Show HN: Browse GitHub repos in Emacs without cloning

Category: devtools

Tags: emacs, github, virtual-filesystem

Score: 6.5/10 (Innovation: 6, Technical: 7, Documentation: 7, Utility: 6)

remoto.el is an Emacs package that allows browsing GitHub repositories without cloning them, using a virtual filesystem backed by the GitHub API via gh CLI. It integrates seamlessly with standard Emacs file operations like find-file and dired, offering a read-only view of remote repos with efficient caching.

Target audience: backend devs, devops, emacs users

Repository: https://github.com/agzam/remoto.el · Emacs Lisp · GPL-3.0 · 50 stars

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