Welcome to GitHub Repo Star-Count Viewer, a dynamic and intuitive web application built with React.js that allows developers, recruiters, and open-source enthusiasts to easily browse and discover popular GitHub repositories. Explore trending projects, filter by programming language, and visualize repository statistics like star counts, forks, and open issues in a clean, user-friendly interface. This tool is designed to enhance your open-source exploration, making it simpler to find high-quality, community-driven projects.
- 🔍 Search & Filter: Quickly find GitHub repositories by specific programming languages.
- ⭐ Star-Based Ranking: Repositories are automatically sorted by their star count, highlighting the most popular projects.
- 📋 Flexible Views: Toggle between a visually rich Grid View and a compact List View to suit your browsing preference.
- 🔢 Seamless Pagination: Navigate through extensive lists of repositories with easy-to-use pagination controls.
- 🌓 Dark & Light Themes: Switch between dark and light modes for a comfortable viewing experience at any time of day.
- 📊 Detailed Repository Info: Each listing provides key metrics including star gazer count, fork count, open issues, and last updated date.
This application leverages a modern web development stack to deliver a robust and responsive user experience:
- React.js: A declarative, component-based JavaScript library for building interactive user interfaces.
- Redux: A predictable state container for managing application-wide state efficiently.
- Chakra UI: A simple, modular, and accessible component library for React, providing beautiful and functional UI elements.
- Axios: A promise-based HTTP client for making API requests to fetch GitHub data.
- React Router DOM: For declarative routing within the application.
- Redux Thunk: Middleware for Redux that allows you to write action creators that return a function instead of an action object, enabling asynchronous logic.
Follow these steps to get a local copy of the project up and running on your machine.
Make sure you have the following installed:
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Clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/ishandutta2007/Github-Repo-Star-Count.git cd Github-Repo-Star-Count(Replace
ishandutta2007with the actual GitHub username or organization if this is a public repo.) -
Install dependencies:
npm install
To start the development server:
npm startThis will open the application in your browser at http://localhost:3000.
Once the application is running, you can:
- Use the language dropdown to filter repositories by popular programming languages like JavaScript, Python, Java, etc.
- Click the "Grid View" / "List View" button to switch between different display modes.
- Toggle the "Light mode" / "Dark mode" button to change the application's theme.
- Use the pagination controls at the bottom to navigate through more results.
(Consider adding screenshots or a GIF here to showcase the application's interface and functionality. This significantly improves user engagement and understanding.)
Contributions are what make the open-source community such an amazing place to learn, inspire, and create. Any contributions you make are greatly appreciated.
- Fork the Project
- Create your Feature Branch (
git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature) - Commit your Changes (
git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature') - Push to the Branch (
git push origin feature/AmazingFeature) - Open a Pull Request
Distributed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for more information.
Your Name / Your Project Maintainer - [ishandutta2007@gmail.com/https://github.com/ishandutta2007] Project Link: https://github.com/ishandutta2007/Github-Repo-Star-Count
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