SimRepo – Discover similar GitHub repositories instantly

Summary: SimRepo adds a “Similar Repositories” section to GitHub, showing related projects without leaving the page. It uses a vector space trained on over 300 million GitHub stars and Qdrant for efficient nearest-neighbor lookups, enabling fast, relevant recommendations.

What it does

SimRepo embeds repositories into a vector space based on stargazer patterns and finds nearest neighbors to suggest similar repositories directly in the GitHub sidebar.

Who it's for

Developers and users seeking related GitHub projects without navigating away from the current repository page.

Why it matters

It eliminates the need to manually search for related repositories, streamlining project discovery on GitHub.