GitHub Lite 🌐

GitHub Lite is a simplified web application that allows users to explore GitHub profiles, discover repositories, and interact with basic user data. It provides a minimalistic interface to quickly access GitHub information without the clutter. Explore GitHub profiles. Like your favorite profiles. View your liked profiles. Simple and easy to use.

Technologies Used 🛠

Frontend 🌈

• React
• React Router
• React Icons
• React Hot Toast
• Vite (Build tool for React)
• Tailwind CSS (Styling)
• SCSS (Styling)

Backend 💻

• Express.js
• OAuth (GitHub Authentication)
• MongoDB (Database)
• Mongoose (Object Modeling for MongoDB)

Features 🚀

• User Profile Exploration: Explore GitHub profiles by entering a GitHub username.

• Repository Viewing: View repositories associated with a GitHub user.

• Profile Like: Like GitHub profiles to keep track of your favorite users.

• Like History: View a list of profiles you've liked.

• Repository Sorting: Sort repositories based on criteria like Most Recent, Most Stars, Most Forks, etc.

• Explore Page: Discover popular repositories from multiple users.

  Screenshots 📸

Getting Started 👋

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/ZeeshanMukhtar1/GitHub-Lite.git

2. Install dependencies:

   cd client
   npm install
   cd server
   npm install

3. Set up environment variables: Create a .env file in the server directory, the sample file is provided as .env.sample in the server directory for reference.

4. Run the application:

   npm run dev

Usage 📝

1. Access the application at http://localhost:3000 in your browser.

2. Explore GitHub profiles and repositories.

3. Like profiles to create a list of favorite users.

Authentication 🔏

To access the Explore Page and Like History features, authentication via GitHub is required. Please log in to GitHub to access these features.

Contributing 🤝

Contributions are welcome! If you find any issues or have suggestions for improvements, please raise an issue or submit a pull request. We welcome all contributions that help us improve the application. Please follow the Contribution Guidelines before making a contribution.

Open Source License 📜

GitHub Lite is an open-source project. Feel free to contribute, fork, or use the code as per the terms of the MIT License. Your contributions are valuable and appreciated.

Contributors 🌟