Raise

GitHub is a platform that was conceived to provide the developers of the world with a community where they can thrive and learn from one another. The platform acts much like a social media of sorts, but some alterations to make it suitable for programmers: you can customize your profile per your liking, "star" certain projects to show your appreciation, follow certain users to keep in touch with them, and so on.

In light of these features, the existence of a trending section should be no surprise to anyone. Accessible from your system tray, Raise is an application that allows you to handily keep up with the latest projects and developers on Trending.

It doesn't take long to enjoy what the program has to offer: the installation is over and done with in less than a few seconds, and there's no registration or any such step to go through, so you can dive right in. The app is only accessible from the system tray, and it occupies little screen real estate.

Even with such a compact interface, the app somehow manages to offer an experience that isn't far off the one you get on the GitHub website. Each item in the Trending section is properly fitted into the interface, and the design seems very polished overall, looking much like a mobile version of GitHub's Trending page.

You can view the most popular repositories and developers right after clicking the app's icon from your system tray. For each project, you can see how many times it's been starred, as well as forked. The authors are also displayed in the interface. You can filter the trending repos by their spoken and programming language, as well as implement a date range for your search.

The most popular developers for the day can be viewed under the Developers menu, which also displays their trending repository. Clicking on a repo or developer will open up their respective GitHub pages in your default browser.

If you wish to stay up to date with the latest developments on GitHub, Raise can make for a great solution. It's easy to utilize for anyone, and it brings you closer to the most popular repositories and developers with little effort.