About CodeYears

About CodeYears

CodeYears is a free Chrome extension that turns daily contributions visible on a GitHub profile into a city. Explore multiple years, pan and zoom into neighborhoods, or expand the view. Version 0.1.1 is available on GitHub with a compact zoom toolbar, a 150% initial view and a 7.87 MB package, about 93% smaller while preserving the verified city appearance. Version 0.1.0 is available in the Chrome Web Store; the 0.1.1 store update was submitted for review on November 4, 2026. No GitHub token, separate account, backend or telemetry.

Features

• ▹City view integrated into GitHub profiles, with the original graph kept available
• ▹Explore daily contribution counts across a selected range of years
• ▹Buildings, low-rise homes, parks and roads form a growing city
• ▹Start at 150%; use Fit view, the zoom percentage and Maximum zoom to explore
• ▹About 7.87 MB to download, with original artwork preserved in the repository
• ▹English and Simplified Chinese, following your browser or your preference
• ▹Local yearly cache scoped separately to the viewer and profile; no telemetry or ads

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