StarSearch is our AI-powered feature that provides in-depth insights into contributor history and activities, bringing transparency and a new depth of knowledge about open source projects.
We're beyond excited to introduce StarSearch to you all. Our newest feature at OpenSauced!
In 2022, I worked at GitHub and consistently got feedback from open-source maintainers that theyโd love more insights. This is also true for builders who depend on open source to ship and iterate quickly. Founders are choosing open source, but few know who to connect with for expertise.
๐ Why StarSearch?
In the 90s, I watched a show on television at my grandma's house called StarSearch. This same show discovered Beyonce, Ryan Gosling, and Justin Timberlake before they were stars. This new and complementary feature is live in our OpenSauced product today, and we have indexed millions of GitHub events and are excited to get your feedback on the approach.
๐ Track impactful developers from open source projects
๐ Discover new projects in open source
๐ Identify your next core contributors
Using StarSearch, you can find up-and-coming contributors through trends in public open-source data, which can set you apart from the rest when building. We love open source and want more folks connected to the who's who in this space. StarSearch is our first exploration of adding semantic search to fetch relevant context on the projects used, built, and depended on.
๐ Try it out and run the following test prompts https://oss.fyi/starsearch
Who are some Tailwind experts who also have an interest in Rust?
Who are the prevalent contributors in the Typescript ecosystem?
What pull requests has charliermarsh worked on recently?
๐ Thank you for exploring StarSearch! We've invested our passion and creativity into this; your feedback is invaluable. Dive in, engage, and know we're here for any questions or chats about the wonders of OpenSauced.
๐ We're all ears for your feedback below! ๐
@ena_gluhakovic, that is an amazing question. Right out of the gate, the band name is "Looks good to me (LGTM)," and the debut album would of need to be "Hello World"
@bdougieyo Thatโs fantastic! "LGTM" is a brilliant band name, and "Hello World" is the perfect debut album title for a group of open-source rockstars. Can't wait to see their "Release Notes" tour dates! Thanks for the creative and fun response! ๐ธ๐
@bdougieyo@bekahhw Yeaah, definitely has a nice ring to it! First thing that came to my mind "Syntax Error & The Debuggers". I think this is such a cool game, thank you guys for playing ๐ธ๐ผ
Congrats on launching StarSearch. Itโs the Github Contributor Tab on steroids.
This opens up so many opportunities for finding the right person for the right task.
Even just searching for specific packages or components, I can easily identify the persons who are instrumental in the development.
@mfts0 Thanks for checking it out, Marc. We have so many more things planned, but we had to limit ourselves so we could ship. I would be happy to hear any specific insights you like to see from the prompts or if any edge cases arise.
Brian, Nick, Zeu and the whole team at OpenSauced are fantastic. I had the pleasure of connecting with them at React Miami. I loved chatting about the platform and what the future might hold. I'm keeping an eye on this project and am especially excited to use it on SolidJS!
Wow this is awesome! This is going to unearth so much useful metadata for both users of open source but also the creators that donโt have easy access today. Congrats on the launch!
This is amazing! Totally solved a number of issues i had as an OSS maintainer. First usecase is accurately incentivising contributors while looking at the big picture. Kudos Brian and team ๐
This is incredible. We're going to find use for it every day as we study different OSS projects in the process of building our courses and writing out blog. Their history, key moments, contributors, and such!
@sarup_banskota Discovering historical moments or being alerted of those moments worth remembering that are happening right now are all on the roadmap.
This team is nothing but fantastic! I've had the absolute privilege of getting to know @bdougieyo, @bekahhw and Nick Taylor over the past few years and i'm absolutely excited to see this only continue to evolve.
I'm a long-time OpenSuaced fan and super excited about StarSearch! Functionality-wise, this is super helpful for moving quickly and providing helpful context. Keep shipping and I'm looking forward to even more to come in the future!
We are currently in the process of open sourcing our entire codebase. Weโve completed migration to GitHub and I couldnโt think of a better time to play around with StarSearch! Congrats on the launch, Iโll be checking it out
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