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github-growth-tracker

Track GitHub repository growth trends, star velocity, and commit activity with historical digests and benchmarking.

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What it does

The GitHub Growth Tracker is a specialized developer tool designed to monitor and analyze the trajectory of GitHub repositories. It goes beyond static numbers by recording historical data to provide real-time trend analysis on stars, forks, issues, and commit velocity.

Why use this skill

While basic GitHub scraping can give you current counts, this skill maintains a 90-day time-series database. It allows developers to understand momentum rather than just snapshots. Instead of manually checking dashboards, you get automated digests that highlight where your projects are gaining traction or losing steam relative to your benchmarks.

  • Trend Visualization: Uses intuitive indicators (↑↓→) to show changes over time.
  • Watchlist Benchmarking: Compare your growth rates against "aspirational" repos to gauge relative performance.
  • Commit Velocity Tracking: Monitor active development windows (4-week rolling average) across multiple repos.
  • Automated Reporting: Designed to generate clean, formatted text digests perfect for Slack, Discord, or status updates.

Supported tools

Built as a Python-based utility, it integrates seamlessly with GitHub's REST API using fine-grained Personal Access Tokens. It is compatible with AI agent environments like Claude Code, Cursor, and OpenClaw, utilizing a standardized data directory for persistent historical tracking.

Use cases

  • Monitor star and fork growth trends over a 90-day window
  • Compare repo performance against a curated watchlist of competitors
  • Generate automated weekly progress reports for open-source projects
  • Analyze commit velocity to ensure consistent development activity

Example

Prompt

Give me a growth digest for my repos and compare them to my watchlist.

Output

📊 GitHub Growth Digest
99rebels/api-client
  Stars: 142 ↑ (+12)
  Forks: 28 →
  Issues: 5 ↓ (-2)
  Commits (4w): 18 ↑ (+4)
  vs watchlist: ✅ Outperforming avg star growth
Watchlist: octocat/Spoon-Knife stars: 12.4k (+5)

Known limitations

1. Rate limited - 5,000 API requests/hour. With many repos + participation lookups, you could hit this on large watchlists. 2. Read-only - tracks metrics but can't interact with repos (no starring, forking, issues management).

Frequently asked questions

GitHub's native interface only shows current snapshots; this skill builds a 90-day time-series database to track momentum, star velocity, and commit trends over time, allowing you to see if growth is accelerating or cooling.