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@yusuph-darbo/gh-trending

v1.0.3

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CLI tool to display the most popular repos in a given time frame.

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GitHub Trending CLI

A simple command-line tool that fetches the most starred GitHub repositories within a given time frame (day, week, month, or year). Perfect for exploring trending open-source projects directly from your terminal.

Features

  • Fetches trending repositories using the GitHub Search API

  • Supports custom time ranges:

    • --duration day
    • --duration week
    • --duration month
    • --duration year

  • Control the number of results with --limit

  • Human-readable output with repository name, description, stars, and language

  • Graceful handling of unknown CLI options

Installation

Install globally using npm:

npm install -g @yusuph-darbo/gh-trending

Usage

Run the CLI with optional flags:

gh-trending --duration <time> --limit <number>

Examples

Get top 20 repositories from the last day:

gh-trending --duration day

Get top 10 repositories from the past week:

gh-trending --duration week --limit 10

Get monthly trending repos:

gh-trending -d month

Short flags:

  • -d → --duration
  • -l → --limit

Duration Options

| Duration | Meaning | | -------- | --------------------------------------------- | | day | Repositories updated within the last 24 hours | | week | Updated within the last 7 days | | month | Updated within the last 30 days | | year | Updated within the last 365 days |

Default values if omitted:

  • duration: daily
  • limit: 20

Output Example

The top 10 repos in the last week:
Name: awesome-project
Description: A cool project trending this week
Stars: 15400
Language: TypeScript

How It Works

  • Parses CLI options using minimist

  • Calculates a timestamp based on --duration

  • Uses GitHub Search API to fetch repositories with:

    • stars:>5000
    • pushed:>timestamp

  • Sorts by stars in descending order