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GitHub Watchers

The Watchers metric on GitHub represents the number of users who are tracking a particular repository, receiving notifications regarding its activity.

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  • About
  • Technical Details
What is "Watchers"?
The Watchers metric on GitHub refers to the number of users who have chosen to "watch" a particular repository. This means that they will receive notifications about any activity or updates related to that repository, such as new commits or issues being created. Watchers are useful for determining the level of interest or popularity of a project, and for building a community around it. It can also be used as a signal for potential contributors or collaborators.
Example: Example: A project owner can track the number of watchers on their repository to gauge interest level and potential contributions from the community.

Visualizations

  • Databox visualization

    Number

    Used to show a simple Metric or to draw attention to one key number.

How to track Watchers in Databox?

Databox is a business analytics software that allows you to track and visualize your most important metrics from any data source in one centralized platform.

To track Watchers using Databox, follow these steps:

  1. 1
    Connect GitHub that contains the metric you want to track
  2. 2
    Select the metric you want to track from the list of available metrics
  3. 3
    Drag and drop the selected metric onto your dashboard
  4. 4
    Watch your dashboard populate in seconds
  5. 5
    Put Watchers on the Performance screen
  6. 6
    Get Watchers performance daily with Scorecards or as a weekly digest
  7. 7
    Set Goals to track and improve performance of Watchers
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GitHub Watchers included in Dashboard Templates 1

  • Live view

    GitHub Overview Dashboard

    GitHub dashboard template provides you with the latest release stats like commits, repository status, top contributors for any Github project.

    GitHub

General

  • Description
    The Watchers metric on GitHub represents the number of users who are tracking a particular repository, receiving notifications regarding its activity.
  • Category
    Software Development
  • Subcategory
    Watchers
  • Date Added
    2015-07-09

Specification

  • Metric Type
    current
  • Dimensional
    No
  • Decimal Digits
    No
  • Currency Units
    No
  • Granularities
    Daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, yearly and all-time.
  • Custom Relative Periods
    Yes
  • Data Availability
    At sync, it ranges from now to now.
  • Retroactive Data Updates
    Newly synced data is merged with existing data, replacing values for matching periods.
  • Future Data Available
    No

Visualization

  • Cumulative Graph
    No
  • Favorable Trend
    increasing
  • Media Creatives
    No
  • Forecasts
    Yes
  • Benchmarks
    Yes

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