Github Stars

List repository stars and info through Github v4 GraphQL API

$ githubstars --lang python
⭐ 38867 awesome-python
⭐ 31578 httpie
⭐ 30981 thefuck
⭐ 29831 flask
⭐ 29402 youtube-dl

$ githubstars django --lang python --count 5 --url --desc
⭐ 28394 django (https://github.com/django/django)
- The Web framework for perfectionists with deadlines.

⭐ 13937 sentry (https://github.com/getsentry/sentry)
- Sentry is a cross-platform crash reporting and aggregation platform.

⭐ 8685 django-rest-framework (https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework)
- Web APIs for Django.

⭐ 5196 django-cms (https://github.com/divio/django-cms)
- The easy-to-use and developer-friendly CMS

⭐ 4931 Zappa (https://github.com/Miserlou/Zappa)
- Serverless Python Web Services

Installation

$ pip install githubstars
$ export GITHUB_API_TOKEN="<your token here>"

Since Github require OAuth token to access GraphQL server, you must set personal access token first.

Refer: Authenticating with GraphQL and Creating a personal access token for the command line

Usage

$ githubstars -h
usage: githubstars [-h] [--lang] [--count] [--desc] [--url] [--verbose]
                   [--version]
                   [repo]

List repository stars and info through Github v4 GraphQL API

positional arguments:
  repo        repository name to search

optional arguments:
  -h, --help     show this help message and exit
  --count        number of repositories to show
  --desc         show repo description
  --lang         search based on language
  --new-created  created this week
  --new-pushed   pushed this week
  --url          show repo url
  --verbose      show request detail
  --version      show version

Reference

1. GitHub API | GitHub Developer Guide

2. GraphQL API Explorer | GitHub Developer Guide

3. Creating a personal access token for the command line - User Documentation

4. Searching repositories - User Documentation