Krzysztof Kowalczyk • 6/18/2026

Finding active GitHub forks from the command line

This article describes a TypeScript script that uses the GitHub API to list active forks of a repository, showing branches with commits ahead of the upstream. It filters forks with changes in the last year, displays commit details (SHA, author, date, message), and sorts by most recent activity. The script requires Bun and GitHub CLI authentication. It provides a clearer alternative to GitHub's Network tab for tracking fork activity, with example output from the SumatraPDF repo.

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#TypeScript #Github API #Bun