GitHub Issue Upvote Board

Simple Web UI built with Go, HTMX, and HTML templates that displays GitHub issues sorted by upvotes (👍 reactions).

Initially built this for a better way to view upvoted issues for Arcane. Figured others may like it as well :)

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/ofkm/gh-issue-upvote-board.git
cd gh-issue-upvote-board

2. Build the application:

go build -o gh-issue-upvote-board

Configuration

The application can be configured using environment variables:

Variable	Description	Default
GITHUB_OWNER	Repository owner	getarcaneapp
GITHUB_REPO	Repository name	arcane
GITHUB_LABEL	Filter by label	needs more upvotes
GITHUB_STATE	Issue state (open/closed/all)	open
GITHUB_TOKEN	GitHub Personal Access Token	(auto-detected from gh CLI)
PORT	Server port	8080

Authentication

The application automatically tries to get your GitHub token from:

1. GITHUB_TOKEN environment variable
2. GitHub CLI (gh auth token)

Without authentication, you'll be limited by GitHub's unauthenticated API rate limits (60 requests/hour).

To authenticate with GitHub CLI:

gh auth login

Or set a token manually:

export GITHUB_TOKEN=your_token_here

Usage

Run with defaults

./issue-upvote-board

Then open http://localhost:8080 in your browser.

Run with custom configuration

GITHUB_OWNER=facebook \
GITHUB_REPO=react \
GITHUB_LABEL="Type: Bug" \
GITHUB_STATE=open \
PORT=3000 \
./issue-upvote-board