Show HN: GitClassic.com, a fast, lightweight GitHub thin client (pages <14KB)

32•heythisischris•4d ago

Hey HN,

I posted GitClassic here 2 months ago- since then I've rebuilt most of it based on what people asked for.

What's new: Issues, PRs w/ full diffs, repo intelligence (health scores, dependency graphs), trending/explore, bookmarks, comparison tool, and advanced search.

Every page is server-rendered HTML- No React, no SPA, no client bundle, pages under 14KB(gzipped). Try loading facebook/react and compare it to GitHub load times.

Public repos work without an account, Pro adds private repo access via GitHub OAuth.

Stack: Hono on Lambda, DynamoDB, CloudFront, 500KB Node bundle, cold starts usually <500ms.

What's missing?

Thanks, Chris

Comments

bityard•4d ago

Github has been very anti-scraping lately, to the point that I can't even browse it in my browser's private mode. This seems to be impacting your implementation as well:

"Well, that didn't work API rate limit exceeded for 18.220.172.92. Want 5,000 requests/hour instead of 60? Sign in for free to use your own GitHub API quota. Sign in with GitHub If you keep seeing this, open an issue"

Update: Another try and it did work. However, I take exception to your app's assertion that my project is unmaintained. I would call it "stable" and further claim that your assertion is borderline libel. (And its pretty insulting that the rationalization is apparently hidden behind a paywall.)

zetanor•2h ago

Golang is also "unmaintained" so you're in good company.

hmartin•2h ago

One of my repos that I just pushed the one thousandth commit to an hour ago is marked unmaintained lol

EE84M3i•2h ago

It might be prudent to double-check git's trademark policy.

https://git-scm.com/about/trademark

dijksterhuis•1h ago

> In addition, you may not use any of the Marks as a syllable in a new word or as part of a portmanteau (e.g., "Gitalicious", "Gitpedia") used as a mark for a third-party product or service. For the avoidance of doubt, this provision applies even to third-party marks that use the Marks as a syllable or as part of a portmanteau to refer to a product or service's use of Git code.

> Please be aware that GitHub and GitLab are exceptions to this Policy because they are subject to explicit licensing arrangements that pre-date, and thus take precedence, over this Policy.

lemagedurage•59m ago

Wow, that feels quite restrictive. "Classic for Git" would be allowed, but it doesn't quite have the same ring to it.

Zee2•37m ago

What about Gitea? Hmm…

applfanboysbgon•30m ago

Their TOS claims to be under license as well.

> 2.3. GIT is a trademark of Software Freedom Conservancy and our use of “gitea” is under license.

Git is under no obligation to exhaustively list every person or organization it has granted license to use its trademark, of course.

fc417fc802•13m ago

That seems overly broad. Is there precedent for that?

itake•2h ago

403 forbidden. I'm in Vietnam, so maybe its blocking my location?

stingraycharles•2h ago

No issues here from Cambodia.

eipi10_hn•2h ago

Accessing from Vietnam, I got a blank page. Use VPN to Hong Kong, the page works.

superkuh•2h ago

I haven't been able to read most text on github on my old system with a good screenreader because the browser is outdated and can't run the github javascript applications fully correctly. This gitclassic interface is a lifesaver. From my VPS IP I got blocked but from my home residential IP it worked fine.

The github accessibility team has consistently ignored tickets about the lack of text for years. In the sense that they'll fix it for a month then revert and make it even worse. And that's fine, Microsoft is a business and making a profit is their goal. Supporting people who want text in the HTML doesn't make money.

vldszn•2h ago

I needed this, thank you

AnonHP•1h ago

I had a quick look and bolted out within half a minute. Trying to open an organization or repo throws an error. There’s a featured comparison section on the homepage, and tapping on the first one leads to a message saying free tier allows two things to be compared and a pro subscription allows more. Why put this as the first in this section then?

Seems like this is not fully baked yet and it pushes for pro subs a little too soon.

whalesalad•1h ago

The irony of this looking exactly like gitea is not lost on me.

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