feat: show live GitHub star count in navbar - #372
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Closes #370
What this does
Replaces the dead "β Star on GitHub" button in the navbar (it had no
href/onClick) with a real link to the repo that also shows the current
star count.
Before: static text, not clickable
After: clickable link β "β 123 Star on GitHub" (formatted as "1.2k" for β₯1000)
Note: the count is fetched once on page load, not polled β "live" here
means "current as of this page load," not continuously updating.
Implementation
Followed the existing pattern in
useSuggestTags.jsxof keeping fetchlogic in a dedicated hook rather than inline in the component.
New β
src/hooks/useGithubStars.jsrepoparam (default"anoopcodehack/DevBoard")stargazers_countviaaxios+async/awaiton mountlogs a
console.warn, leavesstarsasnull, never throwsModified β
src/pages/Dashboard.jsxuseGithubStars(), adds a smallformatStarshelper<button>for an<a>(target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer")no layout shift
button β no new styles
Testing done
npm run devinclient/, confirmed the link renders immediately andupdates once the count loads
api.github.comin devtools to simulate a rate limit / offlinecase β button correctly falls back to plain text, no console errors,
no crash
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