UpdateSWH

Tracking since Apr 23, 2026.

Changelog

• Jun 6, 2026
  description

  This extension checks if a software development repository visited by the user in a supported code hosting platform is archived and uptodate in Software Heritage. A color button on the right of the browser indicates if it is uptodate (green), in which case clicking on the button opens a tab on the corresponding page of the archive, missing (grey) or not up to date (yellow), in which case clicking on the button triggers a save code now request, and optionally shows the save request submitted to the Software Heritage archive.
  
  A red color indicates that the API request of information for the repository did not succeed: this happens typically when one is visiting a repository that is not publicly accessible, and that naturally cannot be archived.
  
  Bitbucket, GitHub, GitLab.com and GitLab instances on domain names of the shape gitlab.*.*, and Gitea instances of the shape gitea.*.* are supported out of the box. GitLab and Gitea instances on other domains can be added in the options panel or via the extension pop-up menu.
  
  More documentation is available on the website at https://www.softwareheritage.org/browser-extensions/
  
  Version 0.9.0 — Internal rewrite for privacy, reliability and speed                                                                                    
  
    - Smaller and faster: the extension bundle is about 80% smaller                                                                               
      (jQuery dependency removed, hand-written vanilla JavaScript).                                                                               
    - Per forge permission granted by the user, no more <all_urls> permissions.

  This extension checks if a software development repository visited by the user in a supported code hosting platform is archived and uptodate in Software Heritage. A color button on the right of the browser indicates if it is uptodate (green), in which case clicking on the button opens a tab on the corresponding page of the archive, missing (grey) or not up to date (yellow), in which case clicking on the button triggers a save code now request, and optionally shows the save request submitted to the Software Heritage archive.
  
  A red color indicates that the API request of information for the repository did not succeed: this happens typically when one is visiting a repository that is not publicly accessible, and that naturally cannot be archived.
  
  Bitbucket, GitHub, GitLab.com and GitLab instances on domain names of the shape gitlab.*.*, and Gitea instances of the shape gitea.*.* are supported out of the box. GitLab and Gitea instances on other domains can be added in the options panel or via the extension pop-up menu.
  
  More documentation is available on the website at https://www.softwareheritage.org/browser-extensions/
  
  Version 0.9.2 — Support for Gitee forge

• Apr 30, 2026
  description

  This extension checks if a software development repository visited by the user in a supported code hosting platform is archived and uptodate in Software Heritage. A color button on the right of the browser indicates if it is uptodate (green), in which case clicking on the button opens a tab on the corresponding page of the archive, missing (grey) or not up to date (yellow), in which case clicking on the button triggers a save code now request, and optionally shows the save request submitted to the Software Heritage archive.
  
  A red color indicates that the API request of information for the repository did not succeed: this happens typically when one is visiting a repository that is not publicly accessible, and that naturally cannot be archived.
  
  Bitbucket, GitHub, GitLab.com and GitLab instances on domain names of the shape gitlab.*.*, and Gitea instances of the shape gitea.*.* are supported out of the box. GitLab and Gitea instances on other domains can be added in the options panel.
  
  More documentation is available on the website at https://www.softwareheritage.org/browser-extensions/
  
  Version 0.7.0 — Internal rewrite for reliability and speed                                                                                    
  
    - Smaller and faster: the extension bundle is about 80% smaller                                                                               
      (jQuery dependency removed, hand-written vanilla JavaScript).                                                                               
    - No changes to how the extension looks or behaves on the page.                                                                               
      Settings, permissions, and custom GitLab/Gitea instance lists are                                                                           
      preserved.

  This extension checks if a software development repository visited by the user in a supported code hosting platform is archived and uptodate in Software Heritage. A color button on the right of the browser indicates if it is uptodate (green), in which case clicking on the button opens a tab on the corresponding page of the archive, missing (grey) or not up to date (yellow), in which case clicking on the button triggers a save code now request, and optionally shows the save request submitted to the Software Heritage archive.
  
  A red color indicates that the API request of information for the repository did not succeed: this happens typically when one is visiting a repository that is not publicly accessible, and that naturally cannot be archived.
  
  Bitbucket, GitHub, GitLab.com and GitLab instances on domain names of the shape gitlab.*.*, and Gitea instances of the shape gitea.*.* are supported out of the box. GitLab and Gitea instances on other domains can be added in the options panel or via the extension pop-up menu.
  
  More documentation is available on the website at https://www.softwareheritage.org/browser-extensions/
  
  Version 0.9.0 — Internal rewrite for privacy, reliability and speed                                                                                    
  
    - Smaller and faster: the extension bundle is about 80% smaller                                                                               
      (jQuery dependency removed, hand-written vanilla JavaScript).                                                                               
    - Per forge permission granted by the user, no more <all_urls> permissions.

• Apr 30, 2026
  host_permissions

  <all_urls>, https://archive.softwareheritage.org/*

  https://archive.softwareheritage.org/*

• Apr 30, 2026
  permissions

  storage, tabs, activeTab

  storage, tabs, activeTab, scripting

• Apr 23, 2026
  description

  This extension checks if a software development repository visited by the user in a supported code hosting platform is archived and uptodate in Software Heritage. A color button on the right of the browser indicates if it is uptodate (green), in which case clicking on the button opens a tab on the corresponding page of the archive, missing (grey) or not up to date (yellow), in which case clicking on the button triggers a save code now request, and optionally shows the save request submitted to the Software Heritage archive.
  
  A red color indicates that the API request of information for the repository did not succeed: this happens typically when one is visiting a repository that is not publicly accessible, and that naturally cannot be archived.
  
  Bitbucket, GitHub, GitLab.com and GitLab instances on domain names of the shape gitlab.*.*, and Gitea instances of the shape gitea.*.* are supported out of the box. GitLab and Gitea instances on other domains can be added in the options panel.
  
  More documentation is available on the website at https://www.softwareheritage.org/browser-extensions/

  This extension checks if a software development repository visited by the user in a supported code hosting platform is archived and uptodate in Software Heritage. A color button on the right of the browser indicates if it is uptodate (green), in which case clicking on the button opens a tab on the corresponding page of the archive, missing (grey) or not up to date (yellow), in which case clicking on the button triggers a save code now request, and optionally shows the save request submitted to the Software Heritage archive.
  
  A red color indicates that the API request of information for the repository did not succeed: this happens typically when one is visiting a repository that is not publicly accessible, and that naturally cannot be archived.
  
  Bitbucket, GitHub, GitLab.com and GitLab instances on domain names of the shape gitlab.*.*, and Gitea instances of the shape gitea.*.* are supported out of the box. GitLab and Gitea instances on other domains can be added in the options panel.
  
  More documentation is available on the website at https://www.softwareheritage.org/browser-extensions/
  
  Version 0.7.0 — Internal rewrite for reliability and speed                                                                                    
  
    - Smaller and faster: the extension bundle is about 80% smaller                                                                               
      (jQuery dependency removed, hand-written vanilla JavaScript).                                                                               
    - No changes to how the extension looks or behaves on the page.                                                                               
      Settings, permissions, and custom GitLab/Gitea instance lists are                                                                           
      preserved.

• Apr 23, 2026
  host_permissions

  <all_urls>

  <all_urls>, https://archive.softwareheritage.org/*

Permissions & access

Permissions

storagetabsactiveTabscripting

Host access

https://archive.softwareheritage.org/*

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