Company
Date Published
Author
Daniel González Lopes
Word count
637
Language
English
Hacker News points
None

Summary

To effectively monitor the popularity and usage of numerous GitHub repositories, a system using Grafana and Prometheus was developed to automate the collection and visualization of traffic data. This GitHub Traffic tool leverages GitHub's REST APIs to gather information such as views, clones, and stars from all repositories within an organization, transforming this data into Prometheus metrics. These metrics are then visualized using Grafana, providing a streamlined and scalable solution compared to manually collecting data for each repository. The tool's implementation is open-source, allowing others to deploy it by setting up an environment file and running a Docker container. Although the initial version focuses on a limited dataset, future iterations may expand its capabilities. The project encourages community feedback and further engagement through Grafana's Community Slack and GitHub Repo issues.