GitHub Has Restricted Access to Star Data
tianzhou
13 points
6 comments
July 06, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (3 comments)
theamk
> access to this data is being limited to a repository's own admins and collaborators. Sounds fine to me? Why would a random third-party need to know which repos do I star, and who stars my repos?
ateesdalejr
This is concerning, now it's going to be even harder to tell if a repo is astroturfed by marketers or is really receiving organic adoption.
nerdsniper
Why would GitHub want to restrict this?