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Um, am I the only one who had no idea that my Github stars are public knowledge? I don't see anything about this in the documentation or on my stars page. Can
by SloopJon 5y ago
Um, am I the only one who had no idea that my Github stars are public knowledge? I don't see anything about this in the documentation or on my stars page. Can anyone see this, or just the admin for the repo that I starred?
- Macha 5y agoIt's totally public, for example, here are the stars for the Vue repository: https://github.com/vuejs/vue-cli/stargazers https://github.com/vuejs/vue-cli/stargazers, or the stars by its primary author: https://github.com/yyx990803?tab=stars https://github.com/yyx990803?tab=stars
- calmingsolitude 5y agoStars are public - navigating to any GitHub profile and clicking the 'Stars' tab shows all the repositories starred by the user. Moreover, all users that have starred a repository can be viewed by appending /stargazers to the repo url or clicking the stars link in the sidebar.
- minimaxir 5y agoMore importantly, there is an API endpoint for /stargazers. If you really wanted to get GitHub data in bulk for illicit purposes and you know how to work with big data you can get it from the GitHub Archive but that’s a topic for another day. (Although it may not have user emails)
- boring_twenties 5y agoAny ssh pubkeys you've entered into your github account are public too, just FYI.
- tailspin2019 5y agoDid not know that…
- electroly 5y agoIt's not only public but new stars appear on the creator's GitHub news feed when they happen, with username included.
- tailspin2019 5y agoLike you, I definitely started starring repos before I knew these were public, years ago. I’ve never quite understood why there isn’t a private way to bookmark repos.
- addandsubtract 5y agoBookmarks are a private way to bookmark repos :P