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Re: Show HN: Announce and discover GitHub repos

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Post by mtmail »

aequitas wrote: post #10

Why only GitHub? Is it because of MVP? For this to really stand out for me it would include more major repository sites like Gitlab and maybe even personal project servers so it could become the go-to place to find projects. Especially since the exodus caused by the GitHub debacle a few weeks ago.

I saw a spike but far from an exodus https://monitor.gitlab.net/d/000000153/github-importer?orgId...

Re: Show HN: Announce and discover GitHub repos

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Post by StavrosK »

aequitas wrote: post #10

Why only GitHub? Is it because of MVP? For this to really stand out for me it would include more major repository sites like Gitlab and maybe even personal project servers so it could become the go-to place to find projects. Especially since the exodus caused by the GitHub debacle a few weeks ago.

Agreed :( I wanted to semi-plug my latest weekend project (I'll do it here instead! https://gitlab.com/stavros/caduceus), and I couldn't. Github is not the only place code lives, and I don't think it'd be that hard to add a few more, although I guess the author takes icons/descriptions/etc from the GH API so they'd need one integration per site.

Re: Show HN: Announce and discover GitHub repos

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Post by iatek »

aequitas wrote: post #10

Why only GitHub? Is it because of MVP? For this to really stand out for me it would include more major repository sites like Gitlab and maybe even personal project servers so it could become the go-to place to find projects. Especially since the exodus caused by the GitHub debacle a few weeks ago.

Yep, it's an MVP at this point so we'll definitely consider adding GitLab. Thanks for the feedback.

Re: Show HN: Announce and discover GitHub repos

#15

Post by iatek »

hahamrfunnyguy wrote: post #13

Does this provide value other than seeing how popular a project is?

Many times I've had repos that simply never get any attention and it's very hard to get on the GH "trending" list. This gives developers another opportunity/place to show-off/launch their projects. It's a project discovery mechanism other than https://github.com/explore Popularity on ICodeDis is not based on GH stars.

Re: Show HN: Announce and discover GitHub repos

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Post by kingosticks »

mtmail wrote: post #11
aequitas wrote: post #10

Why only GitHub? Is it because of MVP? For this to really stand out for me it would include more major repository sites like Gitlab and maybe even personal project servers so it could become the go-to place to find projects. Especially since the exodus caused by the GitHub debacle a few weeks ago.

I saw a spike but far from an exodus https://monitor.gitlab.net/d/000000153/github-importer?orgId...

And you've got to remember that imported projects are just that. I imported one of my projects, took it for a spin, and as a result of that am still happily using github.

Re: Show HN: Announce and discover GitHub repos

#17

Post by aequitas »

mtmail wrote: post #11
aequitas wrote: post #10

Why only GitHub? Is it because of MVP? For this to really stand out for me it would include more major repository sites like Gitlab and maybe even personal project servers so it could become the go-to place to find projects. Especially since the exodus caused by the GitHub debacle a few weeks ago.

I saw a spike but far from an exodus https://monitor.gitlab.net/d/000000153/github-importer?orgId...

I should have put exodus between quotes indeed. I haven't followed the numbers lately but I figured the voice would have been louder than the action. Let alone the people who already moved back to GitHub.

But I have always felt I could never discover projects outside of GitHub. Partly because adding GitHub as keyword to your search often gives the best results.

On a project I work on I even push the repository from Gitlab to GitHub just for the exposure.

So a good alternative to GitHub being the de facto open source project discovery site would be nice. That said I don't hate GitHub and I'm happy I can find almost everything I need there.

Re: Show HN: Announce and discover GitHub repos

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Post by trqx »

I don't see the need for more visibility of github hosted projects. Many self-hosted projects on the other hand could profit from an aggregator.

feedback: I had a hard time using the site until I whitelisted dozens of third-party css, images, js, cookies, frames and XHRs. The umatrix list is HUGE.

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