# Github Trends

> Discover the most popular and rising repositories on GitHub Use when this capability is needed.

- Skill: `tomevault-io/github-trends` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 2 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add tomevault-io/github-trends`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/tomevault-io/github-trends/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: tomevault-io (https://skillmd.com/u/tomevault-io)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/tomevault-io/github-trends

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## 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

1. **Internet Connection** - Required to query the GitHub API
2. **Language** (optional) - Filter by specific programming language
3. **Category** (optional) - 'popular' (all time) or 'rising' (created recently)

## What I provide

1. **Dependency setup** - Automatically installs required packages:
   - `requests` - For API communication
   - `rich` - For beautiful terminal output

2. **Analysis**:
   - Fetches data from GitHub's REST API
   - Sorts and filters based on your criteria
   - Presents a clean, clickable table of results

## Implementation approach

```python
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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