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| Extension | Best for | Status | Stars | Install |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| seachicken/gh-poi Safely clean up local branches. |
Developers who want a trustworthy branch cleanup default. | active | 966 | gh extension install seachicken/gh-poi |
| redraw/gh-install Install GitHub release binaries interactively. |
Developers who often install tools from GitHub releases. | active | 222 | gh extension install redraw/gh-install |
| johnmanjiro13/gh-bump Bump repository versions from the CLI. |
Projects with manual version bump workflows. | active | 62 | gh extension install johnmanjiro13/gh-bump |
| HaywardMorihara/gh-tidy Clean up a Git workspace before starting new work. |
Developers who regularly switch tasks and branches. | active | 61 | gh extension install HaywardMorihara/gh-tidy |
| despreston/gh-worktree Improve Git worktree workflows with GitHub context. |
Developers who keep multiple branches checked out at once. | active | 44 | gh extension install despreston/gh-worktree |
| mislav/gh-branch Fuzzy find, switch between, and delete branches. |
Developers with many local branches. | watch | 274 | gh extension install mislav/gh-branch |
| chelnak/gh-changelog Create changelogs that follow Keep a Changelog. |
Projects that want consistent changelog generation. | watch | 128 | gh extension install chelnak/gh-changelog |
| davidraviv/gh-clean-branches Delete local branches with no upstream and no unpushed commits. |
Developers cleaning long-lived local Git workspaces. | stale | 185 | gh extension install davidraviv/gh-clean-branches |
| matt-bartel/gh-clone-org Clone all repositories in an organization with optional filtering. |
Migration, audit, or offline analysis of organization repositories. | stale | 146 | gh extension install matt-bartel/gh-clone-org |
| mislav/gh-cp Copy a file from a GitHub repository without cloning. |
Grabbing a single file from a remote repository. | stale | 109 | gh extension install mislav/gh-cp |
| yuler/gh-download Download folders or files without cloning a repository. |
Fetching a subset of a repository. | stale | 85 | gh extension install yuler/gh-download |