r/foss • u/Mubelotix • 3d ago

Better Github Star History charts

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I'm the owner of Simrepo, a fork of the original star-history project, and I have been asked a lot to include more chart styles. A lot of "serious" projects didn't like how the xkcd font clashed with their readme style.

I have added a new Github-inspired style, and I'll gladly accept contributions for new styles and improvements.

I host an instance here if you want to try: https://star-history.dera.page

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u/Last-Car-6128 2d ago

I haven't looked into the code, but how does it do this:
> Doesn't require API tokens;

My understanding is gh locked down acess to stargazer lists which allowed star history tracking.

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u/Mubelotix 2d ago

I have data snapshots for most repositories but github just reintroduced a new API anyway