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slorber/stargazer — explained in plain English

Analysis updated 2026-07-17 · repo last pushed 2022-12-09

1JavaScriptAudience · developerComplexity · 2/5DormantSetup · moderate

TL;DR

A tool that turns your GitHub repo's stargazers into a fun animated video to celebrate star milestones like 1,000 stars.

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    What it does
      Pull stargazer list
      Generate animated video
      Celebrate milestones
    Tech stack
      JavaScript
      Remotion
      GitHub API
    Use cases
      Celebrate star milestones
      Share on Twitter
      Thank contributors
    Audience
      Open-source maintainers
      Project owners
    Notable
      Code-driven video
      Needs GitHub token

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Why would anyone build with this?

REASON 1

Generate a celebratory video of your GitHub stargazers when you hit a star milestone.

REASON 2

Share a fun animated clip on social media to thank your open-source community.

REASON 3

Create a shareable video for a project update highlighting recent supporters.

What's in the stack?

JavaScriptRemotion

How it stacks up

slorber/stargazer0xmukesh/docusaurus-tutoriala15n/andrewscheuermann
Stars111
LanguageJavaScriptJavaScriptJavaScript
Last pushed2022-12-092021-12-272015-01-11
MaintenanceDormantDormantDormant
Setup difficultymoderateeasymoderate
Complexity2/52/51/5
Audiencedeveloperdevelopergeneral

Figures from each repo's GitHub metadata at analysis time.

How do you spin it up?

Difficulty · moderate Time to first run · 30min

Requires a GitHub auth token and a local dev environment to run Remotion.

Wtf does this do

This project turns your GitHub stargazers into a celebratory video. When your repository hits a milestone, like reaching 1,000 stars, you can run this tool to generate a fun, animated clip that shows off the people who starred your project. It's a creative way to celebrate a win and share gratitude with your community. The tool works by connecting to GitHub to pull a list of everyone who starred your repo, then uses that data to create an animated video. The README includes screenshots showing what the final video looks like: a series of animated frames displaying user avatars and information in a visually engaging way. You provide your GitHub authentication token so the tool can access your repository's stargazer data, and it handles the rest of the video generation automatically. This would appeal to open-source maintainers who want a fun way to commemorate milestones, or anyone running a public project who wants to celebrate their community in a shareable format. A developer hitting 500 stars on their library could generate a video to post on Twitter, for example, or a maintainer could make one to thank contributors in a project update. The project is built using Remotion, a framework for creating videos programmatically with JavaScript. Rather than manually editing video files, Remotion lets you describe animations and visuals as code, then renders them into an actual video file. To use it yourself, you'd set up a local environment with your GitHub token and run the tool, the README suggests the process is straightforward for anyone comfortable with basic developer setup.

Yoink these prompts

Prompt 1
Help me set up my GitHub token and run this repo to make a stargazer video for my project.
Prompt 2
Explain how Remotion is used in this repo to generate the video frames.
Prompt 3
Show me how to customize the animated video's look using this repo's code.
Prompt 4
Walk me through generating a stargazer celebration video for a repo that just hit 1,000 stars.

Frequently asked questions

wtf is stargazer?

A tool that turns your GitHub repo's stargazers into a fun animated video to celebrate star milestones like 1,000 stars.

What language is stargazer written in?

Mainly JavaScript. The stack also includes JavaScript, Remotion.

Is stargazer actively maintained?

Dormant — no commits in 2+ years (last push 2022-12-09).

How hard is stargazer to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated moderate, with roughly 30min to a first successful run.

Who is stargazer for?

Mainly developer.

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