https://github.com/conjuncts/xkcd-reader
minimal xkcd viewer with read tracking
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Repository
minimal xkcd viewer with read tracking
Basic Info
- Host: GitHub
- Owner: conjuncts
- License: mit
- Language: TypeScript
- Default Branch: master
- Homepage: https://readxkcd.com
- Size: 1.46 MB
Statistics
- Stars: 2
- Watchers: 1
- Forks: 1
- Open Issues: 0
- Releases: 0
Metadata Files
README.md
minimal xkcd viewer with read tracking.
Cold Open
After years of using the "random" button, I realized I've lost track of which comics I have and haven't read. While a random comic I would likely have seen before, I knew there were still many comics I haven't seen.
Mathematically, this predicament is the occupancy or coupon collector's problem. To see every comic, I can expect to click the "random" button far more (26700) than the actual number of comics (3100).
It's much more efficient to track the comics I have and haven't read. Sure, I could read the comics in order. But I also enjoy the freedom to read comics at will, in no particular order.
After experimenting with existing options, I bit the bullet and made my own xkcd viewer. I know there are other XKCD browsers (unixkcd, xkcd.wtf, etc, etc), but surprisingly none of them tackles tracking read progress (to my knowledge).
- Minimal
- No ads, ever
- Entirely in browser
- Open source
- Calendar view
- Quick links to explainxkcd
- Easy import/export
- Alerts interactive comics
- Alt text (for mobile)
Notable Features
- Hovering over the comic title reveals the publication date.
- The footer links to the corresponding xkcd and explainxkcd pages.
- Alterations to the header (present in #1047 et al.) are easy to miss. Here, they are displayed alongside the alt text.
License
As stated on xkcd.com, Randall's comics are CC BY-NC 2.5, except #343 and #739 (CC BY-SA 3.0) The XKCD reader code is MIT licensed. Randall, if you're reading this -- you're completely welcome to reuse any of my code!
Credits
The favicon is from explainxkcd.com, a phenomenal resource. And of course, huge thanks to Randall Munroe for the great webcomic -- and graciously making this all possible.
Owner
- Login: conjuncts
- Kind: user
- Repositories: 1
- Profile: https://github.com/conjuncts
GitHub Events
Total
- Issues event: 1
- Watch event: 2
- Issue comment event: 2
- Push event: 6
- Pull request event: 4
Last Year
- Issues event: 1
- Watch event: 2
- Issue comment event: 2
- Push event: 6
- Pull request event: 4
Issues and Pull Requests
Last synced: about 1 year ago
All Time
- Total issues: 1
- Total pull requests: 2
- Average time to close issues: about 8 hours
- Average time to close pull requests: 1 minute
- Total issue authors: 1
- Total pull request authors: 1
- Average comments per issue: 2.0
- Average comments per pull request: 0.0
- Merged pull requests: 2
- Bot issues: 0
- Bot pull requests: 0
Past Year
- Issues: 1
- Pull requests: 2
- Average time to close issues: about 8 hours
- Average time to close pull requests: 1 minute
- Issue authors: 1
- Pull request authors: 1
- Average comments per issue: 2.0
- Average comments per pull request: 0.0
- Merged pull requests: 2
- Bot issues: 0
- Bot pull requests: 0
Top Authors
Issue Authors
- niv-l (1)
Pull Request Authors
- conjuncts (3)
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