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your github repositories are fish now. sorry.

DEV Community: github·Cole·15 days ago
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i was very bored of the green squares on github so i turned them into fish.

github aquarium

basically you enter any github account and it shows their repos as little fish :)

(i drew everything in ms paint btw)

yes, the fish are supposed to look like that. no, i will not be hiring an artist.

try it here: https://github-aquarium.vercel.app

how it works

basically, the site fetches your public repositories using the github api and turns them into fish.

every fish represents a repository, and the species depends on the programming language.

python = fat fish

javascript / typescript = normal fish

rust = crab (obviously)

c / c++ / java = shark

html / css = tiny fish

other languages get different fish too

the number of stars also affects how big the fish is.

you can click on a fish to see which repository it represents, its language, its stars, and a link to the actual repo.

they also swim around, randomly change directions, and attempt to avoid each other.…

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