useful-forks/useful-forks.github.io
Improving GitHub's Forks list discoverability through automatic filtering. The project offers an online tool and a Chrome extension. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
67/100
- Activity 98
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 2185
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 17
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1337 stars · 85 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Useful Forks is a web tool and Chrome extension that improves GitHub fork discoverability by automatically filtering out forks with no commits ahead of their parent. It is available as an online tool, a Chrome Web Store extension, and a bookmarklet.
Use cases
- find active forks of an abandoned github repository
- filter github forks that have new commits
- discover useful forks of a project
- identify maintained forks of a repo
- browse forks worth exploring on github
When to choose
- you need to find which forks of a GitHub repo are actively developed
- you want a one-click 'Useful' button on GitHub repository pages via a browser extension
- you prefer a no-install web tool or bookmarklet for fork analysis
When to avoid
- you need fork analytics beyond commit-ahead filtering, like star or PR metrics
- you use a browser other than Chrome and do not want bookmarklets
- you need offline or API-free analysis of repositories
Facets
application · maturity active
search-engine developer-tools browser-extension developer-tools version-control web-development browser browser-extension github forks chrome-extension bookmarklet github-api repository-discovery web-server
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/useful-forks/useful-forks.github.io · fetched 2026-08-28 · cf17312ff1d6
- homepage: https://useful-forks.github.io/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 6e3190ca869e
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| useful-forks/useful-forks.github.io | main | 67 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="useful-forks/useful-forks.github.io")
Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00 · Report a problem