GithubFinder

Github Repository Finder, now powered by GitHub API and Heroku

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3Distinct people

3Mentions

0Explicit recommenders

124GitHub stars

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Github Repository Finder, now powered by GitHub API and Heroku

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What people are saying

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 11:56:56 AM UTC.

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Mentions over time

HN mentions by week3 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2010-08-24 16:55:05 UTC to 2010-12-08 04:00:42 UTC. Weeks start Monday, UTC.

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

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Period	Start (UTC)	End (exclusive, UTC)	Mentions	Comments
Aug 23	2010-08-23 00:00:00 UTC	2010-08-30 00:00:00 UTC	1	1
Aug 30	2010-08-30 00:00:00 UTC	2010-09-06 00:00:00 UTC	0	0
Sep 6	2010-09-06 00:00:00 UTC	2010-09-13 00:00:00 UTC	0	0
Sep 13	2010-09-13 00:00:00 UTC	2010-09-20 00:00:00 UTC	0	0
Sep 20	2010-09-20 00:00:00 UTC	2010-09-27 00:00:00 UTC	0	0
Sep 27	2010-09-27 00:00:00 UTC	2010-10-04 00:00:00 UTC	0	0
Oct 4	2010-10-04 00:00:00 UTC	2010-10-11 00:00:00 UTC	0	0
Oct 11	2010-10-11 00:00:00 UTC	2010-10-18 00:00:00 UTC	0	0
Oct 18	2010-10-18 00:00:00 UTC	2010-10-25 00:00:00 UTC	0	0
Oct 25	2010-10-25 00:00:00 UTC	2010-11-01 00:00:00 UTC	0	0
Nov 1	2010-11-01 00:00:00 UTC	2010-11-08 00:00:00 UTC	0	0
Nov 8	2010-11-08 00:00:00 UTC	2010-11-15 00:00:00 UTC	0	0
Nov 15	2010-11-15 00:00:00 UTC	2010-11-22 00:00:00 UTC	1	1
Nov 22	2010-11-22 00:00:00 UTC	2010-11-29 00:00:00 UTC	0	0
Nov 29	2010-11-29 00:00:00 UTC	2010-12-06 00:00:00 UTC	0	0
Dec 6	2010-12-06 00:00:00 UTC	2010-12-13 00:00:00 UTC	1	1

What Hacker News says

3 sources

jdminhbg·Dec 8, 2010

This isn't [only] two panes, but it gives you the ability to navigate files while still seeing the directory structure: https://github.com/sr3d/GithubFinder It's implemented as a bookmarklet that you can activate on any github repo for an advanced view.

In The Tree Slider - GitHub

clyfe·Nov 19, 2010

contribute bugfixes to http://github.com/sr3d/GithubFinder

In Browse github fast with GithubFinder

sr3d·Aug 24, 2010

I was waiting to get my submission of GithubFinder to the 10KApart contest approved before posting the link here on HN, however, it seems like I'm running into some issue with the rules and I may not get the app accepted. The app is using a small proxy script to grab files from Github and even though I think the proxy script is generic enough to fit in their #3 rule, "3rd party API use", I don't want to bet on that. So here it is, GithubFinder. I've been using it personally for the past few days and it's awesome. Browsing Github repository now is a breeze. This morning I implemented the Greasemonkey script to add a button to the Github repo page, and with this feature in place, I think the app is pretty complete. So I decided to announce it to the HN community. There are lots of Github users here so I hope it'll be a great tool to

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all. For bugs and features request please go to http://github.com/sr3d/GithubFinder/issues Thanks! PS: thanks to Github for being awesome. The API is pretty sweet!

In GithubFinder - The Missing Github Repository Browser