GitHub Trend Explainer

GitHub Trending, minus the hype.

Paste a GitHub repo URL and get a quick explanation of why it might be getting attention: stars, fork ratio, topics, issue pressure, signal score, reasons, and cautions.

Usage

github-trend-explainer https://github.com/owner/repo
github-trend-explainer owner/repo --json

Use GITHUB_TOKEN for higher API limits:

GITHUB_TOKEN=ghp_xxx github-trend-explainer owner/repo

Install

git clone https://github.com/debraj-m/github-trend-explainer.git
cd github-trend-explainer
python3 -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
pip install -e .

Local Checks

pip install -e .
python -m unittest discover -s tests

Roadmap

• Star velocity using events
• Reddit/Hacker News mention lookup
• README quality scoring
• Batch mode

License

MIT. See LICENSE.