opensource-showcase

A command-line tool for curating and showcasing open source contributions.

Overview

opensource-showcase helps developers document their open source work by curating merged pull requests from GitHub and generating a professional portfolio. The tool creates a dedicated .opensource repository with a web portfolio, README, and machine-readable contribution data.

Installation

Run directly without installation:

npx opensource-showcase

Or install globally:

npm install -g opensource-showcase

Quick Start

1. Run the CLI:

   opensource-showcase

2. Authenticate with GitHub when prompted. The CLI will open your browser for OAuth authentication.

3. Select repositories and pull requests to showcase.

4. The tool creates a .opensource repository in your GitHub account with:

   • contributions.json - Machine-readable contribution data
   • index.html - Interactive portfolio page
   • README.md - Formatted contribution list

5. Optional: install the issue-command workflow so you can add or remove PRs later from a GitHub issue:

   opensource-showcase setup-bot

   The command creates or updates a Showcase commands issue in your .opensource repo. Comment there with:

   /showcase add https://github.com/org/repo/pull/123
   showcase remove https://github.com/org/repo/pull/123
   /showcase refresh

Features

Automatic Data Collection

• Fetches all merged pull requests from your GitHub account
• Enriches PRs with repository metadata, descriptions, and reviewer information
• Handles GitHub API pagination and rate limiting

Intelligent Filtering

• Filters by repository star count
• Excludes trivial changes (typo fixes, dependency updates)
• Removes bot-generated PRs
• Configurable exclusion patterns

Interactive Selection

• Two-step workflow: select repositories, then select specific PRs
• Visual interface for reviewing contributions
• Ability to add personal notes and impact descriptions

Professional Output

• GitHub Pages-ready HTML portfolio with search
• Markdown README with organization logos and detailed PR information
• JSON export following the .opensource specification

Issue Commands

• Add one explicit public merged PR from a comment
• Remove one PR from the showcase
• Refresh metadata for already selected PRs
• GitHub Actions replies with success/failure comments and emoji reactions
• No server or GitHub App required

Commands

opensource-showcase              # Interactive mode
opensource-showcase login        # Authenticate with GitHub
opensource-showcase whoami       # Show authenticated user
opensource-showcase status       # Display current contributions
opensource-showcase config       # View or edit configuration
opensource-showcase logout       # Clear authentication
opensource-showcase add <pr-url> # Add one PR from a local .opensource checkout
opensource-showcase remove <pr-url> # Remove one PR from a local .opensource checkout
opensource-showcase refresh      # Refresh already selected PR metadata
opensource-showcase setup-bot    # Install issue-command workflow in .opensource
opensource-showcase --all        # Bypass filtering
opensource-showcase --fresh      # Start from scratch, ignore existing data

Command Options

• --min-stars=<number> - Set minimum repository stars (default: 100)
• --all - Include all PRs without filtering
• --fresh - Ignore existing contributions and start fresh

Issue Command Workflow

setup-bot installs a GitHub Actions workflow in your own .opensource repository. It also creates or updates an issue titled Showcase commands.

Use comments on that issue to manage the portfolio:

The workflow only accepts commands from repository owners, members, or collaborators. It uses the built-in GitHub Actions GITHUB_TOKEN, so users do not need to create a secret.

refresh updates metadata such as title, description, stars, language, additions, deletions, changed files, reviewers, and merge data for PRs already stored in contributions.json.

Configuration

Create a configuration file at ~/.opensourcerc:

{
  "minStars": 100,
  "excludeTitlePatterns": ["chore:", "deps:", "fix typo"],
  "excludeBotPRs": true,
  "excludeOwnRepos": true
}

Configuration Options

Output

The tool generates three files in your .opensource repository:

contributions.json

Machine-readable JSON following the .opensource specification. Contains complete contribution metadata including:

• Repository information (name, stars, description, language)
• Pull request details (title, URL, merge date, changes)
• Review and approval information
• Custom notes and impact descriptions

index.html

A static HTML portfolio page with:

• Search functionality across all contributions
• Responsive design
• Rich markdown rendering for PR descriptions
• Reviewer information with avatars

The page is automatically configured for GitHub Pages deployment.

README.md

A formatted markdown document with:

• Contribution statistics
• Grouped by repository (sorted by stars)
• Organization logos and repository descriptions
• PR details with metadata (date, language, code changes)
• Reviewer information
• Personal impact notes

GitHub Pages Deployment

The tool attempts to enable GitHub Pages automatically. Your portfolio will be available at:

https://<username>.github.io/.opensource/

If automatic setup fails, enable it manually:

1. Navigate to https://github.com/<username>/.opensource/settings/pages
2. Set source to "Deploy from a branch"
3. Select the main branch and / (root) folder
4. Click Save

Authentication

The tool uses GitHub OAuth for authentication. On first run:

1. The CLI generates a device code
2. Opens GitHub in your browser
3. You enter the device code to authorize the application
4. Credentials are stored locally for future use

To refresh authentication:

opensource-showcase logout
opensource-showcase login

Project Structure

src/
├── auth/           # GitHub OAuth implementation
├── commands/       # CLI command handlers
├── filter/         # Contribution filtering logic
├── github/         # GitHub API integration
├── repo/           # Repository and file generation
│   ├── site/       # HTML portfolio generation
│   └── templates/  # README templates
├── types/          # TypeScript type definitions
├── ui/             # Interactive terminal interface
└── utils/          # Shared utilities

Troubleshooting

No pull requests found:

• Verify you have merged PRs in public repositories
• Try running with --all to see all PRs before filtering
• Check authentication with opensource-showcase whoami

Authentication issues:

• Run opensource-showcase logout to clear credentials
• Run opensource-showcase login to re-authenticate

setup-bot cannot create workflow file:

• Run opensource-showcase logout
• Run opensource-showcase login
• Run opensource-showcase setup-bot
• The bot setup requires the GitHub OAuth workflow scope

Issue command cannot add a PR:

• Verify the PR URL is correct
• Verify the PR is merged
• Verify the repository is public
• Private repositories are not supported by the no-server issue-command workflow

npm README Images

The npm registry can be stricter than GitHub about externally hosted images. Avoid relying on GitHub user-attachment screenshots in this README; badges from stable providers such as Shields.io are used because they render reliably on both GitHub and npm.

GitHub Pages not working:

• Verify the repository is public
• Check Pages settings in repository configuration
• Allow up to 10 minutes for initial deployment

Contributing

Contributions are welcome. Please see CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines.

License

MIT License. See LICENSE for details.

Support

• Report issues: https://github.com/opensource-showcase/opensource-showcase/issues
• Documentation: https://github.com/opensource-showcase/opensource-showcase
• NPM Package: https://www.npmjs.com/package/opensource-showcase