How to Create an Insights Link for a GitHub Repository
Published on February 8, 2023 in Lisbon, Portugal
First off, what's a GitHub repo "insights link?" It's a shareable link that takes the recipient to a GithubTracker page packed with stats and charts for the given repository.
How to get the link?
GitHub
Simply squeeze tracker into any GitHub repository URL. Voilá!
// Repository
https://github.com/nuxt/nuxt
// Repository Insights
https://githubtracker.com/nuxt/nuxt
GithubTracker
Open the details page of repository stored in any of your GithubTracker collections and copy the respective browser URL.
The links have the following structure:
https://githubtracker.com/{owner}/{repo}
Piece it together
If you know the ower and name of a repository you can also just take the above URL and replace {owner} with the username of the account hosting the repository and {repo} with the repository name. Those are always the same as in the GitHub URL of the repository.
Easy as that!
Here's what's on the other end of such a link:
That's it, give it a try and start sharing!
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