Show HN: I got tired of GitHub trending, so I built my own (shadowgraph.io)

1 points by nosman 4d ago ↗ HN

I like to see what new projects people are working on in open-source, but I found it hard to find projects or news in any systematic way.

I built Shadowgraph so that I could browse the latest in open source development in a more natural way. It ingests repos from github and scrapes hackernews, reddit, and X for mentions of them.

I also identify noteworthy contributors on github and track what they're starring as a signal for potentially high quality projects that might otherwise fly under the radar. I also track their tweets or hackernews contributions for mentions of github repos for a more curated feed of content. Finally, there's an MCP and semantic search for repos and developers.

This is a fun side project for me but I want it to be useful for people- feedback is very much appreciated.

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sshah03 4d ago ↗

What I keep wondering for these, is if there's a way to surface great projects that just haven't been marketing well, or at all. I'm not entirely sure what signals would allow for that, but it'd be interesting to test I think.

nosman 4d ago ↗

It's a great question, because star count is obviously not a great filter for quality.

In order to find the "top developers" that i show on shadowgraph, I only used their commit history and contributions. I don't look at stars at all. So seeing what they are starring might be a step in the right direction.

I'll definitely be keeping other possible signals in mind.

ranqi 3d ago ↗

clutch timing in the age of slop!