Project Dashboard

A .NET MAUI desktop application (targeting Windows only currently) for monitoring your GitHub repositories at a glance. Track open issues, last updated dates, and quickly navigate to any of your projects — all from a single, organized dashboard.

Features

• Add GitHub Repositories — Paste any GitHub repository URL to add it to your dashboard
• Open Issue Count — See the number of open issues for each project, displayed with a color-coded badge
• Last Updated Date — View when each repository was last updated
• Refresh All — Refresh data for all tracked repositories in one click
• Per-Project Refresh — Individually refresh any repository card
• Remove Projects — Remove a repository from the dashboard when it's no longer needed
• Settings — Configure application preferences
• Colorful Project Cards — Each repository card is assigned a unique accent color for easy visual identification
• Clickable Repository Links — Click a repository name to open it directly in your browser

GitHub Token Setup

By default, the GitHub API allows 60 requests per hour for unauthenticated requests. Adding a Personal Access Token (PAT) raises this limit to 5,000 requests per hour and enables access to private repositories.

Steps

1. Go to github.com/settings/tokens and click Generate new token.
2. Give the token a descriptive name (e.g., ProjectDashboard).
3. Choose your token type and grant the required permissions (see table below).
4. Click Generate token and copy the value — it will only be shown once.
5. Open the app and click Settings (⚙️) in the top-right corner.
6. Paste your token into the Personal Access Token field and save.

Your token is stored securely on your device using the platform credential store and is never transmitted anywhere other than the GitHub API.

Required Permissions

Classic PAT (github.com/settings/tokens → Tokens classic)

Scope	When you need it
(no scopes)	Public repositories only
repo	Read private repositories, issues, and commits
delete_repo	Delete repositories from within the app

Select the full repo scope — the sub-scopes (public_repo, repo:status, etc.) are not sufficient for private repo access on their own.

Fine-grained PAT (github.com/settings/tokens → Fine-grained tokens)

Permission	Level	When you need it
Metadata	Read-only	Always required (repo info, rate limit)
Contents	Read-only	Read commits and file data
Issues	Read-only	Read open issue counts
Administration	Read and write	Delete repositories from within the app

Fine-grained PATs also require setting Repository access to All repositories (or selecting each private repo individually) — otherwise private repositories will not appear even with the correct permissions.

Tech Stack

Technology	Purpose
.NET MAUI	Cross-platform UI framework
.NET 10	Runtime & language platform
CommunityToolkit.Mvvm	MVVM helpers, source generators, and commands
SQLite (sqlite-net-pcl)	Local data persistence for saved projects
GitHub REST API	Repository data (issues, last updated, etc.)

Deployment

Currently there is no official deployment. Locally you can run dotnet publish and pin the .exe to the start menu for easy access