Show HN: See if the GitHub stars are real or fake

Category: devtools

Tags: github, trust-safety, developer-tools, code-quality, browser-extension

Score: 6.5/10 (Innovation: 7, Technical: 4, Documentation: 8, Utility: 7)

RealStars is a tool that detects fake GitHub stars using research-backed heuristics from CMU's StarScout study. It provides browser extensions and Claude Code plugins to analyze repository credibility with trust scores, making academic fraud detection accessible to everyday developers.

Target audience: backend devs, frontend devs, devops, open-source maintainers

Repository: https://github.com/mercurialsolo/realstars · JavaScript · MIT

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