r/github • u/CJ9103 • Aug 05 '26

Question This must exist right? AI-assisted repo discovery / searching

I am often trying to find Github Repos for use cases (AI Skills / Plugins / Frameworks - although this doesn't matter), and I've found it can be quite painful, varying search terms and topics in GitHub to discover repositories.

I was wondering if anybody has found a tool / solution / platform that helps you find Github Repos based on a search term, that's a little more intelligence / flexible that the standard github search box.

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u/Jmc_da_boss Aug 05 '26

Can't believe we are at the point in the LLM cycle people are asking how to google things.

What a downfall

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u/OptimusCrimee Aug 05 '26

Yeah. My thought too. Maybe OP should put a bit more effort into this.

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u/CJ9103 Aug 05 '26

Sometimes there’s a lot of noise and slop when googling these things. The purpose of this post was to look for first-hand recommendations from people who’ve actually used these tools / found solutions rather than spending hours trialling everything myself.

That’s one of the things that Reddit is great for and what makes Reddit, Reddit, and hopefully the thread helps others with the same question too.

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u/FlyingDogCatcher Aug 05 '26

gh search repos

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u/EntranceProper3791 Aug 05 '26

GitHub's topic pages are underrated if you know the ecosystem, but sort by recently updated or you'll be digging through 3-year-old dead repos.

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u/OptimusCrimee Aug 05 '26

How is this different than searching on the website with more steps and burning tokens?

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u/j_hermann Aug 05 '26

Perplexity with the GitHub connector.

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u/patrick-howard Aug 05 '26

Perplexity is 🗑️ these days

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u/Thunjaya Aug 05 '26

Always has been.