elly

elly

Github pull requests presented in a prioritized order, via a keyboard driven web GUI & API.

Configured by a Github PAT (personal access token), using the env var GITHUB_PAT. Should be hosted locally.

flowchart TB
    subgraph elly daemon
    A[./elly] --> B(Request PRs)
    H(systemd) -.->|Runs| A
    B -->|Timer, default 10 min| B
    F[(sqlite)]
    B -->|Persists|F
    A --> C(HTTP server)
    C -->|Reads| F
    C --> D(Server rendered GUI)
    C --> E(API)
    end
    D -.->|Opens in browser| G(Github PR view)
    I(i3blocks) -.-> E

PAT Oauth permissions

A Github personal access token these repository permissions:

• commit status (read only)
• contents (read only)
• metadata (read only)
• pull requests (read only)

Don't forget to also:

• allow the token access to "all repositories"
• adjust the "resource owner" to your personal or your workplace's organisation
• set a proper expiration date

Installation

go install github.com/chelmertz/elly@latest

will fetch you the latest binary. See contrib/elly.service for a systemd example of managing the service.

Design decisions

See /decisions for ADRs.

Developing

With a .env file containing something like:

export GITHUB_PATH=github_pat_123k135hjhhjtjethwejhtjh5jhj

find . | grep -E 'html|go' | entr -r -s 'source .env && go run .'