Show HN: starscout – search through your GitHub stars using natural language

Hey HN!

I keep hitting this moment: "I definitely starred a repo that does X … but what was it called?". Finding the exact repository manually is very annoying if you have alot of stars especially since github star search interface is not very good.

Which is why I made this tool. It uses vector embeddings to allow you to search through your github stars using natural language. Backend for initial version was written (vibe coded) in python. I recently rewrote the backend in Rust because I was not confident about the vibe coded implementation.

There is a toggle to enable "Global search", which searches through all the indexed repositories (not only your stars). This might help you find new repositories that you haven’t starred yet.

Hope you find it useful.

Github: https://github.com/itzlambda/starscout

Showcase thread: https://x.com/itzlambda/status/1904878939073294825