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Where it stands
Rank, growth pace and release cadence relative to everything GStars tracks.
1 release in the last 90 days, the latest 38 days ago, with 42 contributors on GitHub.
Gained 37% fewer stars in the last 90 days than in the 90 days before.
Use Cases & Benefits
- Provides a plugin-based backend service aggregating diverse data sources for custom application launchers and desktop utilities.
- Offers a unified interface with extensible providers communicating via Unix sockets and Protocol Buffers for seamless integration.
- Use for building personalized desktop launchers that unify application, file, and clipboard management.
- Use for developing productivity tools that require real-time access to system data like Bluetooth, clipboard history, and package management.
- Use for creating custom menus and automation workflows leveraging dynamic data providers and user-defined actions.
Should you depend on it?
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License
GPL 3.0
Copyleft: distributing software that includes it generally requires releasing your source under the same license.
Community files
- README: present
Watch-outs
- GPL-style copyleft: including it in distributed software generally requires releasing your source under the same license.
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From the README
Elephant - cuz it's phat - is a powerful data provider service and backend for building custom application launchers and desktop utilities. It provides various data sources and actions through a plugin-based architecture, communicating via Unix sockets and Protocol Buffers.
Elephant acts as a unified backend service that aggregates data from various sources (desktop applications, files, clipboard history, etc.) and provides a consistent interface for frontend applications like custom launchers, productivity tools, or desktop widgets.
Daily snapshots
Stars gained per day, and how forks and open issues moved, from GStars' daily snapshots
Forks
89+8
Open issues
32+1
Compared with peers in Backend
Fastest-growing repositories GStars tracks in this cohort for the week of Nov 1, by 7-day star growth
| Repository | Stars | +7d | Health | Last release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| anthropics/skills | 187.8K | +2.9K | 15 | — |
| DuarteSantos8/openGym | 19.7K | +2.4K | 60 | 2 days ago |
| shiyu-coder/Kronos | 47.0K | +2.3K | 16 | — |
| NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra | 98.2K | +2.3K | 64 | 14 days ago |
| microsoft/VibeVoice | 56.0K | +1.1K | 29 | — |
| abenz1267/elephant | 469 | — | 48 | 38 days ago |
| Category median | 56.0K | +2.3K | 29 | — |
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