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Explore what is Trending on GitHub

105 points by geetarista 13y ago

hk__2 13y ago
Does anybody know how do we get the top languages now? E.g. “Foobar is the #42 language on GitHub”.
- pcunite 13y ago
  This google cache shows it: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:4IOcCsF6v_oJ:https://github.com/languages+github+most+used+languages&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:4IOcCsF...
- rohanjon 13y ago
  The top ten languages are listed on the side here https://github.com/search?q=%22&type=Repositories https://github.com/search?q=%22&type=Repositories edit: The actual number "#42" is gone for now, but will be resurfaced in more interesting ways in the future. (SOON)
ggreer 13y ago
It looks like GitHub removed the old rankings completely. For example, I can no longer see C projects ranked by star count. https://github.com/languages/C/most_watched https://github.com/languages/C/most_watched redirects to https://github.com/trending https://github.com/trending :( To be honest, I mostly used those pages to satisfy my own vanity. My C project (https://github.com/ggreer/the_silver_searcher https://github.com/ggreer/the_silver_searcher) just beat Arduino (https://github.com/arduino/Arduino https://github.com/arduino/Arduino) and was gunning for mruby (https://github.com/mruby/mruby https://github.com/mruby/mruby).
- rohanjon 13y ago
  Here's the most watched C repositories https://github.com/search?l=C&q=%22&type=Repositories https://github.com/search?l=C&q=%22&type=Repositories
  - ggreer 13y ago
    My fragile sense of self-worth thanks you.
- tedivm 13y ago
  It seems like Github has been removing useful features with every update. I remember when I could actually see the traffic to my project pages, for example, but they removed that when they launched the new graphs.
  - jkbr 13y ago
    Github owns gaug.es and it would make a lot of sense if they integrated it into github.com. One of the removed metrics is also clone counts.
- ironchef 13y ago
  Thx for making the silver searcher. When I'm dealing with large scale git repos it blows ack/grep, etc away :)
- karangoeluw 13y ago
  Personally, I like the new update for this -> http://i.imgur.com/FiDrPcb.png http://i.imgur.com/FiDrPcb.png
ajsharma 13y ago
Apparently, the highest trending ruby project for the last month is a Python project? https://github.com/trending?l=ruby&since=monthly https://github.com/trending?l=ruby&since=monthly
sharjeel 13y ago
This has potential of becoming alternate to Hacker News with NSA and funding related stories filtered out.
- daturkel 13y ago
  That was my first thought. Github's needed this feature for a while and github repos are my favorite thing to find on the frontpage of HN anyway.
- killface 13y ago
  so... way better? :)
- tomphoolery 13y ago
  If they add commenting, it will be Hacker News.
- skeletonjelly 13y ago
  Incidentally, HN is a GitHub blog RSS parser ;)
juriga 13y ago
Coincidentally, we just launched an improved version of our GitHub analytics app with hourly page view charts. We also show rankings by country and language for all repos (not just the top 25 ones). You might want to check it out if you're interested in finding out why your project is trending: https://bitdeli.com/ https://bitdeli.com/
mindcrime 13y ago
Our language library can't always determine the language for the repository, but that won't keep the repository from trending. Right, this is why you should do the obvious, common-sense, reasonable thing and let repository owners explicitly declare the language for their repo. Fiddling with byzantine mechanism to try and exclude library files, and other black magic, only to still be left merely hoping that they get it right, sucks.
don_draper 13y ago
I can't see the most watched or forked (in the hundreds), grouped by language anymore? Just the top 25? I'm not a fan of the change.
- rohanjon 13y ago
  Here's the most forked https://github.com/search?q=%22&type=Repositories&s=forks https://github.com/search?q=%22&type=Repositories&s=forks Here's the most starred https://github.com/search?q=%22&type=Repositories https://github.com/search?q=%22&type=Repositories You can filter by language on the left.
  - don_draper 13y ago
    thanks
mindcrime 13y ago
What does this even mean, anyway? Trending by what metric? Commits? Stars? Watches? Clicks? All of the above? Something else? ???
- deleted 13y ago
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- GoNB 13y ago
  Trending is popularity over time. Popularity is probably an aggregate of what you just mentioned.
  - mindcrime 13y ago
    Popularity is probably an aggregate of what you just mentioned IMO, it would be more useful if Github told us what it means with some specificity. Maybe not every detail, if they want to avoid having people try to game the system... but a synthetic metric that no-one understands the basis of, strikes me as somewhat useless.
- insteadof 13y ago
  Must have been updated since as they posted at the bottom of the post, "What makes repositories or developers trend? We look at a variety of data points including stars, forks, commits, follows, and pageviews, weighting them appropriately. It's not just about total numbers, but also how recently the events happened."
  - mindcrime 13y ago
    Aaah, I see. Not sure if the page was updated, or if I overlooked that bit. But at any rate, it's good to know. I mean, I assumed it was something like that, but it's nice to get some clarity.
tomphoolery 13y ago
Finally, GitHub is as capable as PornHub when finding trending content. Now we just have to wait for PornHub to introduce forking movies...
calhoun137 13y ago
This is pretty cool! I have a dream about making small-medium contributing to tons and tons of random projects, just to learn and get to work with interesting people. The old search feature made it kind of hard to find cool repo's to work on that weren't seemingly saturated with contributors, I thought maybe I was using the "explore" feature wrong or else that you were supposed to find links on places like HN. I'm hoping this one is better suited for such a purpose, but hoping even more that I find the motivation to follow through on the dream. No better time to start than tonight I suppose ;)
john2x 13y ago
Is default list of languages in the sidebar the top 7 trending languages? Surprised to see Clojure and VimL.
rtcoms 13y ago
I get daily trending repos in my emai from http://www.githubarchive.org/ http://www.githubarchive.org/

105 points by geetarista 13y ago

hk__2 13y ago

Does anybody know how do we get the top languages now? E.g. “Foobar is the #42 language on GitHub”.

pcunite 13y ago
This google cache shows it: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:4IOcCsF6v_oJ:https://github.com/languages+github+most+used+languages&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:4IOcCsF...
rohanjon 13y ago
The top ten languages are listed on the side here https://github.com/search?q=%22&type=Repositories https://github.com/search?q=%22&type=Repositories edit: The actual number "#42" is gone for now, but will be resurfaced in more interesting ways in the future. (SOON)

ggreer 13y ago

It looks like GitHub removed the old rankings completely. For example, I can no longer see C projects ranked by star count. https://github.com/languages/C/most_watched https://github.com/languages/C/most_watched redirects to https://github.com/trending https://github.com/trending :( To be honest, I mostly used those pages to satisfy my own vanity. My C project (https://github.com/ggreer/the_silver_searcher https://github.com/ggreer/the_silver_searcher) just beat Arduino (https://github.com/arduino/Arduino https://github.com/arduino/Arduino) and was gunning for mruby (https://github.com/mruby/mruby https://github.com/mruby/mruby).

rohanjon 13y ago
Here's the most watched C repositories https://github.com/search?l=C&q=%22&type=Repositories https://github.com/search?l=C&q=%22&type=Repositories
- ggreer 13y ago
  My fragile sense of self-worth thanks you.
tedivm 13y ago
It seems like Github has been removing useful features with every update. I remember when I could actually see the traffic to my project pages, for example, but they removed that when they launched the new graphs.
- jkbr 13y ago
  Github owns gaug.es and it would make a lot of sense if they integrated it into github.com. One of the removed metrics is also clone counts.
ironchef 13y ago
Thx for making the silver searcher. When I'm dealing with large scale git repos it blows ack/grep, etc away :)
karangoeluw 13y ago
Personally, I like the new update for this -> http://i.imgur.com/FiDrPcb.png http://i.imgur.com/FiDrPcb.png

ajsharma 13y ago

Apparently, the highest trending ruby project for the last month is a Python project? https://github.com/trending?l=ruby&since=monthly https://github.com/trending?l=ruby&since=monthly

sharjeel 13y ago

This has potential of becoming alternate to Hacker News with NSA and funding related stories filtered out.

daturkel 13y ago
That was my first thought. Github's needed this feature for a while and github repos are my favorite thing to find on the frontpage of HN anyway.
killface 13y ago
so... way better? :)
tomphoolery 13y ago
If they add commenting, it will be Hacker News.
skeletonjelly 13y ago
Incidentally, HN is a GitHub blog RSS parser ;)

juriga 13y ago

Coincidentally, we just launched an improved version of our GitHub analytics app with hourly page view charts. We also show rankings by country and language for all repos (not just the top 25 ones). You might want to check it out if you're interested in finding out why your project is trending: https://bitdeli.com/ https://bitdeli.com/

mindcrime 13y ago

Our language library can't always determine the language for the repository, but that won't keep the repository from trending. Right, this is why you should do the obvious, common-sense, reasonable thing and let repository owners explicitly declare the language for their repo. Fiddling with byzantine mechanism to try and exclude library files, and other black magic, only to still be left merely hoping that they get it right, sucks.

don_draper 13y ago

I can't see the most watched or forked (in the hundreds), grouped by language anymore? Just the top 25? I'm not a fan of the change.

rohanjon 13y ago
Here's the most forked https://github.com/search?q=%22&type=Repositories&s=forks https://github.com/search?q=%22&type=Repositories&s=forks Here's the most starred https://github.com/search?q=%22&type=Repositories https://github.com/search?q=%22&type=Repositories You can filter by language on the left.
- don_draper 13y ago
  thanks

mindcrime 13y ago

What does this even mean, anyway? Trending by what metric? Commits? Stars? Watches? Clicks? All of the above? Something else? ???

deleted 13y ago
[deleted]
GoNB 13y ago
Trending is popularity over time. Popularity is probably an aggregate of what you just mentioned.
- mindcrime 13y ago
  Popularity is probably an aggregate of what you just mentioned IMO, it would be more useful if Github told us what it means with some specificity. Maybe not every detail, if they want to avoid having people try to game the system... but a synthetic metric that no-one understands the basis of, strikes me as somewhat useless.
insteadof 13y ago
Must have been updated since as they posted at the bottom of the post, "What makes repositories or developers trend? We look at a variety of data points including stars, forks, commits, follows, and pageviews, weighting them appropriately. It's not just about total numbers, but also how recently the events happened."
- mindcrime 13y ago
  Aaah, I see. Not sure if the page was updated, or if I overlooked that bit. But at any rate, it's good to know. I mean, I assumed it was something like that, but it's nice to get some clarity.

tomphoolery 13y ago

Finally, GitHub is as capable as PornHub when finding trending content. Now we just have to wait for PornHub to introduce forking movies...

calhoun137 13y ago

This is pretty cool! I have a dream about making small-medium contributing to tons and tons of random projects, just to learn and get to work with interesting people. The old search feature made it kind of hard to find cool repo's to work on that weren't seemingly saturated with contributors, I thought maybe I was using the "explore" feature wrong or else that you were supposed to find links on places like HN. I'm hoping this one is better suited for such a purpose, but hoping even more that I find the motivation to follow through on the dream. No better time to start than tonight I suppose ;)

john2x 13y ago

Is default list of languages in the sidebar the top 7 trending languages? Surprised to see Clojure and VimL.

rtcoms 13y ago

I get daily trending repos in my emai from http://www.githubarchive.org/ http://www.githubarchive.org/