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GitHub Notifier vs GitHub Polls: What are the differences?

What is GitHub Notifier? Chrome notifications for GitHub (open source). Under the hood, this application simply polls GitHub web endpoints (/pulls|/issues|/releases) of projects you specify, it doesn't require OAuth tokens or credentials entering into the extension.

What is GitHub Polls? Polls for GitHub issues and readmes. These polls work by pasting individual markdown SVG images into your issue, each wrapped with a link that tracks a vote. A single vote per IP is allowed for a given poll, which are stored in DynamoDB.

GitHub Notifier and GitHub Polls can be categorized as "Tools for GitHub" tools.

GitHub Notifier and GitHub Polls are both open source tools. It seems that GitHub Polls with 1.49K GitHub stars and 75 forks on GitHub has more adoption than GitHub Notifier with 42 GitHub stars and 10 GitHub forks.

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