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Best alternatives to Material Icons for GitHub (2026)

10 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to Material Icons for GitHub, closest first. Each shows real store users, its rating, how recently it was updated and how many permissions it asks for.

Material Icons for GitHub: reviews, users and permissionsBest Developer Tools extensions

Material Icons for GitHub today

≈20K users4.9★ from 105 ratingsUpdated 4 weeks ago3 permissions

Material Icons for GitHub alternatives, compared

  1. 1

    Atom Material Icons

    Atom Material Icons for Web (GitHub, BitBucket, Gitee, Azure and GitLab)

    ≈9K users4.6★ from 23 ratingsUpdated 3 months ago11 permissions
    • About 2.2× fewer users than Material Icons for GitHub
    • Rated 0.3 stars lower
    • Updated less recently
    • Asks for more permissions (11 vs 3)
    • Listed under Workflow & Planning
    Atom Material Icons alternativesCompare side by side
  2. 2

    File Icons for GitHub and GitLab

    A simple browser tool changes file's icon on GitHub, GitLab, gitea and gogs.

    ≈10K users4.9★ from 52 ratingsUpdated 22 months ago7 permissions
    • About 2.0× fewer users than Material Icons for GitHub
    • Updated less recently
    • Asks for more permissions (7 vs 3)
    File Icons for GitHub and GitLab alternativesCompare side by side
  3. 3

    Open GitHub in IDE

    Open GitHub files links in your IDE

    ≈1K users4.2★ from 9 ratingsNot updated for 3+ years1 permissions
    • About 20× fewer users than Material Icons for GitHub
    • Updated less recently
    • Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 3)
    Open GitHub in IDE alternativesCompare side by side
  4. 4

    Refined GitHub

    Simplifies the GitHub interface and adds useful features

    ≈100K users4.8★ from 272 ratingsUpdated 4 days ago7 permissions
    • About 5.0× more users than Material Icons for GitHub
    • Asks for more permissions (7 vs 3)
    Refined GitHub alternativesCompare side by side
  5. 5

    Gitako - GitHub file tree

    File tree for GitHub, and more than that.

    ≈9K users4.9★ from 80 ratingsUpdated 3 weeks ago7 permissions
    • About 2.2× fewer users than Material Icons for GitHub
    • Asks for more permissions (7 vs 3)
    Gitako alternativesCompare side by side
  6. 6

    Bolt to GitHub

    Automatically process your Bolt project zip files and upload them to your GitHub repository.

    ≈2K users4.1★ from 15 ratingsUpdated 8 weeks ago10 permissions
    • About 10× fewer users than Material Icons for GitHub
    • Asks for more permissions (10 vs 3)
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  7. 7

    Le Git Graph - Commits Graph for GitHub

    A browser extension that displays the git graph for any GitHub repository.

    ≈10K users4.5★ from 35 ratingsUpdated 4 months agoNo special permissions
    • About 2.0× fewer users than Material Icons for GitHub
    • Rated 0.5 stars lower
    • Updated less recently
    • Asks for fewer permissions (0 vs 3)
    • Listed under Workflow & Planning
    Le Git Graph alternativesCompare side by side
  8. 8

    GIFs for GitHub

    Easily search and add a GIF into any GitHub comment box.

    ≈8K users4.6★ from 41 ratingsUpdated 4 weeks ago6 permissions
    • About 2.5× fewer users than Material Icons for GitHub
    • Rated 0.3 stars lower
    • Asks for more permissions (6 vs 3)
    GIFs for GitHub alternativesCompare side by side
  9. 9

    Google Apps Script GitHub Assistant

    Manage your gas code with github/github enterprise/bitbucket/gitlab

    ≈40K users4.5★ from 109 ratingsUpdated 20 months ago3 permissions
    • About 2.0× more users than Material Icons for GitHub
    • Rated 0.4 stars lower
    • Updated less recently
    Google Apps Script GitHub Assistant alternativesCompare side by side
  10. 10

    GitHub Easy Download

    Adds a one-click download button to GitHub repositories for easy binary downloads

    ≈1K users5.0★ from 2 ratingsUpdated 10 months ago3 permissions
    • About 20× fewer users than Material Icons for GitHub
    • Updated less recently
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Material Icons for GitHub alternatives: questions

What is the best alternative to Material Icons for GitHub?

By users, the most popular alternative is Refined GitHub with ≈100K users and a 4.8-star rating. The closest match by what it does is Atom Material Icons.

Which Material Icons for GitHub alternative has the best rating?

File Icons for GitHub and GitLab has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.9 out of 5 from 52 ratings.

Is there a Material Icons for GitHub alternative that asks for fewer permissions?

Le Git Graph - Commits Graph for GitHub asks for 0 permissions, against 3 for Material Icons for GitHub.

How many alternatives to Material Icons for GitHub are there?

We list 10 close alternatives to Material Icons for GitHub on the Chrome Web Store, picked by what they do and ranked by how close they are.

Users and ratings are the figures shown on the Chrome Web Store, re-checked continuously. Alternatives are matched on name, description, category and topic. Browse best-of lists by niche.