New GitHub Explore Features

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Post by oBeLx » Mon, Dec 09, 2013, 5:40 PM UTC

New GitHub Explore Features
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Re: New GitHub Explore Features

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Post by Splendor » Mon, Dec 09, 2013, 6:19 PM UTC

Anything that makes it easier to find repos I might be interested in makes me happy.

Re: New GitHub Explore Features

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Post by theboss » Mon, Dec 09, 2013, 6:33 PM UTC

If github is reading this, I would love to be able to explore by ``genre''. I'm not really interested in a lot of the popular repos on github that are flashy js libraries or whatever.

It can be harder to find repos that are, for example, Security related (that aren't the big famous ones like metasploit, SET).

edit: To clarify...since typing ``security'' into github obviously yields so many results. It's hard to weed out the junk I guess..but I guess that's the very nature of the Search bar.

Re: New GitHub Explore Features

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Post by morganherlocker » Mon, Dec 09, 2013, 7:08 PM UTC

The "starred by people I follow" feature is exactly what I have been waiting for.

Re: New GitHub Explore Features

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Post by adamnemecek » Mon, Dec 09, 2013, 7:31 PM UTC

Splendor wrote: post #2

Anything that makes it easier to find repos I might be interested in makes me happy.

Yeah, I wish the search supported wild card search though, that would make repo discovery even easier.

Re: New GitHub Explore Features

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Post by kodablah » Mon, Dec 09, 2013, 8:02 PM UTC

theboss wrote: post #3

If github is reading this, I would love to be able to explore by ``genre''. I'm not really interested in a lot of the popular repos on github that are flashy js libraries or whatever. It can be harder to find repos that are, for example, Security related (that aren't the big famous ones like metasploit, SET). edit: To clarify...since typing ``security'' into github obviously yields so many results. It's hard to weed…

This is difficult, because it relies on people to set a genre for their repo. The things they did to explore here, and the ability to explore by language, are based on data they have.

But there does need to be a way to view/manage all your (and others) starred repos. I have many dozens starred in many different categories, that I no longer have a use for stars because there are so many. I am residing to maintaining my own list of projects elsewhere grouped into buckets.

Re: New GitHub Explore Features

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Post by esja » Mon, Dec 09, 2013, 8:22 PM UTC

For a "social coding" site it still surprises me that they don't have a more obvious way to browse users.

Re: New GitHub Explore Features

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Post by richardburton » Mon, Dec 09, 2013, 8:42 PM UTC

If you enjoy using the Explore section of GitHub, you might also like this (free) iPhone app I made which lists the popular Repos built using the languages that interest you: http://appstore.com/repo

Re: New GitHub Explore Features

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Post by numo16 » Mon, Dec 09, 2013, 9:38 PM UTC

theboss wrote: post #3

If github is reading this, I would love to be able to explore by ``genre''. I'm not really interested in a lot of the popular repos on github that are flashy js libraries or whatever. It can be harder to find repos that are, for example, Security related (that aren't the big famous ones like metasploit, SET). edit: To clarify...since typing ``security'' into github obviously yields so many results. It's hard to weed…

I've been kicking around the idea for a while of building a site that allows people to tag github repos, so other people can search for things like "javascript game engine" and come up with relevant results. Glad to see others may be looking for this.