What's the best way to search GitHub?

Question

The search feature on the site seems pretty awful.

Are there any external sites that do a better job of categorizing projects with tags, etc?

Or maybe I'm just not using GitHub correctly?

Answer 1

Have you tried a Google search with site:github.com included in the query?

Answer 2

I haven't tried this, but I understand that very often Google does a better job of searching a website than the site's own search tools. Have you tried that?

Go to their advanced search page and fill out github.com in the "Only return results from this site or domain" slot.

Answer 3

GitHub indexes a tremendous amount of data (50+ million projects). Taking a moment to understand their search syntax should help you narrow your search.

Answer 4

hubscovery.com is much better.

GitHub's search functionality is terrible. I'm all for everyone having their own opinion, but for such a well-done site in nearly every other way, there is no excuse for lacking a basic sort option. It is to their service.

EDIT: Hubscovery is dead! Long live GitHub search!