// data

Data

The archive is machine-readable. Everything the site renders is baked from a couple of static JSON files, and we serve them straight up, versioned, CORS-enabled, and free to build on. It's metadata and metrics only: we link, and we do not mirror source code or repository files.

// endpoints

repos.json https://repositoryradar.dev/datasets/repos.json

The full archive, every repo we've covered, with live GitHub metrics (stars, forks, language, license, status, momentum, star history, coverage refs). 242 repos.

curl -s https://repositoryradar.dev/datasets/repos.json

issues.json https://repositoryradar.dev/datasets/issues.json

Every newsletter issue we've parsed, newest first, with title, URL, and publish date. 38 issues.

curl -s https://repositoryradar.dev/datasets/issues.json

// the radar feed

Prefer a feed reader? Every repo shows up in RSS as we cover it, newest first. Follow the whole archive, or just the corner you care about, one feed per category.

https://repositoryradar.dev/feed.xml

// shape

Each file is a small envelope around its payload:

{
  "schemaVersion": 1,
  "generatedAt": "<ISO 8601 timestamp>",
  "repoCount": 242,
  "repos": [ /* … */ ]
}

Check schemaVersion before you parse, we bump it on any breaking change and add fields without bumping. The most useful fields on a repo record:

field	type	notes
key	string	"owner/repo", lowercased, the stable identifier
owner, repo	string	canonical GitHub casing
url, homepage	string \| null	repo URL and project homepage
description, blurb	string \| null	GitHub description; blurb falls back to the issue tagline
stars, forks	number \| null	current GitHub counts
language, license	string \| null	primary language, SPDX license
topics	string[]	GitHub topics
status	string	"active" · "stale" · "archived" · "unknown"
momentum	object \| null	stars at first coverage, delta, and % growth since
starHistory	array \| null	sampled {t, s} points, oldest→newest
refs	array	each issue that covered the repo, with per-issue context
fetchedAt	string	ISO timestamp this record was built

// shareable views

Any filtered view on the repos page is a shareable link, the category, language, license, status, search, and sort all live in the URL. Copy the address bar to send someone exactly what you're looking at.

https://repositoryradar.dev/repos?category=Security&lang=Rust&sort=momentum

// data use

The data is offered as-is for anyone building on the open-source signal. A few things worth knowing:

Repository metadata and metrics are sourced from the GitHub API at build time and may lag GitHub slightly.
We publish public project information, metadata, and our own derived metrics. We do not mirror source code or repository files.
Repository names, trademarks, and logos remain the property of their respective owners.
Repository Radar is an independent project and is not affiliated with or endorsed by GitHub.
If you build something with the data, we'd love to hear about it.

The dataset is regenerated on every build. We currently rebuild about once a day.