Developer tools and infrastructure
GitHub profile and repo tools
Tools built on GitHub data that visualize, gamify, and summarize a developer's activity as profile cards, README widgets, wrapped recaps and 3D scenes, plus helpers for discovering repos and open-source issues worth contributing to.
Built for: Developers with GitHub profiles, recruiters
Projects since May 04
162
Different builders
152
Last 4 weeks vs 8 before
-2%
AI is the core
10%
Projects per week
Mostly web app (67%), developer tool or library (18%), browser extension (11%) · from r/SideProject, r/vibecoding, r/chrome_extensions, r/IMadeThis
Latest
- GitRec — Shows repositories similar to the one you are viewing on GitHub.“I built GitRec: a Chrome extension to find related repositories on GitHub”
- gitbount — Calculates a gamified bounty score from a GitHub profile or repository and renders it as a downloadable One Piece-style wanted poster.“I built a site that turns your GitHub profile (or any repo) into a One Piece-style wanted poster”
- stargazer — Generates shareable PNG images and MP4 videos from a user's GitHub star count using selectable templates and themes.“i built a tool that turns your github stars into shareable images and 60fps videos”
- DevGlobe — Suggests up to three open, unassigned hacktoberfest-labeled GitHub issues matched to a user's languages from their DevGlobe profile.“I built an issue finder for Hacktoberfest—looking for feedback on the matches”
- npm-history — Charts cumulative download counts over time for npm packages.“Can track NPM cumulative downloads”
- GitForest — Renders a user's GitHub contribution history as a 3D forest where each day becomes part of the scene.“I turned my GitHub contributions into a 3D forest 🌲”
- The Repo Exchange — Lets users trade simulated shares of GitHub repos priced by a public formula over repo metrics, and bet on star-count targets.“i built a stock market for GitHub repos where every price is a public formula you can check yourself”
- Dev Ledger — Analyzes a GitHub account's history and visualizes source-code growth, activity over time, languages, and repository lifecycles.“I wanted more than GitHub’s green squares, so I built Dev Ledger”
- MergeMate — Matches open source issues to a developer's resume skills and explains the relevant codebase and fix steps.“I asked 1,500+ developers why they don't contribute to open source. The answers changed what I'm building.”
- github-stat — Generates a static page and shareable image showing a user's GitHub contributions, repositories, stars, followers and top languages.“I built a GitHub stats page that anyone can fork and use”
- GitHub README Generator — Generates a GitHub profile README by prefilling a template from a user's real GitHub or GitLab repos, with inline editing and live preview.“[GitHub README Generator] - Turns your real GitHub/GitLab repos into a profile README, no blank template”
- ToolFolio — Hosts a browser-based toolbox that generates GitHub READMEs from repo metadata with AI, creates AI images, and offers OG image, JSON-CSV, and SERP preview utilities.“ToolFolio - Free browser-only dev tools incl. an AI README generator grounded in real repo facts”
- creview — Generates an interactive architecture map of a public GitHub repository from its code structure.“I built a Github Repository Visualizer”
- Turns a GitHub contribution graph into a pixel art garden display.“I got tired of green squares, so I turned my GitHub contribution graph into a pixel art garden”
- Labels open source issues by role, experience level, complexity and tech stack, and offers a CLI that automates forking, branching and pull requests.“What makes you buy A Saas project.”
- GitComment — Adds a visitor comment section to GitHub profile pages, storing messages in GitHub Discussions.“Built a visitor messages / comment section for GitHub profile, using discussions as the backend.”
- GitHub Profile Grader — Scores a GitHub or GitLab profile out of 100 using weighted rule-based checks and gives fix steps for each.“Free score out of 100 for your GitHub or GitLab profile, no sign-up”
- gitstats — Tracks a developer's GitHub lines added, deleted and commits over time and ranks them on global and private team leaderboards.“We're all building a lot, so I made a leaderboard for you and your friends”
- github-clean-home — Rearranges the GitHub homepage to surface recent repositories and activity and lets users hide sections they don't use.“made an extension to redesign github's homepage”
- Provix — Audits public GitHub repos for commit cadence, modularity and code hygiene, and hosts a talent network where developers showcase verified projects.“Built a platform to discover developers through verified code and proof-of-work”
Most discussed
- gitfut — Generates a FIFA Ultimate Team style player card from a GitHub profile, rated out of 99 based on commits, stars, languages, followers and account age.“I turned GitHub profiles into FIFA cards and it kind of went viral (11k visitors in ~48h)”
- snake-and-commits — Generates an animated SVG of a Snake game that pathfinds to GitHub contribution cells for display on a profile.“I built this”
- Chronova — Tracks coding activity via editor heartbeats and breaks down time by language, project, and editor with goals and streak tracking.“After 18 months of solo night-and-weekend coding, I finally launched my developer analytics tool — and I'm terrified nobody will care”
- reposwipe — Lets users swipe through, submit, save and upvote code repositories to discover new ones.“I built the tinder for finding new repos: reposwipe.com”
- GitBiome — Generates a explorable 3D world from any public GitHub repo, with biomes and animals based on its file types.“I wanted to visualize GitHub repos in 3D. A week later there are villagers throwing snowballs at me”
- BugDrop — Embeds a feedback widget in websites that turns user bug reports, with optional annotated screenshots, into GitHub Issues.“I built a free widget that turns website feedback into GitHub Issues”
- scrape_stargazer_emails.sh — Collects commit author emails from a GitHub repo's stargazers and exports them to a CSV.“How to find users for your dev tool, before launch (full script)”
- gitcric — Scores a public GitHub profile as a FIFA-style cricket card and matches it to a real cricketer per format.“I turned GitHub profiles into cricket cards — and matched every dev to the real cricketer they'd be”
- RepoGrade — Scores a public GitHub repository from 0 to 100 based on README, setup docs, tests, CI, license and other repo health signals.“I built a small tool that checks how ready your GitHub repo feels for other people”
- The Open CodeYard — Hosts a GitHub repository collecting unfinished, experimental, and abandoned code projects with short READMEs describing each one.“Don't delete your old code. It might be someone's next starting point.”