# 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.

Repository: https://github.com/useful-forks/useful-forks.github.io
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/useful-forksgithubio
Homepage: https://useful-forks.github.io/
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: github, github-api, chrome-extension, chrome-extensions, fork, forked, forks, forks-insight, forked-repo, github-forks, chrome-web-store, chrome-devtools, chrome-devtools-extension, chrome-webstore, devtools, extension
Last push: 2026-08-16T18:16:33+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 67/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2185, "days_push": 17, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1337, forks 85 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:25.595056+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: search-engine, developer-tools, browser-extension
- domain: developer-tools, version-control, web-development
- platform: browser, browser-extension
- tags: github, forks, chrome-extension, bookmarklet, github-api, repository-discovery, web-server

## Member repositories
- useful-forks/useful-forks.github.io (main) score 67

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:25.595056+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 2026-08-30T08:33:15.166048+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/useful-forks/useful-forks.github.io (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:25.595056+00:00, sha cf17312ff1d6)
  - homepage: https://useful-forks.github.io/ (fetched 2026-08-29T12:03:45.038591+00:00, sha 6e3190ca869e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.