Pick the right top-level area
Five Explore modes
Data comes from Starcat discovery / trending / weekly services—not a mirror of your local Stars. To point at your own instances, see Self-hosted backends.
Discover
Sidebar Explore → Discover.
In-app Discover info panel
Data source
GitHub Search, repository metadata, and Release data.Selection rules
- Starcat includes high-attention projects, projects active in the last 30 days, and new projects that appeared within the last year.
- Recommendations weigh recent activity, topic relevance, and platform fit.
- The project pool updates regularly and does not represent every repository on GitHub.
Cache
- TTL: 3 hours; shares one project-catalog cache with Hot and New releases.
- Refresh: Prefer local cache while valid; refetch the catalog after expiry.
- Offline: On update failure, keep the last successful cache and note that content may be stale.
After you find something good
Suggested pipeline:- Open detail and read the README
- Optional: Star
- Tag or jot a short note
- Long-term use → Ingest
- Track versions → Subscribe to Release (free 5-repo limit)
Related
- Similar repos
- Search Center · GitHub scope (active search vs browsing lists)