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16points
8comments
#2,230of 3,837 in 2025
Top 59%of 2025 by points

How HN took it

QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project

2 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 0 critical, out of 4 comments about the project.

Execution: 1 for, 0 against

The thread, comment by comment

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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker

What HN said

What people liked

  • Fun and well-executed

    From 2 comments
    • Sneaky and smooth! Reminds me so much of my side project from a couple years back: https://hubmeter.io/ – basically GitHub Detective that charts the events instead of showing…
      Twixes on HN
    • aah loved this
      koech1 on HN
  • Reminiscent of similar tools

    From 2 comments
    • This is an interesting app. Are you using the Events API? https://docs.github.com/rest/activity/events?apiVersion=2022-11-28 I felt a sense of familiarity because I’ve also built…
      masutaka on HN
    • Sneaky and smooth! Reminds me so much of my side project from a couple years back: https://hubmeter.io/ – basically GitHub Detective that charts the events instead of showing…
      Twixes on HN

Requests

  • Share the source repository

    From 1 comment
    • This is an interesting app. Are you using the Events API? https://docs.github.com/rest/activity/events?apiVersion=2022-11-28 I felt a sense of familiarity because I’ve also built…
      masutaka on HN

Questions

  • Does it use the GitHub Events API?

    From 1 comment
    • This is an interesting app. Are you using the Events API? https://docs.github.com/rest/activity/events?apiVersion=2022-11-28 I felt a sense of familiarity because I’ve also built…
      masutaka on HN

Alternatives named

  • hubmeter.io

    From 1 comment
    • Sneaky and smooth! Reminds me so much of my side project from a couple years back: https://hubmeter.io/ – basically GitHub Detective that charts the events instead of showing…
      Twixes on HN
  • github-nippou

    From 1 comment
    • This is an interesting app. Are you using the Events API? https://docs.github.com/rest/activity/events?apiVersion=2022-11-28 I felt a sense of familiarity because I’ve also built…
      masutaka on HN

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