Daily Stars Explorer releases

Major Features

🎨 Improved UI/UX Across All Views

• Complete redesign and modernization of the interface
• Consistent styling and better visual hierarchy
• Enhanced responsiveness across all view modes
• Improved chart readability with better formatting and thicker lines
• Large number formatting for better readability

📱 Dedicated Mobile View

• Optimized mobile experience for smartphones and tablets (only daily stars and hourly)
• Simplified interface tailored for touch interactions

📌 Pin Favorite Repositories

• Save your most-used repositories for quick access
• Pin/unpin repos directly from the search interface
• Pinned repositories persist across sessions using local storage
• Quick access bar displays your top pinned repos
• Available in both mobile and hourly views

🌙 Light Mode Option

• Toggle between dark and light themes
• Automatic detection of system preferences
• Smooth transitions between theme modes
• Consistent styling across all interface elements

🌍 Timezone Selection in Hourly View

• Select your preferred timezone for hourly data
• View star activity in your local time context
• Persistent timezone selection across sessions

📢 GitHub Mentions Feed

• Track when repositories mention your project in issues, pull requests, and comments
• Visual markers on the timeline showing GitHub mentions
• Distinct color coding: Issues (🐛 orange), Pull Requests (🔧 purple), Comments (💬 blue)
• Quick access to mention details directly from the chart

Performance Improvements

• Increased timeout for fetching hourly data on very large repositories from 10 to 20 minutes
• Enhanced API stability for handling massive datasets
• Optimized context timeout handling

Technical Updates

• Updated Go dependencies:
  • gofiber/fiber v2.52.10 → v2.52.11
  • clipperhouse/uax29 v2.4.0 → v2.5.0

Release Date: February 8, 2026

Full Changelog: https://github.com/emanuelef/daily-stars-explorer/compare/v0.0.8...v0.1.0

This release brings granular insights into repository trends, new visualizations, and important backend improvements.

🌟 New Feature: Hourly Stars Chart

This is the highlight of the release! We’ve added a powerful new Stars by Hour chart that allows for much deeper analysis of repository traffic.

• Granular Visualization: Instead of just daily totals, you can now see exactly when stars are awarded down to the hour.
• Peak Insights: The dashboard now automatically calculates and displays:
  • Peak Hour (UTC): The exact hour with the most activity.
  • Peak Day: The specific date with the highest engagement.
  • Best Hour(s): An average calculation to help you identify consistent high-engagement times.
• Dual-View Graph: The chart overlays "Hourly Stars" (bars) with "Total Stars" (line) for a complete picture of growth velocity.

🚀 Additional Features

• GH New Public Repos Chart: Added a new visualization to track GitHub new public repository trends.

🛠 Improvements & Refactoring

• Backend Refactoring: We performed a significant code refactor on the backend to improve maintainability and structure.
• Dependency Updates: All project dependencies have been updated to their latest secure versions.

🐛 Fixes

• Various Fixes: Addressed several minor bugs and UI glitches to ensure a smoother experience.

What's Changed

• Fix zoom compare by @emanuelef in https://github.com/emanuelef/daily-stars-explorer/pull/220
• Adding hourly stars view by @emanuelef in https://github.com/emanuelef/daily-stars-explorer/pull/222
• refactoring backend by @emanuelef in https://github.com/emanuelef/daily-stars-explorer/pull/224

Full Changelog: https://github.com/emanuelef/daily-stars-explorer/compare/v0.0.7...v0.0.8