Show your GitHub stars on your iPhone

Short answer: send your GitHub stars to WidgetDash with one HTTP request, then add the WidgetDash widget to your iPhone Home Screen or Lock Screen. It updates every time you push a new value, and it is free for up to 5 numbers.

Stars are the open-source applause meter, and watching them climb after a launch is genuinely fun. The GitHub API returns your repo's star count in a single call, so a small scheduled script can keep it fresh. Push it to a widget and skip the habit of reloading the repo page.

Push it with one request

A source is created automatically the first time you push to it, so there is no setup step. Send your GitHub stars like this:

curl -X PUT https://api.widgetdash.app/api/v1/data/github_stars \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_WRITE_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "display_name": "GitHub Stars",
    "icon": "star.fill",
    "category": "Creator",
    "metrics": [
      { "label": "Stars", "value": "2,418" },
      { "label": "Today", "value": "+31" }
    ]
  }'

• The value is a plain string, so format it however reads best: "$8,420", "99.98%", "+58".
• icon is an SF Symbol name. Here we use star.fill.
• Push to the same source_key again any time and the widget updates in place.

Add it to your iPhone

1. Sign up free and copy your WRITE key from the dashboard.
2. Install the WidgetDash iOS app (free on the App Store) and connect with the dashboard QR code or your READ key.
3. Long-press the Home Screen, tap +, search WidgetDash, pick a size, then choose this source.

Small Lock Screen widgets are supported too, so your GitHub stars can sit right under the clock.

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