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Show HN: GitNews Web – Trending Repositories from GitHub, HackerNews and Reddit

183 points by sandoche 8y ago

farbodsaraf 8y ago
Cool! Finally the web version, this is more handy than the mobile app for me.
IshKebab 8y ago
How is this different to github.com/trending?
- deleted 8y ago
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- mattigames 8y ago
  The "load more" button for one (trending has a 25 limit)
  - patricia_mayo 8y ago
    also the different sources, I think it also feeds from Reddit and HN
    - IshKebab 8y ago
      Sure but in practice there aren't any entries from Reddit or HN. They are all from Github.
z3t4 8y ago
I find it interesting that The most popular repo is about hacking, and the second most popular is about defending from hackers.
- ncr100 8y ago
  I find it creepy. This is a demonstration of how a Search Engine shapes reality by highlighting and magnifying a subset of information.
mariocesar 8y ago
There is a RSS Feed ?
- thecrumb 8y ago
  +1 for a feed
skocznymroczny 8y ago
Looks interesting. Can you add D to the list of languages?
- sandoche 8y ago
  It is actually easy there, but you have to click on other languages.
ChanderG 8y ago
Am I the only one not comfortable with how much "git" has become synonymous with "GitHub" in the common collective?
- harperlee 8y ago
  Not at all. But: to me, this is less true now than ever, it seems as is gitlab is gaining a huge momentum.
  - rovr138 8y ago
    This is a great example. Git news, only Github.
- jumbopapa 8y ago
  I know some of classmates from college that used to refer to "GitHub" as "git" - that always kind of bothered me, but I didn't think it was worth my time to discuss with them.
  - 0xffff2 8y ago
    This is incredibly common with recent grads in my experience. It's really quite frustrating for me because the organization I work for has code on both GitHub (open source) and private git servers. I have to spend half an hour or more with virtually every new intern explaining the difference.
    - tqkxzugoaupvwqr 8y ago
      Half an hour? All I can think of is: “git is a command-line program to manage source code. GitHub is a graphical user interface that builds on top of git, and adds some features like issue tracking. We installed git on our server. This is were we host our private source code. GitHub is the place where we host our open-source source code.”
      - staybythebay 8y ago
PuffinBlue 8y ago
This project would seem to fall foul of the Git naming trademark and would likely need to rename unless they have specific permission? > In addition, you may not use any of the Marks as a syllable in a new word or as part of a portmanteau (e.g., "Gitalicious", "Gitpedia") used as a mark for a third-party product or service without Conservancy's written permission. For the avoidance of doubt, this provision applies even to third-party marks that use the Marks as a syllable or as part of a portmanteau to refer to a product or service's use of Git code.[0] Git has grandfathered in some projects due to their history but hasn't allowed Portmanteaus for some years: > - Portmanteaus ("GitFoo" or "FooGit") are out. Most of the cases run into this rule. For instance, we asked GitHub to not to use "DGit" to refer to their replicated Git solution, and they[1] rebranded. We also asked "GitTorrent" not to use that name based on this rule.[1] [0] https://git-scm.com/about/trademark https://git-scm.com/about/trademark [1] https://public-inbox.org/git/20170202022655.2jwvudhvo4hmueaw@sigill.intra.peff.net/ https://public-inbox.org/git/20170202022655.2jwvudhvo4hmueaw...
- devit 8y ago
  I wonder if trademark licensing could be a viable business model for some open source projects?
  - npongratz 8y ago
    They can do what they want, but I would hate to see various beloved open source projects and their leaders in league with the IP police.
    - eropple 8y ago
      Regardless of your opinion of copyright, trademark IP has a pretty clear and valid reason to exist. I shouldn't be able to go sell "Coca-Cola" and hoodwink a bunch of customers; the same follows pretty clearly for OSS.
- simplecomplex 8y ago
  This would seem to qualify as fair use, no? https://www.inta.org/TrademarkBasics/FactSheets/Pages/Fair-Use-of-TrademarksNL.aspx https://www.inta.org/TrademarkBasics/FactSheets/Pages/Fair-U...
throwawaylolx 8y ago
What does "trending repositories from [...] HackerNews and Reddit" mean? How is the aggregation made?
- mattigames 8y ago
  I assume its using reddit api to find trending links to git(hub?) repositories.
  - jumbopapa 8y ago
    This makes so much more sense. I was thinking it was trying to show a collection of trending item from GitHub, Reddit, and Hacker News. I was confused when everything I was seeing was only from GitHub.
  - rovr138 8y ago
    So it is using Github as a synonym for Git.
hero76 8y ago
www.gitlogs.com
jillesvangurp 8y ago
This would be more useful with links back to the articles. Now, it's just a list of repositories that are somehow interesting but no clue about why they are interesting.
- billturner 8y ago
  Agreed. Would be nice to know if it's trending for a good or a bad reason. Links back to HN and Reddit would help with that.
- sandoche 8y ago
  Thanks for the idea, I will look into it!
bestest 8y ago
So much wasted space. And the mouse-over animations are quite annoying.
- message 8y ago
  This.
imafish 8y ago
I think .NET languages are missing
- hadrien01 8y ago
  You have `CSharp` in the list, but it's not returning any results.
  - sandoche 8y ago
    Thanks I'll look into it, I'll fix it as soon as possible!
ggregoire 8y ago
This site (and github.com/trending) needs a way to filter out repos only in Chinese.
olalonde 8y ago
Cool project but way too much white space: I only see two items above the fold on my Macbook Pro. It would be a lot easier to use if it was more information dense. (e.g. https://i.imgur.com/ZLaSfJJ.png https://i.imgur.com/ZLaSfJJ.png vs https://i.imgur.com/NuNtxel.png https://i.imgur.com/NuNtxel.png)
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revskill 8y ago
I don't know why Github "hides" the trending link behind a Profile. To see the Trending link, you must go through the "explore" link first. I found it's very inconvenient for users because Trending is often a bookmarkable link when using github.
kamranahmed_se 8y ago
I made a similar project (web app + chrome extension) some time ago that has filters for day, week, month or year https://kamranahmed.info/githunt/ https://kamranahmed.info/githunt/
- sandoche 8y ago
  Nice job, it's very good !
ahallock 8y ago
Did you use a UI framework/theme for this or was it designed from scratch? While I think there's too much whitespace, there are certain elements I really like.

183 points by sandoche 8y ago

farbodsaraf 8y ago

Cool! Finally the web version, this is more handy than the mobile app for me.

IshKebab 8y ago

How is this different to github.com/trending?

deleted 8y ago
[deleted]
mattigames 8y ago
The "load more" button for one (trending has a 25 limit)
- patricia_mayo 8y ago
  also the different sources, I think it also feeds from Reddit and HN
  - IshKebab 8y ago
    Sure but in practice there aren't any entries from Reddit or HN. They are all from Github.

z3t4 8y ago

I find it interesting that The most popular repo is about hacking, and the second most popular is about defending from hackers.

ncr100 8y ago
I find it creepy. This is a demonstration of how a Search Engine shapes reality by highlighting and magnifying a subset of information.

mariocesar 8y ago

There is a RSS Feed ?

thecrumb 8y ago
+1 for a feed

skocznymroczny 8y ago

Looks interesting. Can you add D to the list of languages?

sandoche 8y ago
It is actually easy there, but you have to click on other languages.

ChanderG 8y ago

Am I the only one not comfortable with how much "git" has become synonymous with "GitHub" in the common collective?

harperlee 8y ago
Not at all. But: to me, this is less true now than ever, it seems as is gitlab is gaining a huge momentum.
- rovr138 8y ago
  This is a great example. Git news, only Github.
jumbopapa 8y ago
I know some of classmates from college that used to refer to "GitHub" as "git" - that always kind of bothered me, but I didn't think it was worth my time to discuss with them.
- 0xffff2 8y ago
  This is incredibly common with recent grads in my experience. It's really quite frustrating for me because the organization I work for has code on both GitHub (open source) and private git servers. I have to spend half an hour or more with virtually every new intern explaining the difference.
  - tqkxzugoaupvwqr 8y ago
    Half an hour? All I can think of is: “git is a command-line program to manage source code. GitHub is a graphical user interface that builds on top of git, and adds some features like issue tracking. We installed git on our server. This is were we host our private source code. GitHub is the place where we host our open-source source code.”
    - staybythebay 8y ago

PuffinBlue 8y ago

This project would seem to fall foul of the Git naming trademark and would likely need to rename unless they have specific permission? > In addition, you may not use any of the Marks as a syllable in a new word or as part of a portmanteau (e.g., "Gitalicious", "Gitpedia") used as a mark for a third-party product or service without Conservancy's written permission. For the avoidance of doubt, this provision applies even to third-party marks that use the Marks as a syllable or as part of a portmanteau to refer to a product or service's use of Git code.[0] Git has grandfathered in some projects due to their history but hasn't allowed Portmanteaus for some years: > - Portmanteaus ("GitFoo" or "FooGit") are out. Most of the cases run into this rule. For instance, we asked GitHub to not to use "DGit" to refer to their replicated Git solution, and they[1] rebranded. We also asked "GitTorrent" not to use that name based on this rule.[1] [0] https://git-scm.com/about/trademark https://git-scm.com/about/trademark [1] https://public-inbox.org/git/20170202022655.2jwvudhvo4hmueaw@sigill.intra.peff.net/ https://public-inbox.org/git/20170202022655.2jwvudhvo4hmueaw...

devit 8y ago
I wonder if trademark licensing could be a viable business model for some open source projects?
- npongratz 8y ago
  They can do what they want, but I would hate to see various beloved open source projects and their leaders in league with the IP police.
  - eropple 8y ago
    Regardless of your opinion of copyright, trademark IP has a pretty clear and valid reason to exist. I shouldn't be able to go sell "Coca-Cola" and hoodwink a bunch of customers; the same follows pretty clearly for OSS.
simplecomplex 8y ago
This would seem to qualify as fair use, no? https://www.inta.org/TrademarkBasics/FactSheets/Pages/Fair-Use-of-TrademarksNL.aspx https://www.inta.org/TrademarkBasics/FactSheets/Pages/Fair-U...

throwawaylolx 8y ago

What does "trending repositories from [...] HackerNews and Reddit" mean? How is the aggregation made?

mattigames 8y ago
I assume its using reddit api to find trending links to git(hub?) repositories.
- jumbopapa 8y ago
  This makes so much more sense. I was thinking it was trying to show a collection of trending item from GitHub, Reddit, and Hacker News. I was confused when everything I was seeing was only from GitHub.
- rovr138 8y ago
  So it is using Github as a synonym for Git.

hero76 8y ago

www.gitlogs.com

jillesvangurp 8y ago

This would be more useful with links back to the articles. Now, it's just a list of repositories that are somehow interesting but no clue about why they are interesting.

billturner 8y ago
Agreed. Would be nice to know if it's trending for a good or a bad reason. Links back to HN and Reddit would help with that.
sandoche 8y ago
Thanks for the idea, I will look into it!

bestest 8y ago

So much wasted space. And the mouse-over animations are quite annoying.

message 8y ago
This.

imafish 8y ago

I think .NET languages are missing

hadrien01 8y ago
You have `CSharp` in the list, but it's not returning any results.
- sandoche 8y ago
  Thanks I'll look into it, I'll fix it as soon as possible!

ggregoire 8y ago

This site (and github.com/trending) needs a way to filter out repos only in Chinese.

olalonde 8y ago

Cool project but way too much white space: I only see two items above the fold on my Macbook Pro. It would be a lot easier to use if it was more information dense. (e.g. https://i.imgur.com/ZLaSfJJ.png https://i.imgur.com/ZLaSfJJ.png vs https://i.imgur.com/NuNtxel.png https://i.imgur.com/NuNtxel.png)

deleted 8y ago

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revskill 8y ago

I don't know why Github "hides" the trending link behind a Profile. To see the Trending link, you must go through the "explore" link first. I found it's very inconvenient for users because Trending is often a bookmarkable link when using github.

kamranahmed_se 8y ago

I made a similar project (web app + chrome extension) some time ago that has filters for day, week, month or year https://kamranahmed.info/githunt/ https://kamranahmed.info/githunt/

sandoche 8y ago
Nice job, it's very good !

ahallock 8y ago

Did you use a UI framework/theme for this or was it designed from scratch? While I think there's too much whitespace, there are certain elements I really like.