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Show HN: GitClassic.com, a fast, lightweight GitHub thin client (pages <14KB)

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Post by heythisischris »

Hey HN,

I posted GitClassic here 2 months ago- since then I've rebuilt most of it based on what people asked for.

https://gitclassic.com

What's new: Issues, PRs w/ full diffs, repo intelligence (health scores, dependency graphs), trending/explore, bookmarks, comparison tool, and advanced search.

Every page is server-rendered HTML- No React, no SPA, no client bundle, pages under 14KB(gzipped). Try loading facebook/react and compare it to GitHub load times.

Public repos work without an account, Pro adds private repo access via GitHub OAuth.

Stack: Hono on Lambda, DynamoDB, CloudFront, 500KB Node bundle, cold starts usually What's missing?

Thanks, Chris

Show HN: GitClassic.com, a fast, lightweight GitHub thin client (pages <14KB)
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#2

Post by bityard »

Github has been very anti-scraping lately, to the point that I can't even browse it in my browser's private mode. This seems to be impacting your implementation as well:

"Well, that didn't work API rate limit exceeded for 18.220.172.92. Want 5,000 requests/hour instead of 60? Sign in for free to use your own GitHub API quota. Sign in with GitHub If you keep seeing this, open an issue"

Update: Another try and it did work. However, I take exception to your app's assertion that my project is unmaintained. I would call it "stable" and further claim that your assertion is borderline libel. (And its pretty insulting that the rationalization is apparently hidden behind a paywall.)

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Post by zetanor »

bityard wrote: post #2

Github has been very anti-scraping lately, to the point that I can't even browse it in my browser's private mode. This seems to be impacting your implementation as well: "Well, that didn't work API rate limit exceeded for 18.220.172.92. Want 5,000 requests/hour instead of 60? Sign in for free to use your own GitHub API quota. Sign in with GitHub If you keep seeing this, open an issue" Update: Another try and it did w…

Golang is also "unmaintained" so you're in good company.

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#6

Post by hmartin »

bityard wrote: post #2

Github has been very anti-scraping lately, to the point that I can't even browse it in my browser's private mode. This seems to be impacting your implementation as well: "Well, that didn't work API rate limit exceeded for 18.220.172.92. Want 5,000 requests/hour instead of 60? Sign in for free to use your own GitHub API quota. Sign in with GitHub If you keep seeing this, open an issue" Update: Another try and it did w…

One of my repos that I just pushed the one thousandth commit to an hour ago is marked unmaintained lol

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Post by superkuh »

I haven't been able to read most text on github on my old system with a good screenreader because the browser is outdated and can't run the github javascript applications fully correctly. This gitclassic interface is a lifesaver. From my VPS IP I got blocked but from my home residential IP it worked fine.

The github accessibility team has consistently ignored tickets about the lack of text for years. In the sense that they'll fix it for a month then revert and make it even worse. And that's fine, Microsoft is a business and making a profit is their goal. Supporting people who want text in the HTML doesn't make money.

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