Calculate h-index of a GitHub user's repo stars
npm i -g gh-index
# Generate a token at https://github.com/settings/tokens
echo the-token > ~/.gh-index
gh-index # h-index of myself
gh-index -a # other indexes of myself
gh-index [-a] /mutual # ... of my followers intersect following
gh-index [-a] /friends # ... of my followers union following
gh-index [-a] /followers # ... of my followers
gh-index [-a] /followings # ... of my following
gh-index [-a] b1f6c1c4 IoriOikawa # ... of some one(s) else
gh-index show-limit # check how many API calls leftgh-index [show-limit | who..]
Calculate h-index of Github users
Commands:
gh-index show-limit Show GitHub API usage and limit
gh-index analyze [who..] Calculate h-index of Github users [default]
Positionals:
who <username>{,/mutual,/friends,/followers,/following} [string]
Options:
--version Show version number [boolean]
--token-file Github token file for full control of private repos, see
https://github.com/settings/tokens
[string] [default: "~/.gh-index"]
-t, --token Github token for full control of private repos, see
https://github.com/settings/tokens [string]
--help Show help [boolean]
-a, --all Also calculate g-index and others [boolean] [default: false]
-j, --json Show in json format [boolean] [default: false]
It use GitHub Api v3. The rate limit is 60 requests per hour for unauthenticated requests. See https://developer.github.com/v3/#rate-limiting for details.
API call results are cached to $GH_INDEX_CACHE_DIR, which is $HOME/.cache/gh-index by default.
Cache is valid for $GH_INDEX_CACHE_AGE, which is 28800000 (8hr) by default.
Don't take the results too seriously :)