badges / badges/shields

Badge request: "Used by (count)" for GitHub Actions

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#5,673 2 comments 3 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub
service-badge
Dominant language
JavaScript
Stars
27.2k
Forks
5.6k
Avg merge
1d 8h
Merged PRs (30d)
46

Description

:clipboard: **Description**

This badge should show how many other repositories use a given GitHub Action for their workflows.

:link: **Data**

Implementation by [EndBug](https://github.com/EndBug): https://github.com/EndBug/api/blob/master/api/github-actions/used-by.ts
Example usage with also useful click action: https://github.com/EndBug/add-and-commit/blob/0c4298a18d3a9d33e3b879c7b73b4a457547d949/README.md

:microphone: **Motivation**

It would give a better measurement about usage than stars do.

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

Research direction

Start with the referenced implementation in api/github-actions/used-by.ts and the example usage in the add-and-commit README. Check how this data could be exposed as a Shields badge and define completion as a badge showing the number of repositories using the GitHub Action, with the useful click action described in the example.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
github-actions, javascript
Domain
ci-cd
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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