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carguo/gsy_github_app_flutter

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TLDR

An open-source GitHub mobile client built with Flutter that lets you browse repos, issues, and notifications from Android, while serving as a hands-on learning reference comparing Redux, Provider, Riverpod, and Signals state management side by side.

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    What it does
      GitHub mobile client
      Browse repos
      Read issues
      Notifications
    State management
      Redux login
      Provider detail
      Riverpod trends
      Signals notifications
    Tech
      Flutter and Dart
      GitHub GraphQL API
      OAuth
    Learning value
      Side-by-side comparison
      Real production code
    Audience
      Flutter developers
      Mobile learners
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Things people build with this

USE CASE 1

Browse GitHub repos, trending projects, issues, and notifications from an Android device using this open-source client.

USE CASE 2

Learn Flutter state management by comparing Redux, Provider, Riverpod, and Signals in a real production-style app.

USE CASE 3

Use the project as a starting template for a Flutter app that authenticates with a third-party OAuth API via GraphQL.

Tech stack

FlutterDartGraphQLReduxProviderRiverpod

Getting it running

Difficulty · moderate Time to first run · 1h+

Requires creating a GitHub OAuth app and adding the client ID and secret to a local config file before the app can run.

In plain English

GSYGithubAppFlutter is an open-source cross-platform GitHub client app, a phone app for browsing repositories, following trending projects, reading issues, viewing notifications, searching users, and managing your personal GitHub account from a mobile device. The README is mostly in Chinese (an English version is linked) and frames the project as both a usable app and a learning sample, with sibling implementations in ReactNative, Weex, Kotlin Android Views, and Kotlin Jetpack Compose, so developers can compare how the same product is built on different stacks. Internally it is structured into clear layers, UI, state, service, network, data models, and local storage, with the GitHub API on the network side. The state layer deliberately uses several libraries side-by-side so the project can act as a reference for each: Redux for global login and user info, Provider in the repository detail page, Riverpod for the trend page and global greyscale and multi-language settings, and Signals on the notification and repository file-list pages. Repository requests use GraphQL. There are pull-to-refresh list widgets with iOS and Android styles, theme switching, multi-language support, and an "AI collaboration" documentation tree under docs/ pointing contributors at task playbooks and per-feature playbooks. You would use the project either as a working GitHub client on Android, or as a hands-on Flutter learning resource. It is built with Flutter (Dart) and targets Flutter SDK 3.38, running it requires creating your own GitHub OAuth app and putting the client ID and secret into a local config file. The full README is longer than what was provided.

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Prompt 1
I'm learning Flutter state management. Explain how GSYGithubAppFlutter uses Redux for login, Provider for repo detail, and Riverpod for the trend page in the same app, and when to choose each.
Prompt 2
Show me how to create a GitHub OAuth app and configure the client ID and secret in GSYGithubAppFlutter's local config file to run it on my Android device.
Prompt 3
Using GSYGithubAppFlutter's architecture as a reference, create a Flutter page that fetches repository data from the GitHub GraphQL API and displays it in a list with pull-to-refresh.
Prompt 4
How does GSYGithubAppFlutter implement theme switching and multi-language support, and how can I add a new language to the app?
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