{"id":1594,"date":"2024-03-16T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-16T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.sidekick.be\/itenium\/starify-github-links\/"},"modified":"2025-11-28T13:31:45","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T12:31:45","slug":"starify-github-links","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.sidekick.be\/itenium\/blog\/javascript\/starify-github-links\/","title":{"rendered":"Chrome Extension: Starify Github project links"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> Runs automatically on certain pages like Google search results, StackExchange questions, on Github itself and on Package Manager registries.<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: block\"><kbd>Alt<\/kbd> + <kbd>Shift<\/kbd> + <kbd>S<\/kbd>: Activate on any other page <\/div>\n<h1 id=\"more-examples\">More Examples<\/h1>\n<h2 id=\"google-search-results\">Google Search Results<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"imagewrapper\" style=\"max-width: \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/itenium-be.github.io\/blog-posts-new\/assets\/blog-images\/starify-github-links-google-results.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" class=\"img-responsive\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"github-awesome-list\">Github Awesome List<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"imagewrapper\" style=\"max-width: \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/itenium-be.github.io\/blog-posts-new\/assets\/blog-images\/starify-github-links-github-awesome-list.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" class=\"img-responsive\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h1 id=\"source\">Source<\/h1>\n<p>Fork the project and modify the source if you want different behavior because\u2026 Well there isn\u2019t some sort of settings page \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>Find these variables at the top of <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/itenium-be\/github-stars-links\/blob\/master\/github-stars.user.js\"><code>github-stars.user.js<\/code><\/a>:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"language-javascript\">\/\/ Execute directly on pages matching one of these:\nconst activateDirectlyOn = [\n  'https:\/\/stackoverflow.com', 'https:\/\/superuser.com', 'https:\/\/askubuntu.com',\n  'https:\/\/serverfault.com', \/^https:\/\/.*.stackexchange.com\/,\n  \/^https:\/\/(www.)?google..*\/search\/, 'https:\/\/www.bing.com',\n  'https:\/\/github.com', 'https:\/\/www.npmjs.com\/package', 'https:\/\/www.nuget.org\/packages',\n];\n\n\/\/ Shoutout to Shields.io for kindly providing the badges!\nconst badgeUrl = 'https:\/\/img.shields.io\/github\/stars\/{userName}\/{repoName}.svg?style=social&amp;label=Star';\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<h1>Extras<\/h1>\n<p><b>Stuff that came into being during the making of this post<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/itenium-be\/github-stars-links\">Chrome Extension source code<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/chrome.google.com\/webstore\/detail\/kpficnopciffopkhjpckhkgmnlakcmig\">Download from the Chrome Web Store<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Other interesting reads<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/shields.io\">Shields.io: The Stars badges provider!<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>Updates<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li> 17 March 2024: Fix for Google layout. 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