Remove github's recommendation/trending cards in the dashboard thread. It's triggered by HTML change, usually takes 5ms in PC Chrome browser.
// ==UserScript==
// @name Github recommendation blocker
// @namespace http://tampermonkey.net/
// @version 2025-04-30_1
// @description Remove github's recommendation/trending cards in the dashboard thread. It's triggered by HTML change, usually takes 5ms in PC Chrome browser.
// @author dont-be-evil
// @match https://github.com/
// @icon https://www.google.com/s2/favicons?sz=64&domain=github.com
// @grant none
// @license GPLv3
// ==/UserScript==
(function() {
'use strict';
const keywords = ["Recommended for you", "Based on", "Popular among", "Popular projects among", ...
"Trending repositories"];
const observer = new MutationObserver(mutations => {
mutations.forEach(mutation => {
mutation.addedNodes.forEach(node => {
if (node.nodeType === 1) { // Ensure it's an element
node.querySelectorAll('h5').forEach(h5 => {
if (keywords.some(keyword => h5.textContent.includes(keyword))) {
let parent = h5;
for (let i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
if (parent.parentElement) {
parent = parent.parentElement;
} else {
return; // Exit if there are fewer than 5 ancestors
}
}
parent.remove();
}
});
node.querySelectorAll('h2').forEach(h2 => {
console.log(h2.textContent.trim());
if (h2.textContent.trim() === "Explore repositories") {
h2.parentElement.remove();
}
});
}
});
});
});
// Observe the whole document, including subtree modifications
observer.observe(document, {
childList: true,
subtree: true
});
// Function to observe shadow DOM elements
function observeShadowRoots(node) {
if (node.shadowRoot) {
observer.observe(node.shadowRoot, { childList: true, subtree: true });
}
}
// Observe shadow DOM elements dynamically added
const shadowObserver = new MutationObserver(mutations => {
mutations.forEach(mutation => {
mutation.addedNodes.forEach(node => {
if (node.nodeType === 1) { // Ensure it's an element
observeShadowRoots(node);
}
});
});
});
// Start observing for new shadow DOM elements
shadowObserver.observe(document, {
childList: true,
subtree: true
});
})();