Ask anything about open source — answered live from GitHub & Hugging Face.

githug reads live signals across both graphs — code on GitHub and AI models on Hugging Face — to tell you what's maintained, what the modern alternative is, and what you can actually use. Every answer is synthesized from current data and cited.

Live data Cited sources No stale training data GitHub × 🤗 Hugging Face

New: githug Gateway gives each coding agent its own name on GitHub and a key that expires in an hour →

Try: modern Moment.js alternative Rust web frameworks commercial speech-to-text (model + repo + license)

What githug answers

Is it maintained?

Stars lie. githug checks last commit, release cadence, contributors, and open-issue load to tell you whether a library is alive — or quietly abandoned.

Is Moment.js maintained? →

Best open model + the repo to run it

For a task like speech-to-text or embeddings: which model to pick, the GitHub repo to serve it, and the license catch — across Hugging Face and GitHub in one answer.

Best commercial speech-to-text →

X vs Y, with a verdict

Poetry vs uv, requests vs httpx, Day.js vs date-fns — compared on real activity and ecosystem signals, not vibes, with a clear recommendation.

Poetry vs uv vs pip →

Modern alternatives

When something's deprecated, get the maintained successor and an honest read on what migrating actually involves.

Modern Express.js alternative →

How it works

1

Ask in plain English

A library, a model, a stack, or a tradeoff — describe what you're trying to do.

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githug queries live

It searches GitHub and Hugging Face in real time: maintenance signals, downloads, licenses, and dependencies.

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Get a cited verdict

A synthesized answer that judges and connects both graphs, with clickable sources. Follow-ups keep context.

Frequently asked questions

How is githug different from ChatGPT or Perplexity?

General answer engines lean on training data that's months stale and don't judge whether a project is maintained or whether you can legally use it. githug retrieves live from the GitHub and Hugging Face APIs on every question, and it's built to connect the two graphs — the model and the repo to run it — with citations you can click.

Where does githug's data come from?

Live from the GitHub and Hugging Face APIs: repository activity, releases, contributors, dependencies, model downloads, licenses, and gated-access status. Answers reflect the state of the ecosystem right now, not a snapshot baked into a model.

Is githug free to use?

Yes — you can ask questions free today. Answers are public, cited, and shareable via a permalink.

Can githug tell me if a library is still maintained?

Yes. It reads last-push date, release cadence, contributor count, and open-issue load rather than star count — which often lies about whether a project is alive — and tells you the modern, maintained alternative when one exists.

Does githug check open-source and AI model licenses?

It surfaces the license and gated-access status of models and repositories so you can see commercial-use catches up front. This is informational, not legal advice — always confirm against the primary license.

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