The contributor.info desktop app lives in your macOS menu bar or Linux system tray and surfaces each workspace’s headline metrics at a glance — open and merged PRs, PR velocity and merge time, active and new contributors, open issues, and stars. It’s workspaces-first: add the workspaces you care about and each gets its own tray submenu, plus a small dashboard window to manage them.
Download
Grab the latest build from the Releases page (filter for desktop-v*) and pick the file for your platform.
The builds are currently unsigned, so your operating system warns you the first time you open the app. That’s expected — the steps below get you through it.
Install and first run
- Open the
.dmg and drag contributor.info to Applications.
- On first launch, macOS blocks unsigned apps. Right-click (or Control-click) the app in Applications and choose Open, then confirm. You only do this once.
- The pixel-plant icon appears in your menu bar. Click it to open the menu.
.deb: sudo dpkg -i contributor.info_*.deb. Install libayatana-appindicator3-1 if the tray icon doesn’t appear..AppImage: chmod +x contributor.info_*.AppImage && ./contributor.info_*.AppImage.
The tray icon appears in your system tray; click it for the menu.Add a workspace
- Click the tray icon, then Dashboard….
- Paste a workspace slug or its
/i/… URL (for example my-team or https://contributor.info/i/my-team) and click Add.
- Its metrics show up as tiles in the dashboard and as a submenu in the tray.
The app refreshes every 60 seconds; use Refresh now to update immediately.
Sign in for private workspaces
Public workspaces work without an account. To see your private workspaces, click Sign in with GitHub in the tray menu or dashboard header, authorize in your browser, and return to the app. Your session is saved securely and refreshes automatically. See Authentication for the scopes requested.
Troubleshooting