🦎 Hey, I'm Forky — an axolotl who lives inside this project. I'll be your guide as you look around.
Axolotls regenerate limbs when they lose them, which felt fitting for a tool about forks and lineages. Anyway — let's dig in.
Forkling is a deep-dive tool for open-source repos — health scores, contributor networks, issue triage, and more. It also has a section for browsing open-weight LLMs, in case you're picking a model for your project.
Live app: https://forkling.vercel.app/
- Repo Explorer — search any GitHub org or
owner/repoand get the full picture: health score, contributor bus-factor, a code-ownership network graph, commit/issue analytics, and a "good first issue" triage panel. Forky's favorite part — this is where you find out if a repo is actually worth your time. - Compare — line up to 3 repos side-by-side (stars, forks, license, health, activity)
- Open-Source LLM Explorer — a leaderboard of open-weight models (Llama, Mistral, Qwen, DeepSeek, and more), filterable by license, size, and context window
- Contributor Guide — a plain-language path for anyone making their first open-source contribution — Forky wrote this one specifically for first-timers, so don't be shy.
| Layer | Tech |
|---|---|
| Framework | React 18 + Vite |
| Routing | React Router 6 |
| Styling | TailwindCSS 4 (@theme design tokens) |
| Visualization | D3.js (network graph) + Recharts (trend charts) |
| Data | GitHub REST API + Hugging Face Hub API — no backend, no server-side code |
| Caching | IndexedDB (1-hour TTL response cache) + localStorage (user settings) |
Forky: setting this up takes about two minutes. Here's the whole thing.
git clone https://github.com/<your-org>/forkling.git
cd forkling
npm install
npm run devThe app runs entirely client-side. You don't need any API keys to try it out, but you'll hit GitHub's unauthenticated rate limit fast (60 requests/hour). To raise that to 5,000/hour:
- Create a GitHub Personal Access Token — no special scopes needed for public data
- Open the app's Settings panel and paste it in — it's stored only in your browser's
localStorage, never sent anywhere except directly to GitHub's API
forkling/
├── public/
│ ├── Forkling_logo.png # Forky mascot (navbar + footer)
│ ├── fl.png # README hero image
│ └── favicon.svg
├── src/
│ ├── api/
│ │ ├── cache.js # IndexedDB fetchWithCache() — 1hr TTL
│ │ ├── github.js # GitHub REST API v3 wrapper
│ │ └── huggingface.js # Hugging Face Hub API wrapper
│ ├── assets/ # Static images
│ ├── components/
│ │ ├── FilterChips.jsx # Language / topic / status filter row
│ │ ├── Footer.jsx # Site footer
│ │ ├── ForkyState.jsx # Forky mascot — empty states & loading
│ │ ├── ModelIcon.jsx # Org avatar → react-icon fallback for LLM cards
│ │ ├── Navbar.jsx # Fixed top nav with dark mode + settings
│ │ ├── RateLimitBanner.jsx # GitHub API rate limit indicator
│ │ ├── RepoCard.jsx # Home grid card (Compare + View actions)
│ │ ├── RepoLayout.jsx # Shared tabbed layout for /repo/:owner/:name
│ │ ├── ScrollButtons.jsx # Floating scroll-to-top / scroll-to-bottom
│ │ └── SettingsModal.jsx # GitHub PAT + HF token entry
│ ├── context/
│ │ └── AppContext.jsx # Theme, compare list, rate limit, recent searches
│ ├── pages/
│ │ ├── HomePage.jsx # Hero + stats + filters + repo card grid
│ │ ├── ComparePage.jsx # 3-slot side-by-side repo comparison
│ │ ├── GuidePage.jsx # Static contributor guide (editorial)
│ │ ├── ModelsPage.jsx # LLM Explorer — model grid + category pills
│ │ ├── ModelDetailPage.jsx # Single model detail
│ │ ├── RepoOverviewPage.jsx # Tab: metrics, languages, recent commits
│ │ ├── RepoContributorsPage.jsx # Tab: contributor list + bar chart
│ │ ├── RepoNetworkPage.jsx # Tab: D3 force graph (code ownership / issues)
│ │ ├── RepoAnalyticsPage.jsx # Tab: commit activity + participation charts
│ │ ├── RepoIssuesPage.jsx # Tab: good-first-issue triage
│ │ └── RepoGovernancePage.jsx # Tab: community health + license check
│ ├── App.jsx # Router + layout shell
│ ├── main.jsx # React entry point
│ └── index.css # Tailwind v4 @theme tokens + global styles
├── .github/
│ └── ISSUE_TEMPLATE/
│ ├── bug-report.md
│ └── feature-request.md
├── CONTRIBUTING.md
├── SECURITY.md
├── index.html
├── vite.config.js
└── package.json
See CONTRIBUTING.md — Forky walks through it there.
Current version is fully static (no backend). Planned for a future version (see open issues for details):
- Trending repos/orgs and trending models
- Personal "what should I work on today" feed
- Notifications for repo/model activity
- Embeddable repo-health badges
MIT
🦎 Forky: that's the whole tour. Go poke around, fork something, and if you get stuck — CONTRIBUTING.md has you covered. See you in the network graph.