What is GitRepoTrend?

GitRepoTrend is a daily-updated intelligence platform that surfaces the most relevant GitHub repositories across 15 categories — using a smarter ranking signal than raw stars.

Data refreshes automatically every 24 hours. Once loaded, all filtering, sorting, and search happens instantly in your browser with zero network calls.

How the Attention Score works

Raw stars can be gamed and lag behind real activity. Our Attention Score weights multiple engagement signals and adjusts for recency:

Raw = (Stars × 0.50) + (Forks × 1.50)
+ (Watchers × 0.30) + (Issues × 0.10)
Recency = max(0.1, 1 − days_since_update ÷ 365)
Score (0–100) = round(Raw × Recency ÷ max_in_dataset)

Forks

×1.50

Highest weight — forking means active use

Stars

×0.50

Popularity signal — useful but inflatable

Watchers

×0.30

People tracking updates — strong interest

Issues

×0.10

Active community discussions

Repos updated recently score higher via the Recency multiplier — preventing stale but historically popular repos from dominating.

How data is fetched

1

GitHub API — fetched once per day via a scheduled cron job at 2 AM UTC. Never on page load.

2

PostgreSQL — all repos persisted to database. If the cache clears, data reloads from DB instantly — no GitHub call needed.

3

Redis — in-memory cache served to every request in under 50ms.

4

Your browser — all 450+ repos loaded once per 24 hours. All filtering and search is pure JavaScript — 0ms response.

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