List all Github dependents of a project as JSON

github-dependents.js

// Paste this in your developer console, in any tab
// of your repo (with insights available). Do it
// only if you trust me though.

// Go to 'dependants' tab if we're not there yet.
let url = window.location.href
if (!url.includes("/network/dependents")) {
	url = url.match(/.*github\.com\/[^\/]+\/[^\/]+/)[0] + "/network/dependents"
}

let w = window.open(url, "_blank")
let result = []

let loop = () => {
	result.push(
		...Array.from(w.document.querySelectorAll(".Box-row")).map((e) => {
			let [name, stars, forks] = e.innerText.split("\n")
			return { name, stars, forks }
		}),
	)
	btns = Array.from(w.document.querySelectorAll("a.btn"))
	btn = btns.find((e) => e.innerText.trim() == "Next")
	w.close()

	if (btn) {
		w = window.open(btn.href, "_blank")
		w.addEventListener("load", loop)
	} else {
		console.log(JSON.stringify(result))
	}
}

w.addEventListener("load", loop)

// Bonus: sort by stars and show top 10
console.log(
	JSON.stringify(
		result
			.sort((a, b) => b.stars - a.stars)
			.slice(0, 10)
			.map(({ name, stars }) => ({ name, stars })),
		null,
		"\t",
	),
)

// Bonus: jq command alternative
//
//   'sort_by(.stars | tonumber) | reverse | .[0:10] | map({name, stars})'