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Re:Awesome repositories are no longer awesome on Thursday November 05, 2026 @11:48AM (#50381366)
I think that my site (https://relatedrepos.com/) is a more useful and modern approach to discovering open source projects within a neighborhood. It is updated daily and therefore does not go out of date.

The related repositories are more relevant to what the user is looking at. Also, the semantic search functionality helps you to explore according to meaning rather than just keyword matching.

Show HN: Readme badge to quickly find related open source repos

https://relatedrepos.com/badge

Related Repos helps developers to discover open source projects that are related to each other. This can be useful to find alternative or complementary packages when building a full application. Or you can simply surf around in different neighborhoods to find new ideas that you might not have been aware of.With the new README badge, project maintainers on GitHub can easily add a link to...

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Show HN: Search for any open source project and explore neighboring results

https://relatedrepos.com/search

Hi HN,Related Repos helps developers to find useful open source projects for their apps.I recently rebuilt the search functionality - it now supports both keyword and semantic search. So, you can search for anything and then select any of the results to see what other repos are in the same neighborhood.In addition, I added some new functionality to the official chrome extension:The "External...

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Thanks! Yes, evaluations and benchmarks are fundamentally important. It's the only way to know if you are actually making improvements.

Show HN: IR_evaluation – Information retrieval evaluation metrics in pure Python

https://github.com/plurch/ir_evaluation

I created this library for personal use and also to solidify my knowledge of information retrieval evaluation metrics. I felt that many other libraries out there are overly complex and hard to understand.These metrics are useful in many different domains such as search engines, recommender systems, and RAG with LLMs.This implementation has easy to follow source code and unit tests. Let me know...

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Re:Show HN: Bookmarklet to quickly view related repositories on Monday September 09, 2024 @04:29PM (#41493338)
Hello HN! Builder here. Let me know if you have any feedback or questions about how this works :)

Show HN: Bookmarklet to quickly view related repositories

https://relatedrepos.com/bookmarklet

Click the bookmarklet when viewing a public repository on GitHubA new tab will open displaying related projects for the repoRelated Repos helps developers to discover open source projects that are related to each other. This can be useful to find alternative or complementary packages when building a full application.

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Show HN: Related Repos – Discover related open source projects. Updated daily

https://relatedrepos.com

Related Repos helps developers to discover open source projects that are related to each other. This can be useful to find alternative or complementary packages when building a full application. Or you can simply surf around in different neighborhoods to find new ideas that you might not have been aware of.Use the official browser extension to quickly view related repos while browsing on...

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Thanks for the feedback. I will add a “latest reviews” list to the homepage ASAP - some others have suggested this also.

Correct, we are not aiming for code reviews but for package quality/reputation. Hopefully the descriptions on the homepage are clear and this does not confuse too many people.

Regarding the problem of outdated reviews - I have a specific field where the reviewer can put the current version that they are reviewing (example: https://goo.gl/rWMHgB shows version 4.8.2). Reviewers can also easily update their existing reviews and bump this version as necessary. We also show the date that the review was last updated.

I see your point. A list that shows recent reviews on the homepage would be helpful.
Which aspects of the design do you think need improvement?

I agree that there are not many reviews since I have just launched, but I need people to be aware of the site’s existence so that they can contribute.

Currently there isn’t any notification system in place for package maintainers, but that would be a nice feature to add.

Hello Hacker News, I am Patrick, creator of GitHub Reviews. Thanks for stopping by!

I built this web application that lets people review popular GitHub repositories. The site allows users to:

* Determine quality by reading reviews and viewing aggregate ratings

* Discover related projects that are linked to each review

* Share their thoughts about a package with the rest of the community

* Improve repositories that they own by listening to their users

Currently on stackoverflow, questions in this vein are closed because answers would be too subjective. This usually happens despite strong interest from users.

Here are some reviews that I wrote: https://githubreviews.com/plurch

Any feedback or suggestions are welcome!