Create a repository with the same name as your GitHub login (if it's not already done).

Its README.md will be displayed on your user profile:

From the Developer settings of your account settings, select Personal access tokens to create a new token.

No additional scopes are needed for basic metrics, but you may have to grant additional scope depending on what features you're planning to use:

• public_repo scope for some plugins
• read:org scope for all organizations related metrics
• repo scope for all private repositories related metrics
  • read:user scope may also be required for some private repositories related metrics

A scope-less token can still display private contributions by enabling Include private contributions on my profile in your account settings:

If a plugin has not enough scopes to operate (and plugins_errors_fatal isn't enabled), it'll be reported in the rendering like below:

Go to the Settings of your repository to create a new secret and paste your freshly generated GitHub token there.

Create a new workflow from the Actions tab of your repository and paste the following:

name: Metrics
on:
  # Schedule updates (each hour)
  schedule: [{cron: "0 * * * *"}]
  # Lines below let you run workflow manually and on each commit (optional)
  workflow_dispatch:
  push: {branches: ["master", "main"]}
jobs:
  github-metrics:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      # See action.yml for all options
      - uses: lowlighter/metrics@latest
        with:
          # Your GitHub token
          token: ${{ secrets.METRICS_TOKEN }}

See all supported options in action.yml.

Rendered metrics will be committed to your repository on each run.

If you wish to use new features as they're being released, you can switch from @latest to @master. As the latter is used as a development branch, jobs may fail from time to time (although we try to mitigate this).

When using a token with additional permissions, it is advised to fork this repository and use it instead to minimize security risks:

      - uses: my-github-username/metrics@master
      # If you make changes on your fork, be sure not leave @latest as tag!

In this case, please consider watching new releases to stay up-to-date and enjoy latest features!

@latest will be updated on each release soon after Planned for next release is emptied. Metrics doesn't introduce breaking changes from an user point of view (i.e. your workflows will always be valid) so you can follow release cycles without worrying.

Metrics displayed on this page are rendered from this workflow so you can check it out for some code examples about plugins usage.

You can also take a look at this user workflow if you want.

Update your README.md to embed your metrics:

<!-- If you're using "master" as default branch -->
![Metrics](https://github.com/my-github-user/my-github-user/blob/master/github-metrics.svg)
<!-- If you're using "main" as default branch -->
![Metrics](https://github.com/my-github-user/my-github-user/blob/main/github-metrics.svg)

To ensure service availability, shared instance has a few limitations:

• Images are cached for 1 hour
  • Rendered metrics won't be updated during this time window when queried
  • You can manually update rendering again your metrics on metrics.lecoq.io
• A rate limiter is enabled to prevent denial of service (it doesn't affect already cached metrics)
• Some plugins may not be available

Service is provided free of charge, so please be gentle with it 🙂

You'll need a server with a recent version NodeJS (see used version in Dockerfile).

From the Developer settings of your account settings, select Personal access tokens to create a new token.

No additional scopes are needed.

Clone repository, install dependencies and copy configuration example to settings.json:

git clone https://github.com/lowlighter/metrics.git
cd metrics/
npm install --only=prod
cp settings.example.json settings.json

Edit settings.json to configure your instance.

{
  //GitHub API token
    "token":"GITHUB_TOKEN",
  //Other options...
}

See all supported options in settings.example.json.

If you plan to make your web instance public, it is advised to restrict its access thanks to rate limiter and access list.

Once you've finished configuring metrics, start your instance:

npm start

Access your server with provided port in setting.json from your browser to ensure everything is working.

Edit your repository readme and add your metrics image from your server domain:

![Metrics](https://my-personal-domain.com/my-github-user)

To ensure that your instance will restart if it reboots or crashes, you should set it up as a service. This is described below for Linux-like systems which support systemd.

Create a new service file /etc/systemd/system/github_metrics.service and paste the following after editing paths inside:

[Unit]
Description=Metrics
After=network-online.target
Wants=network-online.target

[Service]
Type=simple
WorkingDirectory=/path/to/metrics
ExecStart=/usr/bin/node /path/to/metrics/index.mjs

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Reload services, enable it, start it and check if it is up and running:

systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl enable github_metrics
systemctl start github_metrics
systemctl status github_metrics

Most of options from action.yml are actually supported by web instance, though syntax is slightly different. All underscores (_) must be replaced by dots (.) and plugin_ prefixes must be dropped.

For example, to configure pagespeed plugin you'd use the following:

https://my-personal-domain.com/my-github-user?pagespeed=1&pagespeed.detailed=1&pagespeed.url=https%3A%2F%2Fexample.com

Note that url parameters must be encoded.

As for base content, which is enabled by default, sections are available through "base.<section>".

For example, to display only repositories section, use:

https://my-personal-domain.com/my-github-user?base=0&base.repositories=1

Setup is the same as for user accounts, though you'll need to add read:org scope, whether you're member of target organization or not.

You'll also need to set user option with your organization name.

If you're encounting errors and your organization is using single sign-on, try to authorize your personal token.

Most of plugins supported by user accounts will work with organization accounts, but note that rendering metrics for organizations consume way more APIs requests.

To support private repositories, add full repo scope to your personal token.

- uses: lowlighter/metrics@latest
  with:
    # ... other options
    token: ${{ secrets.METRICS_TOKEN }}          # A personal token from an user account with read:org scope
    user: organization-name                      # Organization name

Only public memberships can be displayed by metrics by default. You can manage your membership visibility in the People tab of your organization:

For organization memberships, add read:org scope to your personal token.