AI product readDownload selected sub-directories and files from GitHub repositories as ZIP archives without cloning the entire repository
Developers often need only a few specific files or folders from a GitHub repository but must clone/download the entire project. GitZip eliminates this inefficiency by allowing selective, targeted downloads.
1. User browses any GitHub repository page on github.com.
2. Extension detects GitHub repo page and enables its UI (checkboxes appear on items, context menu available).
3. User selects files/folders via double-click, checkboxes, or right-click context menu.
4. User clicks the download button or context menu option.
5. Extension calls GitHub API (api.github.com) to fetch file tree and blob contents.
6. Files are zipped client-side using JSZip library.
7. Browser triggers ZIP download (single files download directly).
Optional: User can provide a GitHub API token via the extension popup to increase rate limits or access private repos.
Selective file/folder download from any GitHub repository page via double-click or checkbox selectionContext menu integration (GitZip Download) with options: Whole Repository, Current Folder, Selected Folder/File, Checked ItemsAutomatic ZIP packaging and browser-triggered download of selected itemsProgress dashboard showing real-time download statusOptional GitHub API token support to increase rate limits and access private repositoriesDark/light theme support and configurable selection behavior (double-click, checkbox, or both)
- Target users
- Software developers who use GitHub / Developers who need specific files from GitHub repos without full clone / Users browsing open-source projects who want selective downloads
- The options page (options.html) loads a React app from static/js/main.b7f29431.js which was not fully inspected, though its LICENSE.txt suggests it contains standard React/Material-UI libraries and no payment/login logic.
- The gitzip.org gettoken flow (OAuth authorization endpoint) is external and not fully auditable from the extension source alone.
MonetizationNo paid features detected
No evidence of paid features, billing, subscriptions, or gated functionality within the extension. All keyword matches for 'pro', 'license', and 'upgrade' are false positives: 'pro' matches variable names like 'project' and 'Promise', 'license' matches MIT license headers of bundled third-party libraries (FileSaver.js, JSZip), and no actual 'upgrade' keyword was found in source code. No payment platform integrations, no Stripe/Braintree/PayPal references, no premium tiers, no in-app purchase flows.
- Confidence
- 95
- Payment platform
- --
- Source
- AI / High
- Login required
- No
- Reason
- The core workflow (downloading files from public GitHub repositories as ZIP) works without any login or authentication. A GitHub API access token is optional: it increases API rate limits and enables access to private repositories. The token is obtained via GitHub OAuth through gitzip.org/gettoken/authorize/, but it is not required for the primary product use case on public repos.
Really useful. Seems that it doesn't work for the updated code view. Will it be supported?
like a charm!
Sometimes download button is not available, but in other cases works great
Despite that the "API key" was put in, from me downloading does not work reasonably. It is downloaded exclusively, more precisely only once and that totally unreliable! There is better! So it is completely unusable, unfortunately is on the utmost pity, because I liked the principle with the "checkboxes" very much.
1. Get token url is lost 2. Manually enter API token, but can't be saved
哦我的天呀,我从来没有见过这样的软件。它实在是太棒了,真的好用的不得了。我亲爱的上帝啊。但是不知道为什么我总是不能在这个软件上下载那该死的github项目,它总是要我添加那该死的API。哦我的上帝亲爱的耶稣伟大的佛祖尊敬的太乙金仙崇高的教皇啊,哪位南无大慈大悲救苦救难广大灵感观世音菩萨能告诉我如何使用。我的通讯邮箱是 [email protected],如果你能这样做,我将非常的感激你。哪怕是看在我哥哥的面子上,我一定会感激你的。
perfect!!
My wife divorced me and took the kids that were leaving their junior year of pre-school but they got mauled by pitbulls but this extension helped me get through the trauma. Thanks!
Thank you for this really helpful extension.God bless you <3
Just doesn't work at all. Even a teensy bit. Don't not waste your time.