Show HN: Generate a video to animate stars of any GitHub repository

by scastielon 12/1/2023, 3:09 PMwith 16 comments

I made this as a fun tiny project to experiment with Remotion [1] to generate videos. You can find the source code on GitHub [2].

[1] https://www.remotion.dev/

[2] https://github.com/scastiel/github-stars-video

by solardevon 12/1/2023, 4:35 PM

Neat! There's something pretty satisfying about the animation :)

I wish I could tune the video duration and make the ones with 100k+ stars go on fooooooooorever, maybe also with a (compressed) timeline that shows roughly when "batches" of likes happen. Like when you fast forward through a YouTube live recording with the emoji

by flashback2199on 12/1/2023, 11:46 PM

Why would someone need an animation of a repo's GitHub stars? Showing off in a slide in a tech talk?

by srbhron 12/1/2023, 6:36 PM

Great work and cool-looking animation. Is there a way to extend the duration from 0 to current stars?

by matkonieczon 12/1/2023, 6:21 PM

Maybe add to readme example of output? Either gif/mp4 with segment of animation?

by hosseinyazdiion 12/2/2023, 2:43 PM

Simple and intuitive. Love the scrolling animation of the user profiles. I guess if it were slightly slower, perhaps it would be better.

by quickthrower2on 12/1/2023, 10:15 PM

Funny! Nice idea.

If this were done as an animated SVG, then it would be quite easy to have this embedded so it is always up to date.

by broaston 12/1/2023, 9:22 PM

The "404" animation is great