howold

TypeScript

Find the latest examples in GitHub repos.

Large repos have hundreds of examples but GitHub only shows last updated which is usually dependabot bumps. This finds the first commit that touched each example - the real creation date. Sort by that and you instantly see which examples are fresh.

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[features]

Real Creation Date

Finds first commit, not last update

Year Filtering

Filter by year or year range

Path Support

Scan specific paths in larger repos

Zero Dependencies

Uses GitHub REST API directly

[install]

git clone https://github.com/ramonclaudio/howold.git
cd howold

[usage]

bun cli.ts get-convex/templates           # Scan repo
bun cli.ts get-convex/templates -l 5      # Latest 5 only
bun cli.ts get-convex/templates -y 2025   # Filter by year
bun cli.ts vercel/next.js examples/       # Specific path

# Options:
-y, --year <range>   Filter by year (2025 or 2020-2025)
-l, --limit <n>      Show n latest results

[requirements]

[license]

This project is licensed under the MIT license.

[links]

GitHub Repository