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Show HN: GitClassic.com, a fast, lightweight GitHub thin client (pages <14KB) (gitclassic.com)

41 points by heythisischris ↗ HN
Hey HN,

I posted GitClassic here 2 months ago- since then I've rebuilt most of it based on what people asked for.

https://gitclassic.com

What's new: Issues, PRs w/ full diffs, repo intelligence (health scores, dependency graphs), trending/explore, bookmarks, comparison tool, and advanced search.

Every page is server-rendered HTML- No React, no SPA, no client bundle, pages under 14KB(gzipped). Try loading facebook/react and compare it to GitHub load times.

Public repos work without an account, Pro adds private repo access via GitHub OAuth.

Stack: Hono on Lambda, DynamoDB, CloudFront, 500KB Node bundle, cold starts usually <500ms.

What's missing?

Thanks, Chris

18 comments

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bityard
Github has been very anti-scraping lately, to the point that I can't even browse it in my browser's private mode. This seems to be impacting your implementation as well:

"Well, that didn't work API rate limit exceeded for 18.220.172.92. Want 5,000 requests/hour instead of 60? Sign in for free to use your own GitHub API quota. Sign in with GitHub If you keep seeing this, open an issue"

Update: Another try and it did work. However, I take exception to your app's assertion that my project is unmaintained. I would call it "stable" and further claim that your assertion is borderline libel. (And its pretty insulting that the rationalization is apparently hidden behind a paywall.)

zetanor
Golang is also "unmaintained" so you're in good company.
hmartin
One of my repos that I just pushed the one thousandth commit to an hour ago is marked unmaintained lol
itake
403 forbidden. I'm in Vietnam, so maybe its blocking my location?
superkuh
I haven't been able to read most text on github on my old system with a good screenreader because the browser is outdated and can't run the github javascript applications fully correctly. This gitclassic interface is a lifesaver. From my VPS IP I got blocked but from my home residential IP it worked fine.

The github accessibility team has consistently ignored tickets about the lack of text for years. In the sense that they'll fix it for a month then revert and make it even worse. And that's fine, Microsoft is a business and making a profit is their goal. Supporting people who want text in the HTML doesn't make money.

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vldszn
I needed this, thank you
AnonHP
I had a quick look and bolted out within half a minute. Trying to open an organization or repo throws an error. There’s a featured comparison section on the homepage, and tapping on the first one leads to a message saying free tier allows two things to be compared and a pro subscription allows more. Why put this as the first in this section then?

Seems like this is not fully baked yet and it pushes for pro subs a little too soon.

whalesalad
The irony of this looking exactly like gitea is not lost on me.
SoKamil
I miss those Bootstrap era clearly distinct buttons with subtle gradient and a border.
ranger_danger
Bootstrap is still alive and well, I use it for all my sites and never had any complaints.
PufPufPuf
I tried opening my profile and got

> Error: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'replace')

...this might need a bit more time in the oven

Paulo75
Pretty cool, one thing that would be useful: some kind of alerting or watch feature. Like "notify me if this repo's health score drops below X" or if a dependency gets a CVE. Would make it useful for teams that maintain a lot of open source dependencies.
pixel_popping
Am I missing something? website return a white page, a bit too classic :p
RestartKernel
Nitpick, but it bothers me that your logo icon is not vertically aligned with your logo text. (Neither is it visually aligned.)