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Lovely forks Chrome Extension Analysis

Developer & Designer Tools

Chrome extension ID: ialbpcipalajnakfondkflpkagbkdoib

Lovely forks is a browser extension that identifies and links to the most starred forks of GitHub repositories. It provides a subscript under the repository name to redirect users to more popular or updated versions of a project.

Developer:musically_ut
Version:3.7.4
Size:945KiB
Last updated:
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External:Chrome Web StoreOfficial website

Overview

Installs

1K+

Rating

★ 4.6

13 reviews

Languages

1 locales

Includes English

Market analysis

Review-backed positioning, friction, and market signals for this Chrome extension.

Backed by review samples

Macro category

Developer & Designer Tools

Pricing friction

Low review signal

Complaint intensity

Low review signal

Listing & review signals
Observed signals from store listing text and review samples.

Listing positioning

The extension positions itself as a solution to the problem of abandoned GitHub projects. It aims to help developers find active, community-maintained forks by adding links to the most notable forks directly on the GitHub interface.

Inferred product pattern

A niche developer utility that augments the GitHub UI to improve repository discovery and lifecycle awareness.

Review-backed pain points

Users have reported that the recommended 'notable' forks are sometimes significantly more outdated than the repository currently being viewed.

Observed feature gaps

No explicit feature gaps identified from the provided data.

Tags
GitHub UtilityDeveloper ToolFork FinderOpen Source
Target users

- Software Developers

- Open Source Contributors

- GitHub Users

Primary use cases

- Finding maintained forks of abandoned GitHub projects

- Avoiding outdated or unmaintained repositories

Positive themes

- Helps find active versions of abandoned software

- Simple and useful utility

Negative themes

- Inaccurate fork suggestions

- Suggesting outdated forks

Observed friction

- No pricing information was observed in the listing or reviews.

Evidence boundary: Analysis based on the Chrome Web Store description and a sample of four user reviews. The sample size of reviews is very small (13 total reviews), which may not represent the full user sentiment.
Complaint summaries
Review-backed complaint signals grouped by operational area.

Support

No support complaints were observed.

Reliability

One user noted the extension can be 'hit or miss,' occasionally suggesting forks that are older than the repository being viewed.

Privacy

No privacy complaints were observed.

Access & pricing

- No clear monetization signal

- No account requirement observed

- No clear pricing signal

Store listing facts

Listing assets

- Screenshots: 2

- Videos: 0

- Languages: 1

Trust signals

- Developer contact

- Official website

- Support link

Store metadata

- Version: 3.7.4

- Size: 945KiB

- Last updated:

Listing SEO keywords

Search intent keywords
Keyword signals for evaluating how users may discover, compare, or search for this extension category.

Core discovery

GitHub fork finderfind github forksGitHub repository forksnotable github forks

Comparison

GitHub

Problem

abandoned github projectoutdated github repounmaintained github project

Alternative

GitHub search

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Screenshots

Lovely forks screenshot
Lovely forks screenshot

Links

Website: github.com

Support links: https://github.com/musically-ut/lovely-forks/issues

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