions and risk

Low riskimpact 2, likelihood 1
Site access
https://github.com/*

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