What I do
- Fetch most popular repositories based on total stars
- Identify rising repositories created recently that are gaining traction
- Filter by programming language (e.g., Python, Rust, JavaScript)
- Display results in a beautiful, interactive CLI table
- Show key metrics: Stars, Forks, Description, and URL
When to use me
Use this skill when you need to:
- Discover new libraries and tools in a specific ecosystem
- Track trending projects to stay updated with the community
- Find popular alternatives to existing solutions
- Explore open source projects for contribution
How to use me
Find the most popular repositories overall:
Use the github-trends skill to find popular repos
Find rising Python repositories created in the last month:
Use the github-trends skill to find rising python repos
Find the most popular Rust repositories:
Use the github-trends skill to find popular rust repos
What I need
- Internet Connection - Required to query the GitHub API
- Language (optional) - Filter by specific programming language
- Category (optional) - 'popular' (all time) or 'rising' (created recently)
What I provide
Dependency setup - Automatically installs required packages:
requests- For API communicationrich- For beautiful terminal output
Analysis:
- Fetches data from GitHub's REST API
- Sorts and filters based on your criteria
- Presents a clean, clickable table of results
Implementation approach
1. Parse user arguments (language, category)
2. Construct GitHub API query:
- Popular: sort=stars, order=desc
- Rising: created:>30_days_ago, sort=stars, order=desc
3. Fetch data from https://api.github.com/search/repositories
4. Display results using `rich.console.Console` and `rich.table.Table`
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