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Show HN: GitHub Stats in the Mac OS X Menu Bar

42 points by Shikkic 11y ago

nlazaris 11y ago
I'm currently using this tool to keep up with my daily contributions. Love it!
- thelonelygod 11y ago
  Screenshot?
jsfatigue 11y ago
There's a similar one by Tadeu Zagallo of Facebook. Pretty nifty! http://tadeuzagallo.com/GithubPulse/ http://tadeuzagallo.com/GithubPulse/
- Shikkic 11y ago
  That is super nifty, love the design!
Shikkic 11y ago
We all have private repos we tend to work on and it's really easy to neglect your OSS work. So, I created Gitbar to make daily public contributions a habit. Gitbar is a OSX Menu Bar utility that shows your daily Github stats, streaks, and contributions. You can even set goals. Check it out on github (https://github.com/Shikkic/gitbar https://github.com/Shikkic/gitbar)
MAGZine 11y ago
Slightly different idea, but I'd use a similar thing to this that shows how many (new?) open pull requests I have.
- Shikkic 11y ago
  Oh yeah I love that! Good to know, I was thinking of expanding the different fields a bit more. People have also mentioned wanting to know if they got any new stars on their repos.
- jeffthespasm 11y ago
  Have you tried Trailer? I've used it for over a year and it's been hugely helpful. https://ptsochantaris.github.io/trailer/ https://ptsochantaris.github.io/trailer/
  - Shikkic 11y ago
    Thats so neat
FireBeyond 11y ago
That's a hugely wide menu bar app. Chews up nearly a quarter of the menu bar on my MBP.
- Shikkic 11y ago
  Yeah I wasn't sure if removing or abbreviating the names would be confusing. I went with being a bit more explicit on the labels.
  - orph4nus 11y ago
    Maybe you could go with different layouts that you can set via the env file? Like Compact mode (for people like me that have a 13" laptop) and a normal mode. Or perhaps your config can go more complex than that. But I think if you download this plugin, you will also know what those numbers mean, I would think. I'm a UX noob though.
- orph4nus 11y ago
  I loved the idea of this Bar Widget, but I had the same issues are you @FireBeyond. Luckily you can easily hack the plugin as there's just 1 small file you have to edit (gh.5m.js) The way you calculate your percentage is also super weird @Shikkic. It's all about daily contributes, but yet you calculate your percentage via the total contributes? I mean common, that will just give a fucking huge numbers. Also total contributes are not a stat I care about. Either way love the idea and the execution is quite cool :) Using it right now (albeit a tiny bit modified version) here is a screenshot of my modified version (much smaller width, and some stats that I don't care about removed): http://www.imgpaste.net/image/AQBp http://www.imgpaste.net/image/AQBp
  - Shikkic 11y ago
    Yeah I need to make a few tweeks but thanks for the feeback! I love what you did to it, it looks great!
r3bl 11y ago
This is a completely different approach compared to other GitHub indicators and I have to say that I like the idea! Does anyone know of a similar Linux-compatible tool?
- Shikkic 11y ago
  Thanks, I agree I like the approach of the menu bar since I see it the most. I'm not sure about Linux compatible tools though.
orph4nus 11y ago
Thanks for bitbar @Shikkic, this will really help me to keep up my daily OSS contributions. Your plugin is also the reason why I downloaded bitbar, as I knew about it but never had the need to bloat up my menu bar even more. But this gave me all the reason I needed! :D
- Shikkic 11y ago
  Thank you! Glad to hear it! I'm trying to maintain more OSS work myself. I love bitbar and totally encourage everybody to play with it and make their own plugin.
  - audessuscest 11y ago
    Bitbar is really great, I made a simple plugin for Gitlab in a very short time : https://github.com/matryer/bitbar-plugins/blob/master/Dev/Gitlab/gitlab_projects.js https://github.com/matryer/bitbar-plugins/blob/master/Dev/Gi... I also made a menu at my company to improve our workflow : http://imgur.com/EpVb300 http://imgur.com/EpVb300 Thank you bitbar !
    - sytse 11y ago
      Thanks for making a GitLab version! Consider adding it to https://about.gitlab.com/applications/ https://about.gitlab.com/applications/

42 points by Shikkic 11y ago

nlazaris 11y ago

I'm currently using this tool to keep up with my daily contributions. Love it!

thelonelygod 11y ago
Screenshot?

jsfatigue 11y ago

There's a similar one by Tadeu Zagallo of Facebook. Pretty nifty! http://tadeuzagallo.com/GithubPulse/ http://tadeuzagallo.com/GithubPulse/

Shikkic 11y ago
That is super nifty, love the design!

Shikkic 11y ago

We all have private repos we tend to work on and it's really easy to neglect your OSS work. So, I created Gitbar to make daily public contributions a habit. Gitbar is a OSX Menu Bar utility that shows your daily Github stats, streaks, and contributions. You can even set goals. Check it out on github (https://github.com/Shikkic/gitbar https://github.com/Shikkic/gitbar)

MAGZine 11y ago

Slightly different idea, but I'd use a similar thing to this that shows how many (new?) open pull requests I have.

Shikkic 11y ago
Oh yeah I love that! Good to know, I was thinking of expanding the different fields a bit more. People have also mentioned wanting to know if they got any new stars on their repos.
jeffthespasm 11y ago
Have you tried Trailer? I've used it for over a year and it's been hugely helpful. https://ptsochantaris.github.io/trailer/ https://ptsochantaris.github.io/trailer/
- Shikkic 11y ago
  Thats so neat

FireBeyond 11y ago

That's a hugely wide menu bar app. Chews up nearly a quarter of the menu bar on my MBP.

Shikkic 11y ago
Yeah I wasn't sure if removing or abbreviating the names would be confusing. I went with being a bit more explicit on the labels.
- orph4nus 11y ago
  Maybe you could go with different layouts that you can set via the env file? Like Compact mode (for people like me that have a 13" laptop) and a normal mode. Or perhaps your config can go more complex than that. But I think if you download this plugin, you will also know what those numbers mean, I would think. I'm a UX noob though.
orph4nus 11y ago
I loved the idea of this Bar Widget, but I had the same issues are you @FireBeyond. Luckily you can easily hack the plugin as there's just 1 small file you have to edit (gh.5m.js) The way you calculate your percentage is also super weird @Shikkic. It's all about daily contributes, but yet you calculate your percentage via the total contributes? I mean common, that will just give a fucking huge numbers. Also total contributes are not a stat I care about. Either way love the idea and the execution is quite cool :) Using it right now (albeit a tiny bit modified version) here is a screenshot of my modified version (much smaller width, and some stats that I don't care about removed): http://www.imgpaste.net/image/AQBp http://www.imgpaste.net/image/AQBp
- Shikkic 11y ago
  Yeah I need to make a few tweeks but thanks for the feeback! I love what you did to it, it looks great!

r3bl 11y ago

This is a completely different approach compared to other GitHub indicators and I have to say that I like the idea! Does anyone know of a similar Linux-compatible tool?

Shikkic 11y ago
Thanks, I agree I like the approach of the menu bar since I see it the most. I'm not sure about Linux compatible tools though.

orph4nus 11y ago

Thanks for bitbar @Shikkic, this will really help me to keep up my daily OSS contributions. Your plugin is also the reason why I downloaded bitbar, as I knew about it but never had the need to bloat up my menu bar even more. But this gave me all the reason I needed! :D

Shikkic 11y ago
Thank you! Glad to hear it! I'm trying to maintain more OSS work myself. I love bitbar and totally encourage everybody to play with it and make their own plugin.
- audessuscest 11y ago
  Bitbar is really great, I made a simple plugin for Gitlab in a very short time : https://github.com/matryer/bitbar-plugins/blob/master/Dev/Gitlab/gitlab_projects.js https://github.com/matryer/bitbar-plugins/blob/master/Dev/Gi... I also made a menu at my company to improve our workflow : http://imgur.com/EpVb300 http://imgur.com/EpVb300 Thank you bitbar !
  - sytse 11y ago
    Thanks for making a GitLab version! Consider adding it to https://about.gitlab.com/applications/ https://about.gitlab.com/applications/