RhinoPackages

A community-maintained directory of Rhino 3D packages, with richer metadata than the built-in _PackageManager command.

🌐 rhinopackages.github.io

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Features

• 🔍 Instant search — live-filtering with 300ms debounce
• 📊 Trending sort — HackerNews-style gravity algorithm combining downloads × recency
• 🌗 Dark mode — full system/light/dark toggle powered by next-themes
• 📈 Directory stats — total packages, total downloads, and monthly-updated counts
• 🖥️ Platform filters — Windows, Mac, Rhino 6/7/8, Rhino plugin, Grasshopper
• 👤 Owner filter — click any author name to filter by publisher
• 📦 One-click install — rhino://package/search?name=… deep-links

Architecture

Project	Description
RhinoPackages.Generator	C# console app that fetches package metadata from the Yak API and writes data.json
RhinoPackages.Web	Next.js 14 static site that reads data.json and renders the directory
RhinoPackages.Tests	xUnit tests for the generator with mocked HTTP handlers

How It Works

1. A GitHub Actions workflow runs daily (or on push to main).
2. The C# generator fetches all packages from the Yak API and saves data.json into RhinoPackages.Web/public/.
3. Next.js exports a fully static site and deploys it to GitHub Pages.
4. A GitHub Release is created automatically for each successful deploy.

Development

# Run the web frontend locally
cd RhinoPackages.Web
npm install
npm run dev

# Run the generator locally
cd RhinoPackages.Generator
dotnet run

# Run tests
cd RhinoPackages.Tests
dotnet test

Attribution

This project was inspired by RhinoPackager by @visose.

License

MIT