Add GitHub star count to plugin analytics

[Copilot]

Download counts alone can be misleading due to automated tooling and CI systems. GitHub stars provide an alternative popularity metric based on organic developer interest.

Changes

Data extraction (scripts/extractAndStorePluginData.mjs)

• Extract GitHub repository URL from npm package metadata
• Fetch star count via GitHub API (supports GITHUB_TOKEN for authenticated requests)
• Add githubStars and githubRepo fields to plugin data

Frontend (vue-data-analyzer/src/components/DataTable.vue)

• Add sortable/filterable "GitHub Stars" column
• Star counts link to repository; "N/A" for non-GitHub packages
• Filter supports comparison operators (=, >, <)

Example

Finding popular plugins with >100 stars quickly surfaces community favorites:

Full table view with new column:

Implementation Notes

• Regex handles various GitHub URL formats (git://, git+https://, .git suffix)
• Rate limiting via 1s delay between API calls (acceptable for nightly batch job)
• Null star counts handled gracefully (missing repos, API failures)

Warning

Firewall rules blocked me from connecting to one or more addresses (expand for details)

I tried to connect to the following addresses, but was blocked by firewall rules:

• https://api.github.com/repos/SeydX/homebridge-camera-ui
  • Triggering command: /usr/local/bin/node node test-github-stars.mjs (http block)
• https://api.github.com/repos/dgreif/ring
  • Triggering command: /usr/local/bin/node node test-github-stars.mjs (http block)
• https://api.github.com/repos/homebridge/homebridge-config-ui-x
  • Triggering command: /usr/local/bin/node node test-github-stars.mjs (http block)

If you need me to access, download, or install something from one of these locations, you can either:

• Configure Actions setup steps to set up my environment, which run before the firewall is enabled
• Add the appropriate URLs or hosts to the custom allowlist in this repository's Copilot coding agent settings (admins only)

Original prompt

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This section details on the original issue you should resolve

<issue_title>Add Github Star Count to Homebridge Plugins stats</issue_title>
<issue_description>### Current Situation

I recently visited the Homebridge Plugins Analytics page with the intention of browsing popular plugins to see if there were any cool ones I was missing.

No disrespect to the plugin developers, but I was surprised to find homebridge-melcloud-control, homebridge-enphase-envoy, and homebridge-syntex among the top. They all have fewer than 100 stars, and homebridge-syntex only has 3.

By contrast, homebridge-camera-ui, which I am not surprised is popular, has almost 700.

Proposed Change

It seems like some plugins have artificially inflated download counts (not sure why), so personally, I feel like GitHub star count might be, if not a better measure, then at least a different way to determine the popularity of plugins.

Is it easy or even possible to add a column and filter/sort by GitHub star count?

Additional Context

I took a brief look at the homebridge/analytics repo. Is this the right place to start? I'm happy to try and make the updates myself and create a pull request if somebody could give me a little guidance.

Thanks for considering!</issue_description>

Comments on the Issue (you are @copilot in this section)

• Fixes Add Github Star Count to Homebridge Plugins stats #1

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