Open github url in gitingest via chrome extension and keyboard shortcut

I came across this phenomenal tool called gitingest. It's especially perfect when working with an LLM because you can dump any github url into it and it'll extract it into plain text with a directory tree and everything. There is an official chrome extension with the gitingest project, however there's no keyboard shortcut to convert a github url into a gitingest url. I decided to take matters into my own hands and do it myself. Below is the link to the repo for this chrome extension, beware you'll need npm and pnpm installed so that you can build it yourself. https://github.com/remusris/git-ingest-chrome-extension The instructions are in the README, but I pasted them below too. if you don't have npm installed go install npm install npm here then install pnpm install pnpm here pnpm install pnpm build Enter chrome://extensions on your browser (like a page to navigate to) Turn on developer mode in the top right-hand corner Click "Load Unpacked" Navigate to the folder where you have the repo installed then go to .output -> mv3 -> select this folder (on macOS the .output might not be invisible because it's a "hidden" file so you need to press command + shift + . to show hidden files) After installing go to keyboard shortcuts Edit the "Change GitHub link to Gitingest link" trigger with the keyboard shortcut of your choosing

Feb 23, 2025 - 08:24

Open github url in gitingest via chrome extension and keyboard shortcut

I came across this phenomenal tool called gitingest. It's especially perfect when working with an LLM because you can dump any github url into it and it'll extract it into plain text with a directory tree and everything.

There is an official chrome extension with the gitingest project, however there's no keyboard shortcut to convert a github url into a gitingest url. I decided to take matters into my own hands and do it myself.

Below is the link to the repo for this chrome extension, beware you'll need npm and pnpm installed so that you can build it yourself.

https://github.com/remusris/git-ingest-chrome-extension

The instructions are in the README, but I pasted them below too.

if you don't have npm installed go install npm
install npm here

then install pnpm
install pnpm here

pnpm install

pnpm build

Enter chrome://extensions on your browser (like a page to navigate to)

Turn on developer mode in the top right-hand corner

Click "Load Unpacked"

Navigate to the folder where you have the repo installed then go to

.output -> mv3 -> select this folder