StarSearch is our AI-powered feature that provides in-depth insights into contributor history and activities, bringing transparency and a new depth of knowledge about open source projects.
We're beyond excited to introduce StarSearch to you all. Our newest feature at OpenSauced!
In 2022, I worked at GitHub and consistently got feedback from open-source maintainers that they’d love more insights. This is also true for builders who depend on open source to ship and iterate quickly. Founders are choosing open source, but few know who to connect with for expertise.
🌟 Why StarSearch?
In the 90s, I watched a show on television at my grandma's house called StarSearch. This same show discovered Beyonce, Ryan Gosling, and Justin Timberlake before they were stars. This new and complementary feature is live in our OpenSauced product today, and we have indexed millions of GitHub events and are excited to get your feedback on the approach.
🍕 Track impactful developers from open source projects
🍕 Discover new projects in open source
🍕 Identify your next core contributors
Using StarSearch, you can find up-and-coming contributors through trends in public open-source data, which can set you apart from the rest when building. We love open source and want more folks connected to the who's who in this space. StarSearch is our first exploration of adding semantic search to fetch relevant context on the projects used, built, and depended on.
👀 Try it out and run the following test prompts https://oss.fyi/starsearch
Who are some Tailwind experts who also have an interest in Rust?
Who are the prevalent contributors in the Typescript ecosystem?
What pull requests has charliermarsh worked on recently?
🙏 Thank you for exploring StarSearch! We've invested our passion and creativity into this; your feedback is invaluable. Dive in, engage, and know we're here for any questions or chats about the wonders of OpenSauced.
👇 We're all ears for your feedback below! 👇
Thank you for the release, this will be really helpful to explore the open source ecosystem and contributors and understand how they work and what they work on!
looking forward to see how this will impact the future of open source ecosystem and engineering!
StarSearch is a game changer! The insights provided by StarSearch provide a much clearer understanding of contributors' history and activities, allowing you to make more informed decisions about open source projects. Congratulations on the launch!
The ability to track impactful developers and identify potential core contributors is invaluable for project maintainers. It's like having a talent scout for open-source collaboration. :)
Congratulations on the launch!
Looks cool team, I could see this being helpful for engineering hiring managers looking for a great hire who's been active in the open source community.
This is incredible. We're going to find use for it every day as we study different OSS projects in the process of building our courses and writing out blog. Their history, key moments, contributors, and such!
congratulations on the launch of starsearch, james, desigan, gregor, and brian. i'm curious, how does starsearch handle the privacy of contributors while providing such detailed insights into their activities and contributions?
Congrats on the launch @bdougieyo & team, I’m very excited to see this live!!
This team is nothing but fantastic! I've had the absolute privilege of getting to know @bdougieyo, @bekahhw and Nick Taylor over the past few years and i'm absolutely excited to see this only continue to evolve.
Just tried out StarSearch for a project I’m working on with my son, and it has completely transformed how I find and collaborate with developers on GitHub. I was struggling to find the right talent for a complex AI integration, but StarSearch made it so easy to identify the best contributors based on their previous work and expertise.
Excited to unlock even more use cases as I play with it in the coming weeks!
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I'm a long-time OpenSuaced fan and super excited about StarSearch! Functionality-wise, this is super helpful for moving quickly and providing helpful context. Keep shipping and I'm looking forward to even more to come in the future!
Hey Brian, congrats on launching StarSearch! This is such a smart way to connect the dots in the open-source world. As someone who’s passionate about empowering creators, I love seeing tools like this that make finding key contributors easier. The idea of tracking impactful developers and discovering new projects is brilliant. It’s like having a treasure map for open source. I’m excited to see how StarSearch helps builders find the right talent and projects. Best of luck.
Brian, Nick, Zeu and the whole team at OpenSauced are fantastic. I had the pleasure of connecting with them at React Miami. I loved chatting about the platform and what the future might hold. I'm keeping an eye on this project and am especially excited to use it on SolidJS!
The product looks interesting, but I'm curious about the usage frequency of this product. How many people actually need it?
Congratulations🎉 to the awesome OpenSauced team for the launch!
Great feature to have for open source maintainers.
About StarSearch on Product Hunt
“AI Copilot, but for git history”
StarSearch launched on Product Hunt on May 23rd, 2024 and earned 422 upvotes and 167 comments, earning #3 Product of the Day. StarSearch is our AI-powered feature that provides in-depth insights into contributor history and activities, bringing transparency and a new depth of knowledge about open source projects.
StarSearch was featured in Open Source (68.3k followers), Developer Tools (511k followers), Artificial Intelligence (466.2k followers) and GitHub (41.2k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 182.6k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted StarSearch?
StarSearch was hunted by Brian Douglas. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
Want to see how StarSearch stacked up against nearby launches in real time? Check out the live launch dashboard for upvote speed charts, proximity comparisons, and more analytics.
Brian Douglas