gitr.

What's a gitr?

gitr. is a chrome extension that helps you discover unique and interesting projects hosted on GitHub.

How do I install it?

Download the extension from the Chrome Web Store. Or, if you're really adventurous, run it on your local machine! Here's how to do that.

You'll first need to download the dart language sdk. It can be found here.

Next, open up the file located in ext/src/js/popup/ named popup.js.

Change the following block:

chrome.tabs.getSelected(null, function(tabs) {
	$.ajax('http://localhost:8080/api/stumble/v1/github?languages=' + langs).success(function(data) {
	  var url = data[getRandomIndex(data.length)]['url'];
		chrome.tabs.update(tabs.id, {
			url: url
		});
		$('.spinner').hide();
	});
});

to this:

chrome.tabs.getSelected(null, function(tabs) {
	$.ajax('http://localhost:8080/api/stumble/v1/github?languages=' + langs).success(function(data) {
	  var url = data[getRandomIndex(data.length)]['url'];
		chrome.tabs.update(tabs.id, {
			url: url
		});
		$('.spinner').hide();
	});
});

Now navigate to the directory api in your terminal.

Execute the command pub get to gather all of the dependencies for the project. Now execute the command dart stumble.dart to start the webserver on port 8080.

Now you can install the extension through the Chrome extensions page. You do this by enabling developer mode within the Chrome extensions page, loading an unpacked extension, and selecting the ext/ directory.

How do I use it?

It's easy! Just navigate to any page on GitHub (even this one) and look up in your address bar. You should see a purple circle. Click that, and then the settings cog. After you set your language preferences, close the settings popup, and click Git!!. It will do some behind the scenes magic and take you to a random repository matching your interests! Pretty neat!

This extension sucks, make it better!

Great! It could be better! Click that fork button in the top corner and submit a pull request!