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GitHub Readme Stats Faces Data Accuracy Challenges Amidst Active User Engagement

The "anuraghazra/github-readme-stats" project, which provides customizable GitHub profile statistics, is experiencing ongoing issues with data accuracy, particularly in language and commit statistics, as user engagement remains high with numerous feature requests and enhancements.

The project, initiated by Anurag Hazra, offers dynamic stats cards for GitHub profiles, allowing users to display various statistics with customization options. It supports multiple languages and encourages deployment on Vercel to manage API rate limits.

Recent Activity

Recent issues highlight recurring problems with data accuracy, such as incorrect commit counts and language usage (#3850, #1801, #3725). Deployment challenges on Vercel are also reported (#3851, #3854), often linked to API rate limits or configuration errors. Feature requests continue to flow in, indicating strong user interest in expanding the project's capabilities (#3031, #2866).

Development Team Activity

The focus remains on dependency updates and maintenance rather than new feature development.

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Recent GitHub Issues Activity

Timespan Opened Closed Comments Labeled Milestones
7 Days 2 0 0 0 1
30 Days 6 0 4 1 1
90 Days 31 13 64 4 1
1 Year 136 97 281 33 1
All Time 1214 1085 - - -

Like all software activity quantification, these numbers are imperfect but sometimes useful. Comments, Labels, and Milestones refer to those issues opened in the timespan in question.

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Quantified Commit Activity Over 30 Days

Developer Avatar Branches PRs Commits Files Changes
dependabot[bot] 1 13/14/0 14 8 1732
github-actions[bot] 1 1/1/0 1 1 10
Alexandr Garbuzov 1 0/0/0 1 1 2
None (ShangYi7) 0 1/0/0 0 0 0
Ilian Delagrange (Iliano101) 0 1/0/0 0 0 0
Aaron Newball (a-nxwball) 0 1/0/0 0 0 0
Ericode254 (Ericode254) 0 1/0/0 0 0 0
Karoline Santos (karolinesanttos) 0 1/0/1 0 0 0

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GitHub Issues Analysis

Recent Activity Analysis

The recent activity in the "anuraghazra/github-readme-stats" repository shows a mix of bug reports, feature requests, and enhancement suggestions. Notably, there are recurring issues related to incorrect statistics display, such as commit counts and language usage, which seem to be a common theme among users. Additionally, there are several requests for new features and enhancements, indicating active user engagement and interest in expanding the project's capabilities.

Anomalies and Themes

  • Incorrect Statistics: Multiple issues (#3850, #1801, #3725) report inaccuracies in statistics like commit counts and language usage. These inaccuracies often relate to limitations in GitHub's API or the project's handling of data.

  • Deployment Issues: Several users report problems with deploying their own instances on Vercel (#3851, #3854), often related to API rate limits or configuration errors.

  • Feature Requests: There are numerous requests for new features or enhancements, such as support for additional platforms like Codeberg (#3031) or new card types (#2866).

  • Customization and Themes: Users frequently request more customization options for the appearance of stats cards (#3307, #3184), reflecting the project's focus on personalization.

  • WakaTime Integration: Issues related to WakaTime integration (#2757, #2720) highlight ongoing challenges with third-party service compatibility.

Issue Details

Most Recently Created Issues

  1. #3917: Language Statistics Not Updating Properly

    • Priority: High
    • Status: Open
    • Created: 1 day ago
  2. #3916: GitHub Readme Stats not displaying the total PR and issue counts

    • Priority: Medium
    • Status: Open
    • Created: 2 days ago
  3. #1935: Top Issues Dashboard

    • Priority: Low
    • Status: Open
    • Created: 761 days ago (Edited 3 days ago)

Most Recently Updated Issues

  1. #3917: Language Statistics Not Updating Properly

    • Priority: High
    • Status: Open
    • Updated: 1 day ago
  2. #3916: GitHub Readme Stats not displaying the total PR and issue counts

    • Priority: Medium
    • Status: Open
    • Updated: 2 days ago
  3. #1935: Top Issues Dashboard

    • Priority: Low
    • Status: Open
    • Updated: 3 days ago

These issues reflect ongoing challenges with data accuracy and feature requests that are critical to maintaining user satisfaction and engagement with the project. The active discussions around these issues suggest a responsive community and development team working to address user concerns.

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Overview

The repository "anuraghazra/github-readme-stats" is a widely used open-source project that provides customizable statistics for GitHub profiles. It features dynamically generated stats cards that can be embedded in README files, offering a variety of customization options and themes. The project supports multiple languages and encourages users to deploy their own instances to manage API rate limits.

Summary of Pull Requests

  1. #3915: Opened 6 days ago by Aaron Newball, this PR proposes a new theme called "simple_gray" but is labeled as invalid due to non-adherence to theme contribution guidelines.
  2. #3911: Created 8 days ago by Ericode254, this PR adds Swahili translations for East African users, enhancing the project's internationalization.
  3. #3909: Submitted 13 days ago by Ilian Delagrange, it addresses a linter error by replacing an unused variable and includes a minor dependency update.
  4. #3562: An old PR from 258 days ago by Ensong Wei, it updates the Chinese README with more comprehensive instructions but has been inactive despite recent edits.
  5. #3895: Opened 26 days ago by ShangYi7, this PR corrects errors in Traditional and Simplified Chinese translations.
  6. #3890: A minor typo fix in themes/README.md submitted 34 days ago by Xerxes-2.
  7. #3889: Created 34 days ago by George Gastaldi, it improves the Portuguese (Brazil) translation for the term "Merged."
  8. #3880: A draft PR opened 41 days ago by Jay, introducing rank badges to replace rank display, linked to issue #3874.
  9. #3875: Another draft by Jay from 43 days ago, it adds a feature for showing progress towards the next rank on stats cards.
  10. #3873: Jay's PR from 44 days ago allows custom icons in rank display, expanding customization options.
  11. #3870: Jay's documentation update from 45 days ago adds instructions for setting up environment variables.
  12. #3867: A draft from Jay created 45 days ago to fix current ranking themes.
  13. #3845: Submitted 57 days ago by Jaehyeon Park, it fixes an animation issue when animations are disabled.
  14. #3831: Nicholas's PR from 73 days ago introduces progress bar border options for language and WakaTime cards.

Analysis of Pull Requests

The pull requests for "anuraghazra/github-readme-stats" reveal several key themes and areas of focus within the project:

  1. Internationalization and Localization: There is a strong emphasis on expanding language support, as evidenced by multiple PRs adding or improving translations (e.g., #3911 for Swahili and #3895 for Chinese). This reflects the project's global user base and commitment to accessibility.

  2. Customization and Themes: Many PRs focus on enhancing customization options, such as new themes (#3915), custom icons (#3873), and rank badges (#3880). This aligns with the project's goal of providing users with highly personalized stats cards.

  3. Documentation Improvements: Several PRs aim to improve documentation, ensuring users have clear guidance on using and contributing to the project (e.g., #3870).

  4. Technical Enhancements and Bug Fixes: Some PRs address technical issues like linter errors (#3909) and animation bugs (#3845), indicating ongoing efforts to maintain code quality and functionality.

  5. Inactive or Stalled PRs: Notably, some older PRs remain open without recent activity or resolution (e.g., #3562). This may suggest challenges in managing the volume of contributions or prioritizing reviews.

Overall, the pull requests reflect a vibrant community actively contributing to various aspects of the project, from localization and customization to technical improvements. However, there may be room for improvement in managing older or stalled contributions to ensure timely integration of valuable updates.

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Repo Commits Analysis

Development Team and Recent Activity

Team Members and Activities

dependabot[bot]

  • Recent Activity: Made 14 commits with 1732 changes across 8 files in the master branch. The commits primarily involved dependency updates, including bumps for lint-staged, axios, actions/upload-artifact, @eslint/js, @testing-library/jest-dom, and eslint.
  • Collaboration: Co-authored with Alexandr Garbuzov on multiple commits.
  • Work in Progress: No open PRs; all recent PRs have been merged.

github-actions[bot]

  • Recent Activity: Made 1 commit with 10 changes in the master branch, updating the languages JSON.
  • Collaboration: Co-authored with qwerty541.
  • Work in Progress: No open PRs; recent PR has been merged.

qwerty541 (Alexandr Garbuzov)

  • Recent Activity: Made 1 commit with 2 changes in the vercel branch, applying automatic changes to the vercel.json file.
  • Collaboration: Co-authored multiple commits with dependabot[bot].
  • Work in Progress: No open PRs; recent activities focused on maintenance and updates.

Other Contributors

  • a-nxwball, Ericode254, Iliano101, karolinesanttos, ShangYi7: No recent commits. Each has one open PR that has not been merged or closed.

Patterns and Themes

  • The majority of recent activities are automated dependency updates by dependabot[bot], indicating a focus on maintaining up-to-date dependencies.
  • Alexandr Garbuzov (qwerty541) is actively involved in co-authoring these updates, suggesting a role in overseeing or managing these automated processes.
  • There is minimal recent activity from other contributors, with no new feature development or bug fixes reported in the last month.
  • The project appears to be in a maintenance phase, focusing on dependency management and minor configuration updates rather than new feature development.

Conclusion

The development team is currently focused on maintaining the project's dependencies and configurations. Automated tools like dependabot[bot] play a significant role in this process, with oversight from key contributors like Alexandr Garbuzov. There is little evidence of active feature development or bug fixing from other contributors at this time.