diff --git a/com.stansassets.plugins-dev-kit/Editor/IMGUI/Headers/IMGUIBlockWithIndent.cs b/com.stansassets.plugins-dev-kit/Editor/IMGUI/Headers/IMGUIBlockWithIndent.cs
index 4ea0b1d..e682931 100644
--- a/com.stansassets.plugins-dev-kit/Editor/IMGUI/Headers/IMGUIBlockWithIndent.cs
+++ b/com.stansassets.plugins-dev-kit/Editor/IMGUI/Headers/IMGUIBlockWithIndent.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 using System;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
 using UnityEngine;
 using UnityEditor;
 
diff --git a/com.stansassets.plugins-dev-kit/Editor/UIToolkit/SettingsWindow/BaseTab.cs b/com.stansassets.plugins-dev-kit/Editor/UIToolkit/SettingsWindow/BaseTab.cs
index e51d860..5d8cc09 100644
--- a/com.stansassets.plugins-dev-kit/Editor/UIToolkit/SettingsWindow/BaseTab.cs
+++ b/com.stansassets.plugins-dev-kit/Editor/UIToolkit/SettingsWindow/BaseTab.cs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #if UNITY_2019_4_OR_NEWER
 
 using StansAssets.Foundation.Editor;
-using UnityEditor;
 using UnityEngine.UIElements;
 
 namespace StansAssets.Plugins.Editor
diff --git a/com.stansassets.plugins-dev-kit/Editor/Utility/GitHubRelease.cs b/com.stansassets.plugins-dev-kit/Editor/Utility/GitHubRelease.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..339f3ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/com.stansassets.plugins-dev-kit/Editor/Utility/GitHubRelease.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+using System.Linq;
+
+namespace StansAssets.Plugins.Editor
+{
+    public class GitHubRelease
+    {
+        public string Name { get; private set; }
+        public string Tag { get; private set; }
+
+        public void ReadJson (string json)
+        {
+            Name = FindValueByKey ("name", json);
+            Tag = FindValueByKey ("tag_name", json);
+        }
+
+        string FindValueByKey (string key, string json)
+        {
+            // number of characters from the 1st char of the given key to the 1st char of corresponding value
+            int offsetBeforeValue = key.Length + 5;
+            string lookForString = $"\"{key}\"";
+            int position = json.IndexOf (lookForString) + offsetBeforeValue;
+            var value = (position > offsetBeforeValue) 
+                            ? new string(json.Skip (position).TakeWhile (c => c != '"').ToArray ()) 
+                            : string.Empty;
+            return value;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/com.stansassets.plugins-dev-kit/Editor/Utility/GitHubRelease.cs.meta b/com.stansassets.plugins-dev-kit/Editor/Utility/GitHubRelease.cs.meta
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d90acd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/com.stansassets.plugins-dev-kit/Editor/Utility/GitHubRelease.cs.meta
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+fileFormatVersion: 2
+guid: ef20256522cd4339913eee76e849c638
+timeCreated: 1615401859
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/com.stansassets.plugins-dev-kit/Editor/Utility/GitHubUtility.cs b/com.stansassets.plugins-dev-kit/Editor/Utility/GitHubUtility.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9d361a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/com.stansassets.plugins-dev-kit/Editor/Utility/GitHubUtility.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+using System;
+using UnityEngine.Networking;
+
+namespace StansAssets.Plugins.Editor
+{
+    public static class GitHubUtility
+    {
+        public static void GetLatestRelease (string url, Action<GitHubRelease> callback)
+        {
+            var release = new GitHubRelease ();
+            var rq = UnityWebRequest.Get (GetReleaseInfoURL (url));
+            rq.SendWebRequest ().completed += obj => {
+                release.ReadJson (rq.downloadHandler.text);
+                callback (release);
+            };
+        }
+
+        public static string GetReleaseInfoURL (string repositoryURL)
+        {
+            if (repositoryURL.Contains ("github.com")) {
+                return repositoryURL.Replace (@".git", @"/releases/latest")
+                                    .Replace (@"ssh://git@github.com:", @"https://api.github.com/repos/");
+            }
+            else if (repositoryURL.Contains ("npmjs.org")) {
+                throw new NotImplementedException ();
+            }
+            
+            throw new NotImplementedException ();
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/com.stansassets.plugins-dev-kit/Editor/Utility/GitHubUtility.cs.meta b/com.stansassets.plugins-dev-kit/Editor/Utility/GitHubUtility.cs.meta
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..268a0fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/com.stansassets.plugins-dev-kit/Editor/Utility/GitHubUtility.cs.meta
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+fileFormatVersion: 2
+guid: a75ca5d93e3640d28b484907e79f0077
+timeCreated: 1615384062
\ No newline at end of file