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📊 Project 13 – GitHub Repo Stats Viewer (API)

A Command-Line Interface (CLI) tool that fetches live statistics about any GitHub repository using the GitHub REST API.

🛠️ Tech Stack

Python Requests GitHub API CLI

✨ Features

  • 🔎 Fetch live repository statistics by entering owner/repo
  • ⭐ Shows stars, forks, watchers, and open issues count
  • 📄 Displays repository description and license type
  • ⏳ Shows last updated date
  • 🖇️ Displays clone URL for quick access

📦 Installation & Setup

  1. Clone the repository

    git clone <your-repo-url>
cd Project_13_GitHub_Repo_Stats_Viewer

  2. Install dependencies

    pip install requests

  3. Run the program

    python github_repo_stats.py

🖥️ Usage Example

GitHub Repo Stats Viewer
Enter repository (owner/repo): torvalds/linux

=== GitHub Repository Stats ===
Name: linux
Owner: torvalds
Description: Linux kernel source tree
Stars ⭐: 175000
Forks 🍴: 55000
Watchers 👀: 175000
Open Issues: 350
License: GPL-2.0
Last Updated: 2025-08-17T18:22:45Z
Clone URL: https://github.com/torvalds/linux.git
==============================

🧠 Key Learnings

  • How to use GitHub REST API without authentication for public repos.
  • How to parse and display JSON data cleanly.
  • How to design a user-friendly CLI tool.

🔮 Possible Improvements

  • Support authentication with a GitHub token for higher rate limits.
  • Add contributor count and latest commit info.
  • Format output as a table for better readability.
  • Save repo stats to a local file for future reference.