Don't get sniped on GitHub issues — Find Issues Worth Your Time

Find beginner-friendly GitHub issues where no one is already working — GitTrek checks for competing PRs so you don't waste setup hours. Track your GitHub badge progress. Free and open source.

With AI coding tools, many hot issues collect competing PRs within hours. GitTrek shows what GitHub search doesn't: who's already working on it.

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The only tool that filters issues toward your current GitHub badge goal — use Quick Missions below.

Real-time PR Competition Detection

GitTrek uses the GitHub GraphQL API to scan the timelineItems of every issue. It looks for CrossReferencedEvent and ConnectedEvent entries to find active pull requests. You see whether an issue is safe to work on before you invest time cloning the repository.

GitHub Achievement Badge Tracking

Track your progress toward GitHub achievement badges including Pull Shark, Starstruck, Galaxy Brain, YOLO, and Public Sponsor. Each badge shows your current tier, a progress bar, and how many more contributions you need for the next level.

Quick Missions — 1-Click Badge Hunting

Galaxy Brain Mission: Find unanswered Q&A discussions to answer. Pair Extraordinaire Mission: Find issues explicitly requesting co-authors. Pull Shark Mission: Find zero-comment fresh issues with no assignee.

Repository Quality Filters

Filter open source issues by programming language, GitHub labels, issue age, minimum repository stars, minimum forks, maintainer activity, contributing guidelines, and organization. Supports both code issues and GitHub Discussions.