GHTOPDEP

$ pip install ghtopdep

$ pip install git+https://github.com/andriyor/ghtopdep.git

$ git clone https://github.com/andriyor/ghtopdep
$ cd ghtopdep
$ pip install .

$ git clone https://github.com/andriyor/ghtopdep
$ cd ghtopdep
$ docker build . -t ghtopdep

$ docker run --rm -it ghtopdep --help

➜ pip install --upgrade ghtopdep

If you want retrieve packages or repositories description you need pass token. To prevent rale limit being exceeded for unauthentIcated requests, ghtopdep needs an access token. For public repositories, create a token with the public_repo permission.

You can use token as environment variable GHTOPDEP_TOKEN at ~/.bashrc or ~/.zshrc

export GHTOPDEP_TOKEN="\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"

or pass token as option --token

➜ ghtopdep --help
Usage: ghtopdep [OPTIONS] URL
Options:
  --repositories / --packages  Sort repositories or packages (default
                               repositories)
  --table / --json             View mode
  --description                Show description of packages or repositories
                               (performs additional request per repository)
  --rows INTEGER               Number of showing repositories (default=10)
  --minstar INTEGER            Minimum number of stars (default=5)
  --search TEXT                search code at dependents
                               (repositories/packages)
  --all-packages               Merge dependents of all packages listed for the
                               repository (default: only the package GitHub
                               selects)
  --package-name TEXT          Only scrape the package with this exact name
  --token TEXT
  --help                       Show this message and exit.

Table view (by default)

➜ ghtopdep https://github.com/dropbox/dropbox-sdk-js
| url                                               | stars   |
|---------------------------------------------------|---------|
| https://github.com/transloadit/uppy               | 21K     |
| https://github.com/codesandbox/codesandbox-client | 8.6K    |
| https://github.com/joemccann/dillinger            | 6.5K    |
| https://github.com/keplergl/kepler.gl             | 5.8K    |
| https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet               | 4.5K    |
| https://github.com/jsbin/jsbin                    | 4.0K    |
| https://github.com/NorthwoodsSoftware/GoJS        | 3.8K    |
| https://github.com/buttercup/buttercup-desktop    | 3.1K    |
| https://github.com/openstyles/stylus              | 2.3K    |
| https://github.com/mickael-kerjean/filestash      | 2.0K    |
found 1660 repositories others repositories are private
found 443 repositories with more than zero star
~ via ⬢ v12.5.0 via 🐘 v7.2.19 via 🐍 3.8.0 took 2m 57s

JSON view

➜ ghtopdep https://github.com/dropbox/dropbox-sdk-js --json
[{"url": "https://github.com/transloadit/uppy", "stars": 21191}, {"url": "https://github.com/codesandbox/codesandbox-client", "stars": 8386}, {"url": "https://github.com/joemccann/dillinger", "stars": 6491}, {"url": "https://github.com/keplergl/kepler.gl", "stars": 5615}, {"url": "https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet", "stars": 4303}, {"url": "https://github.com/jsbin/jsbin", "stars": 3947}, {"url": "https://github.com/NorthwoodsSoftware/GoJS", "stars": 3692}, {"url": "https://github.com/buttercup/buttercup-desktop", "stars": 3054}, {"url": "https://github.com/openstyles/stylus", "stars": 2219}, {"url": "https://github.com/mickael-kerjean/filestash", "stars": 1869}]

you can sort packages and fetch their description

➜ ghtopdep https://github.com/dropbox/dropbox-sdk-js --description --packages
| url                                            | stars   | description                                                  |
|------------------------------------------------|---------|--------------------------------------------------------------|
| https://github.com/jsbin/jsbin                 | 4.0K    | Collaborative JavaScript Debugging App                       |
| https://github.com/jvilk/BrowserFS             | 1.9K    | BrowserFS is an in-browser filesystem that emulates the...   |
| https://github.com/coderaiser/cloudcmd         | 1.1K    | ✨☁️📁✨ Cloud Commander file manager for the web with...       |
| https://github.com/node-red/node-red-web-nodes | 153     | A collection of node-red nodes aimed at web services         |
| https://github.com/robertknight/passcards      | 133     | A 1Password-compatible command-line and web-based...         |
| https://github.com/enyojs/ares-project         | 125     | A browser-based code editor and UI designer for Enyo 2...    |
| https://github.com/transloadit/uppy-server     | 114     | [DEPRECATED] 'Uppy Server' was renamed to 'Companion' and... |
| https://github.com/bioimagesuiteweb/bisweb     | 34      | This is the repository for the BioImage Suite Web Project    |
| https://github.com/sallar/dropbox-fs           | 30      | :package: Node FS wrapper for Dropbox                        |
| https://github.com/filefog/filefog             | 26      | A thin cloud-service agnostic wrapper/interface to access... |
found 140 packages others packages are private
found 61 packages with more than zero star

also ghtopdep support code searching at dependents (repositories/packages)

➜ ghtopdep https://github.com/rob-balfre/svelte-select --search=isMulti --minstar=0
https://github.com/andriyor/linkorg-frontend/blob/7eed49c332f127c8541281b85def80e54c882920/src/App.svelte with 0 stars
https://github.com/andriyor/linkorg-frontend/blob/7eed49c332f127c8541281b85def80e54c882920/src/providers/Post.svelte with 0 stars
https://github.com/jdgaravito/bitagora_frontend/blob/776a23f5e848995d3eba90563d55c96429470c48/src/Events/AddEvent.svelte with 0 stars
https://github.com/gopear/OlcsoSor/blob/b1fa1d877a59f7daf41a86fecb21137c91652d77/src/routes/index.svelte with 3 stars
https://github.com/openstate/allmanak/blob/ff9ac0833e5e63f7c17f99c5c2355b4e46c48148/app/src/routes/index.svelte with 3 stars
https://github.com/openstate/allmanak/blob/e6d7aa72a8878eefc6f63a27c983894de1cef294/app/src/components/ReportForm.svelte with 3 stars
https://github.com/wolbodo/members/blob/d091f1e44b4e8cb8cc31f39ea6f6e9c36211d019/sapper/src/components/Member.html with 1 stars

Development setup

Using uv

$ uv sync
$ uv run ghtopdep https://github.com/dropbox/dropbox-sdk-js
$ uv build
$ uv publish

License

MIT

Alternatives

Boshen/top-github-dependents-by-stars: CLI tool for sorting dependents repo by stars

ghtracker - not provide full result https://github.com/zer0yu/ghtracker/issues/2

github-by-stars - complex setup

References

Allow dependents to be sorted by stars · Issue #1537 · isaacs/github

Sorting the insights dependency graph lists · community · Discussion #5575