GitHub Android app hijacks links and hides repository metadata
🧭 workproduct problemSingle report ●●●●●
A user reports that the GitHub Android app forces them into a mobile interface that hides critical repository information like the last update date, and hijacks browser links to prevent them from viewing the full repository view they prefer.
What people do today
- Forcing the browser to open the desktop version of the site
- Uninstalling the app (not possible for those needing 2FA)
- Manually navigating through the app interface
🔧 Fix this
Ideas a builder, maker or community group could start on:
- A browser extension that forces GitHub links to open in the browser instead of the app
- A mobile browser userscript that injects 'last updated' metadata into the GitHub mobile file view
- A standalone 2FA authentication app for GitHub that does not require installing the full GitHub mobile client
Real voices
“What happens when I have the GitHub app installed? It hijacks the URL and shows me stupid crap I don t care about. And if I click on code it shows me the kind of low-info list of files and folders I d expect to see on my grandmother s windows explorer.”
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