GitHub Live Activity Feed Screensaver
The GitHub Live Activity Feed screensaver streams real public GitHub events as they happen. It is free, runs in your browser, and ESC exits.
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How the GitHub Live Activity Feed screensaver works
The saver reads real recent public events from GitHub's own Events API.
Each entry shows a real event type, repository name and actor.
The pipeline refreshes the feed regularly within GitHub's rate limits.
No key is required for this key-less public endpoint.
What the GitHub public events stream is
GitHub’s Events API exposes a public timeline of recent activity. Its event types include pushes, issues, pull requests, forks, stars (WatchEvent), comments, releases, and the creation or deletion of branches and tags. Each event has a type, the repository it happened in and the account that did it, which are the fields on this display.
The feed is a sample rather than a record. GitHub’s documentation says event latency can range from 30 seconds to 6 hours depending on the time of day, that each timeline holds at most 300 events from the past 30 days, and that the API is not built for real-time use. A push event also does not tell you what the commits contain. Repository names may be in any language.
Seeing a repository here is not a sign of quality, popularity or safety, and the display gives no indication of what the code does. Treat it as a glimpse of GitHub’s activity, not a count.
A worked example
A real push event to a real public repository scrolls past exactly as GitHub logged it moments earlier.
Settings & tips
- Repositories, actors and event types are real, unfiltered GitHub activity.
- Accent recolours the ticker text.
- Only public events are shown, never private repository activity.
Frequently asked questions
- Is this real GitHub data?
- Yes — real public events from GitHub's own Events API.
- Is a key needed?
- No. The public Events API is fully key-less.
- Does this show private repos?
- No — only real public activity is ever visible via this API.
- Is it free?
- Yes — free, no download, in your browser.
- Is every public event shown?
- No. The API returns at most 300 events from the past 30 days, and events can lag by anywhere from 30 seconds to 6 hours, so the display is a sample, not a complete record.
- Does a push event show the code changed?
- No. The event records that a push occurred in a repository. It does not tell you what the commits contain.