GitHub Raw URL Explorer

GitHub Raw URL Explorer is a small web UI that scans a public GitHub repository and lists raw.githubusercontent.com URLs for all files in the selected branch.

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What is this?

The main idea behind this tool is to make it easier to work with AI chatbots / LLMs.

When chatting with AI systems, you usually cannot paste an entire repository because it is not allowed to crawl the whole repository recursively and posting each file is:

• too large
• too noisy
• easy to miss files

However, most AI tools can fetch and read raw GitHub file URLs.

This service helps you quickly generate a complete list of raw file links, so you can paste them into an AI chat and let the model:

• write or improve tests
• review or polish UI code
• generate documentation
• refactor or explain code
• reason about the whole repository structure

In short:
Give the AI the repo via links instead of copy & paste.

Screenshots

Repository scan

Features

• Scan any public GitHub repository
• Select branch (default branch is detected automatically)
• Recursively lists all files
• Generates raw.githubusercontent.com URLs
• Copy all links with one click
• No authentication required
• No GitHub token needed
• Lightweight and self-contained

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Usage

1. Enter a public GitHub repository URL
   Example:

https://github.com/florianibach/github-repo-raw-urls-ui

2. Optionally select a branch
   (the default branch is marked)

3. Click Scan

4. Copy the generated raw URLs and paste them into your AI chat

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Docker

docker run

docker run --rm --name github-repo-raw-urls-ui -p 8080:8080 floibach/github-repo-raw-urls-ui

Open in your browser:

http://localhost:8080

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docker compose

version: "3.8"

services:
  github-repo-raw-urls-ui:
    image: floibach/github-repo-raw-urls-ui
    container_name: github-repo-raw-urls-ui
    ports:
      - "8080:8080"
    restart: unless-stopped

Start the service:

docker compose up -d

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Technical notes

• Written in Go
• Uses the GitHub REST API (unauthenticated)
• No data is stored
• No analytics
• No tracking
• All processing happens at request time

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Limitations

• Only public repositories are supported
• GitHub API rate limits apply (unauthenticated requests)
• Very large repositories may take longer to scan

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Disclaimer

This tool was developed in close collaboration with an AI chat assistant and refined iteratively through human–AI interaction.

The final design decisions, implementation, and maintenance remain entirely human-driven.

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License

MIT License