# github/explore

Community-curated topic and collection pages on GitHub

Repository: https://github.com/github/explore
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/explore
Homepage: https://github.com/explore
Language: Ruby
License: CC-BY-4.0
License Family: other
Topics: topics, collections, community-driven, github, explore
Last push: 2026-08-24T08:52:54+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 77/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3273, "days_push": 9, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4866, forks 14486 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:01.575014+00:00)

## What it is
The community-curated content behind GitHub Topics and Collections pages, containing topic descriptions, image assets, and hand-picked repository collections. It is a content dataset maintained via pull requests with lint tests, not runnable software.

## Use cases
- discover popular repositories on a topic
- find curated collections of open-source projects
- suggest edits to a GitHub topic page
- curate a new topic or collection
- use topic descriptions and images in my own app
- learn what projects to contribute to in a subject area

## When to choose
- you want to contribute or fix GitHub Topic or Collection content
- you need the canonical topic descriptions and images as data
- you want curated, hand-picked lists of repositories by theme

## When to avoid
- you need a GitHub API client or search tool rather than content files
- you want an automatically generated topic index instead of human-curated pages
- you need software to run - this is a content dataset with lint tests only

## Facets
- artifact type: dataset
- maturity: active
- function: documentation, search-engine, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, awesome-lists, documentation
- platform: -
- tags: github-topics, collections, community-curated, content, ruby, github, web

## Member repositories
- github/explore (main) score 77

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:01.575014+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:18:21.187455+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/github/explore (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:01.575014+00:00, sha b6452113ea4b)
  - homepage: https://github.com/explore (fetched 2026-08-29T09:00:49.136567+00:00, sha 6506132efd02)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.