# defunkt/github-gem

`github` command line helper for simplifying your GitHub experience.

Repository: https://github.com/defunkt/github-gem
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/github-gem
Homepage: http://github.com
Language: Ruby
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2024-04-01T14:31:19+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 6761, "days_push": 884, "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 1133, forks 188 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:42.876265+00:00)

## What it is
A Ruby gem providing a `github` (or `gh`) command line helper that wraps GitHub's API to simplify common GitHub workflows. It automates forking, cloning, pulling upstream changes, and inspecting fork network commits.

## Use cases
- simplify my github workflow from the command line
- pull upstream changes from a forked repo
- fetch and evaluate a contributor's pull request commits
- list commits on forks that I don't have yet
- clone a github repo with a single command

## When to avoid
- you need a modern, maintained GitHub CLI — use GitHub's official `gh` tool
- your project requires current GitHub API support

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: abandoned
- function: cli, developer-tools, version-control
- domain: developer-tools, version-control
- platform: cli, ruby
- tags: github, git-helper, ruby-gem, fork-workflow, command-line

## Member repositories
- defunkt/github-gem (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:42.876265+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 2026-08-30T06:37:25.368727+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/defunkt/github-gem (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:42.876265+00:00, sha 87153b233887)
  - homepage: http://github.com (fetched 2026-08-29T12:42:00.779054+00:00, sha 737f2acac5d3)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.