01 / THE WORKFLOW
Find the reason to return
An individual audit connects the original purpose, present condition, technical debt, and a concrete resurrection plan.
Web · local demo workspace Back to the vaultPROJECT / 06THE REASON UNDER THE HOOD
GAMES & EXPERIMENTSEXPERIMENTAL
Repo Reaper
Good code deserves a second life.
Explore the project graveyard. Audit forgotten GitHub repositories, understand what’s left, and find the ones worth bringing back.
THE REAL THING 01 / 04
Your project landscape
Web · local demo workspaceA local sample workspace demonstrates repository audits, project status, portfolio value, and practical next steps.
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PLATFORMWeb
TECHNOLOGYPython / Django / PostgreSQL
DEVELOPMENTexperimental
Why I built it.
Some abandoned repositories are dead ends. Others are one good weekend away from becoming useful. I wanted a way to tell the difference without opening every single one.
What’s inside
Discover and select GitHub repositories
Inspect evidence-backed project assessments
Prioritize a personal resurrection queue
Read-only repository access
Small pieces. Clear boundaries.
01
Web application
Django renders the interface and owns user isolation.
02
Scan workers
A durable database queue runs repository analysis.
03
Provider interface
Interchangeable AI providers analyze selected repository evidence.
A CLOSER LOOK
A few moments inside Repo Reaper.
From the first screen to the details that make it useful.
02 / THE WORKFLOW
Make room for a comeback
Prioritize the projects worth revisiting and keep the first useful task beside each repository.
Web · local demo workspace03 / THE WORKFLOW
Not every dormant project is dead
Browse inactive projects with their audit context before deciding what to revive or keep as a reference.
Web · local demo workspaceON YOUR MACHINE
Take it for a spin.
Requires Python 3.13 and environment setup, database migrations, a GitHub App, and a scan worker. Continue with the repository’s full setup guide.
From repo-reaper/
python3 -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements-dev.lock