github-stars

Fetch a repo's per-star timestamps from the GitHub API and render two ASCII charts in the terminal: stars by day and stars by hour (for the most recent day(s)). Useful for tracking a launch, a Show HN / Product Hunt spike, or DevRel growth.

Requirements

• The gh CLI installed and authenticated (gh auth status). Unauthenticated calls hit a low rate limit and large repos fail mid-pagination.
• Python 3.9+ (uses the stdlib zoneinfo for correct DST handling).

How it works

The script calls gh api with the Accept header, which adds a timestamp to each stargazer. It paginates through all stargazers, converts each timestamp to the target timezone, and buckets them by day and by hour.