{"repo":"useful-forks/useful-forks.github.io","free":true,"listed":false,"github":"https://github.com/useful-forks/useful-forks.github.io","clone":"git clone https://github.com/useful-forks/useful-forks.github.io.git","description":"Improving GitHub's Forks list discoverability through automatic filtering. The project offers an online tool and a Chrome extension.","language":"JavaScript","stars":1335,"topics":["github","github-api","chrome-extension","chrome-extensions","fork","forked","forks","forks-insight","forked-repo","github-forks"],"license":"MIT","category":"dev-tools","readme_excerpt":"Useful Forks --- This tool enhances the discoverability of useful forks for open-source projects by providing a list of forks worth exploring. The results are filtered to exclude forks that have never had any commits pushed to the main branch since their creation. Sometimes, a project might be abandoned, or someone had a different idea of how it should be implemented... and when you go looking for those interesting forks, you find yourself searching through potentially hundreds of them. This tool is here to help you discover the hidden jewels you were looking for! Table of Content Releases Online tool Chrome extension Bookmarklet How it works Contributing Credits --- Releases There are several ways to access the tool. If you use Chrome, your best option would be to download the Chrome extension. For other browsers, you may want to use the bookmarklet. Online tool The project is available online for free thanks to GitHub Pages. You can query a repository directly with the URL. Click this link to get an example: https://useful-forks.github.io/?repo=payne911/PieMenu. Below is a recording of what a scan would look like: Chrome extension Head to Chrome's Web Store to install the published extension. Once it's activated, the extension will automatically add a new \"Useful\" button on all GitHub repository pages: Here is what happens when you click it: This button will only appear when you visit GitHub repositories, and clicking it opens a new tab that will automatically trigger a sea","default_branch":null,"files":null,"tree":[],"storefront":"/r/useful-forks","claimed":false,"request_supported":{"post":"https://gitbuyer.com/r/useful-forks/useful-forks.github.io/request-supported","requests":0},"note":"indexed from public GitHub; nothing is for sale on this page. Clone it from GitHub. Paid listings live at /search."}