Project Summary
ghtorrent: Mirror and index data from the Github API
A library and a collection of scripts used to retrieve data from the Github API and extract metadata in an SQL database, in a modular and scalable manner. The scripts are distributed as a Gem (ghtorrent), but they can also be run by checking out this repository.
GHTorrent can be used for a variety of purposes, such as:
* Mirror the Github API event stream and follow links from events to actual data to gradually build a Github index
* Create a queriable metadata database for a specific repository
* Construct a data source for extracting process analytics (see for example those) for one or more repositories
In a Nutshell, GHTorrent - The GitHub Mirror...
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took an estimated 3 years of effort (COCOMO model)
starting with its first commit in November, 2011
ending with its most recent commit over 2 years ago
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