Ask HN: Are there any tools for viewing activity across multiple GitHub repos

10 points by tegansnyder 5 years ago | 7 comments

I'm interested in seeing the at a glance view across multiple Github repos. Something that can provide me a pulse of what is happening across the many micro-repos that make up a larger project. Are you aware of any good OS solutions to this?

kenrose 5 years ago |

Hey Tegan, are you looking for "pulse" that's more dev focused or ops focused?

There a few tools like Pluralsight Flow and Code Climate that focus on git specific metrics (e.g., time to merge, developer velocity, etc.)

On the ops side of things, if it's a bunch of repos feeding into a larger service, you may want to look at a service catalog offering. This kind of tooling shows what's running in production, who owns it, and how healthy it is. Open source offerings are Backstage (by Spotify) and Clutch (by Lyft). There are also SaaS options available like OpsLevel.

(Disclosure / Shameless Plug: I'm CTO/co-founder @ OpsLevel).

tegansnyder 5 years ago | |

Thanks Ken. It's more ops focused. I'm overseeing a project and want a degree of visibility to see the pulse, velocity, and work distribution across multiple repos. Think of it as a way to get a snapshot. I'm looking at some of the tools you suggested and your own tool. Thanks.

jrcummings 5 years ago |

I developed this to get a quick look at all the Issues and PRs open across my various repositories. It helps me keep track of everything directly from the command line. Hopefully it can help you!

https://github.com/joecummings/gitmine

It's open-sourced so if it doesn't exactly fit your needs, just open an issue and we'll look into adding to it (or you can submit a PR yourself).

hrishios 5 years ago |

If you're looking at the ops level to oversee a project (which is sounds like you are), Haystack might be a good option:

https://www.usehaystack.io/

Pozzuh 5 years ago |

I assume watching the repositories you want to monitor and checking your Github feed on the homepage is not working for you. If so, what exactly is missing?

tegansnyder 5 years ago | |

I'm looking for a product owner view that gives me a pulse across all the repos involved in a larger project. The key would to be able to see velocity, whos working on what, distribution of the work, and what they are working on all in one dashboard.

kkirsche 5 years ago | |

Not OP but I’d love something like Prometheus where I could tell it my desired repos to watch and it could give me a list of all the latest releases for all my dependencies so I can alert on changes in a single location across all my monitoring