GitHub - Latest

Always keep an eye on the latest activity of your favorite projects

As of 2025-08-25. See the latest version.

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You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey or Violentmonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey or Userscripts to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey to install this script.

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You will need to install an extension such as Stylus to install this style.

You will need to install an extension such as Stylus to install this style.

You will need to install a user style manager extension to install this style.

You will need to install a user style manager extension to install this style.

You will need to install a user style manager extension to install this style.

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// ==UserScript==
// @name          GitHub - Latest
// @version       1.7.1
// @description   Always keep an eye on the latest activity of your favorite projects
// @author        Journey Over
// @license       MIT
// @match         *://github.com/*
// @grant         none
// @icon          https://www.google.com/s2/favicons?sz=64&domain=github.com
// @homepageURL   https://github.com/StylusThemes/Userscripts
// @namespace https://greasyfork.org/users/32214
// ==/UserScript==

(function() {
  const BUTTON_ID = 'latest-issues-button';
  const QUERY_STRING = 'q=sort%3Aupdated-desc';

  let debounceTimer = null;
  const debounce = (fn, delay = 150) => {
    clearTimeout(debounceTimer);
    debounceTimer = setTimeout(fn, delay);
  };

  const getRepoNavBody = () => document.querySelector('nav.js-repo-nav > .UnderlineNav-body');

  // Find a tab to clone - prefer Issues tab, fallback to any nav item with an anchor
  const findTemplateTab = (navBody) => {
    if (!navBody) return null;

    const issuesAnchor = navBody.querySelector('a[href*="/issues"]');
    if (issuesAnchor) return issuesAnchor.closest(':scope > *') || issuesAnchor;

    for (const child of Array.from(navBody.children)) {
      if (child.querySelector && child.querySelector('a')) return child;
    }
    return null;
  };

  const addLatestIssuesButton = () => {
    const navBody = getRepoNavBody();
    if (!navBody) return;

    if (navBody.querySelector(`#${BUTTON_ID}`)) return;

    const template = findTemplateTab(navBody);
    if (!template) return;

    const newTab = createLatestIssuesTab(template);
    navBody.appendChild(newTab);
  };

  const createLatestIssuesTab = (templateTab) => {
    const clone = templateTab.cloneNode(true);
    const anchor = clone.querySelector('a') || clone;
    if (!anchor) return clone;

    anchor.id = BUTTON_ID;

    // Build href with sort query parameter
    try {
      const u = new URL(anchor.href, location.origin);
      anchor.href = `${u.pathname}${u.search ? '' : ''}?${QUERY_STRING}`;
    } catch (e) {
      const base = (anchor.href || '').split('?')[0] || '#';
      anchor.href = `${base}?${QUERY_STRING}`;
    }

    // Position tab on the right
    anchor.style.float = 'right';
    if (clone.style) clone.style.marginLeft = 'auto';

    updateIcon(clone);
    updateLabel(clone, 'Latest issues');
    removeCounter(clone);

    return clone;
  };

  // Replace icon with flame SVG
  const updateIcon = (tabElement) => {
    const svg = tabElement.querySelector('svg');
    if (!svg) return;
    svg.setAttribute('viewBox', '0 0 16 16');
    svg.style.margin = '0 4px';
    svg.innerHTML = `
      <path fill-rule="evenodd" d="M5.05 0.31c0.81 2.17 0.41 3.38-0.52 4.31-0.98 1.05-2.55 1.83-3.63 3.36
      -1.45 2.05-1.7 6.53 3.53 7.7-2.2-1.16-2.67-4.52-0.3-6.61-0.61 2.03 0.53 3.33 1.94 2.86
      1.39-0.47 2.3 0.53 2.27 1.67-0.02 0.78-0.31 1.44-1.13 1.81 3.42-0.59 4.78-3.42
      4.78-5.56 0-2.84-2.53-3.22-1.25-5.61-1.52 0.13-2.03 1.13-1.89 2.75 0.09 1.08-1.02
      1.8-1.86 1.33-0.67-0.41-0.66-1.19-0.06-1.78 1.25-1.23 1.75-4.09-1.88-6.22l-0.02-0.02z"/>
    `;
  };

  const updateLabel = (tabElement, text) => {
    const span = tabElement.querySelector('span');
    if (span) span.textContent = text;
  };

  const removeCounter = (tabElement) => {
    const counter = tabElement.querySelector('.Counter, .counter');
    if (counter) counter.remove();
  };

  // Watch for DOM changes to re-add button after GitHub re-renders
  const observeNavChanges = () => {
    const nav = document.querySelector('nav.js-repo-nav');
    if (!nav) return;

    const observer = new MutationObserver(() => debounce(addLatestIssuesButton));
    observer.observe(nav, {
      childList: true,
      subtree: true
    });
  };

  const init = () => {
    try {
      addLatestIssuesButton();
      document.addEventListener('turbo:render', () => debounce(addLatestIssuesButton));
      observeNavChanges();
      setTimeout(() => debounce(addLatestIssuesButton), 500);
    } catch (err) {
      console.warn('GitHub - Latest userscript init failed:', err);
    }
  };

  init();
})();