GitHub README before files

Moves the repository README above the file list on GitHub repository home pages

Από την 03/08/2026. Δείτε την τελευταία έκδοση.

θα χρειαστεί να εγκαταστήσετε μια επέκταση όπως το Tampermonkey, το Greasemonkey ή το Violentmonkey για να εγκαταστήσετε αυτόν τον κώδικα.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey or Violentmonkey to install this script.

θα χρειαστεί να εγκαταστήσετε μια επέκταση όπως το Tampermonkey ή το Violentmonkey για να εγκαταστήσετε αυτόν τον κώδικα.

θα χρειαστεί να εγκαταστήσετε μια επέκταση όπως το Tampermonkey ή το Userscripts για να εγκαταστήσετε αυτόν τον κώδικα.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey to install this script.

Θα χρειαστεί να εγκαταστήσετε μια επέκταση διαχείρισης κώδικα χρήστη για να εγκαταστήσετε αυτόν τον κώδικα.

(Έχω ήδη έναν διαχειριστή κώδικα χρήστη, επιτρέψτε μου να τον εγκαταστήσω!)

You will need to install an extension such as Stylus to install this style.

You will need to install an extension such as Stylus to install this style.

You will need to install an extension such as Stylus to install this style.

You will need to install a user style manager extension to install this style.

You will need to install a user style manager extension to install this style.

You will need to install a user style manager extension to install this style.

(Έχω ήδη έναν διαχειριστή στυλ χρήστη, επιτρέψτε μου να τον εγκαταστήσω!)

// ==UserScript==
// @name         GitHub README before files
// @namespace    https://github.com/
// @version      3.0
// @description  Moves the repository README above the file list on GitHub repository home pages
// @match        https://github.com/*/*
// @match        https://github.com/*/*/
// @exclude      https://github.com/*/*/blob/*
// @exclude      https://github.com/*/*/tree/*
// @exclude      https://github.com/*/*/issues*
// @exclude      https://github.com/*/*/pull*
// @exclude      https://github.com/*/*/actions*
// @exclude      https://github.com/*/*/projects*
// @exclude      https://github.com/*/*/wiki*
// @exclude      https://github.com/*/*/settings*
// @exclude      https://github.com/*/*/security*
// @exclude      https://github.com/*/*/network*
// @exclude      https://github.com/*/*/stargazers*
// @exclude      https://github.com/*/*/watchers*
// @exclude      https://github.com/*/*/forks*
// @exclude      https://github.com/*/*/releases*
// @exclude      https://github.com/*/*/tags*
// @exclude      https://github.com/*/*/commits*
// @exclude      https://github.com/*/*/branches*
// @exclude      https://github.com/*/*/compare/*
// @run-at       document-idle
// @grant        none
// ==/UserScript==

(function () {
  "use strict";

  let scheduled = false;
  let lastUrl = location.href;

  function isRepoRootPath(pathname) {
    const clean = pathname.replace(/^\/+|\/+$/g, "");
    const parts = clean.split("/").filter(Boolean);
    return parts.length === 2;
  }

  function getMain() {
    return document.querySelector("main");
  }

  function getReadme(main) {
    return main?.querySelector("#readme") || null;
  }

  function getFiles(main) {
    return (
      main?.querySelector('[aria-labelledby="folders-and-files"]') ||
      main?.querySelector('table[aria-labelledby="folders-and-files"]') ||
      main?.querySelector('[aria-labelledby="files"]') ||
      main?.querySelector(".js-navigation-container") ||
      null
    );
  }

  function getMovableContainer(node) {
    return node?.closest("section, div[data-testid], div.Box, div") || null;
  }

  function isEligiblePage() {
    if (location.hostname !== "github.com") return false;
    if (!isRepoRootPath(location.pathname)) return false;

    const main = getMain();
    if (!main) return false;

    const readme = getReadme(main);
    const files = getFiles(main);

    return Boolean(readme && files);
  }

  function moveReadme() {
    if (!isEligiblePage()) return;

    const main = getMain();
    const readme = getReadme(main);
    const files = getFiles(main);

    if (!readme || !files) return;

    const readmeBox = getMovableContainer(readme);
    const filesBox = getMovableContainer(files);

    if (!readmeBox || !filesBox) return;
    if (!filesBox.parentElement) return;
    if (readmeBox === filesBox) return;
    if (readmeBox.parentElement !== filesBox.parentElement) return;

    const relation = filesBox.compareDocumentPosition(readmeBox);
    const alreadyBefore = Boolean(relation & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);

    if (alreadyBefore) return;

    filesBox.parentElement.insertBefore(readmeBox, filesBox);
  }

  function scheduleMove() {
    if (scheduled) return;
    scheduled = true;
    requestAnimationFrame(() => {
      scheduled = false;
      moveReadme();
    });
  }

  const observer = new MutationObserver(() => {
    if (location.href !== lastUrl) {
      lastUrl = location.href;
    }
    scheduleMove();
  });

  observer.observe(document.documentElement, {
    childList: true,
    subtree: true,
  });

  window.addEventListener("load", scheduleMove, { once: true });
  document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", scheduleMove, { once: true });
  scheduleMove();
})();