# symfony/thanks

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8,087 stars · 38 forks · PHP · MIT

## Links

- GitHub: https://github.com/symfony/thanks
- awesome-repositories: https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/symfony-thanks.md

## Description

Thanks is a GitHub dependency star bot and forwarding tool designed to distribute appreciation across a network of software dependencies. It identifies the GitHub repositories of a project's external dependencies and automatically stars them to support the developers who maintain those tools.

The tool allows a primary repository to forward stars to a specified list of external projects. This mechanism shares the visibility and community appreciation received by a high-traffic project with its underlying foundational libraries and packages.

The system integrates with the GitHub API to perform automated repository mapping and dependency graph analysis. It uses event-driven forwarding and list-based distribution to manage the flow of stars across the PHP package ecosystem.

## Tags

### Development Tools & Productivity

- [Star Forwarding](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/development-tools-productivity/version-control-repository-tools/version-control-managers/repository-management/repository-star-management/star-forwarding.md) — Forwards stars from a primary package to a specified list of external repositories to share appreciation. ([source](https://github.com/symfony/thanks#readme))
- [GitHub API Integrations](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/development-tools-productivity/github-api-integrations.md) — Integrates with the GitHub REST API to automate the process of starring repositories.
- [GitHub Integration Tools](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/development-tools-productivity/github-integration-tools.md) — Provides a tool for forwarding stars from a primary repository to a list of specified external project dependencies.
- [Repository Mapping](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/development-tools-productivity/repository-automation-interfaces/repository-mapping.md) — Implements automated mapping of package names from dependency manifests to their corresponding GitHub repository URLs.
- [Repository Star Management](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/development-tools-productivity/version-control-repository-tools/version-control-managers/repository-management/repository-star-management.md) — Programmatically forwards stars to a specified list of repositories whenever the primary project is starred. ([source](https://github.com/symfony/thanks/blob/main/README.md))
- [Dependency Star Bots](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/development-tools-productivity/version-control-repository-tools/version-control-managers/repository-management/repository-star-management/dependency-star-bots.md) — Acts as an automated system for identifying and starring the GitHub repositories of external software dependencies.
- [Event-Driven Forwarding](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/development-tools-productivity/version-control-repository-tools/version-control-managers/repository-management/repository-star-management/event-driven-forwarding.md) — Triggers a sequence of stars to target repositories whenever a new star event is detected on a primary project.
- [Star Distribution](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/development-tools-productivity/version-control-repository-tools/version-control-managers/repository-management/repository-star-management/star-distribution.md) — Shares the visibility and community appreciation of a primary project across a curated list of supporting repositories.
- [External Dependency Graph Integrators](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/development-tools-productivity/workspace-management/project-workspaces/external-dependency-graph-integrators.md) — Analyzes project configuration files to discover and track external software dependencies.
- [Open Source Tooling](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/development-tools-productivity/open-source-tooling.md) — Increases the visibility of foundational tools and libraries by forwarding stars from high-traffic projects.
- [PHP Dependency Workflows](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/development-tools-productivity/php-dependency-workflows.md) — Automates the process of identifying and supporting the various PHP packages that power a project.
- [Package Appreciation Utilities](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/development-tools-productivity/php-development-tools/package-appreciation-utilities.md) — Allows PHP developers to share community appreciation by distributing stars across a network of maintained packages.
- [Target Distribution Lists](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/development-tools-productivity/target-distribution-lists.md) — Iterates through a predefined collection of repository identifiers to distribute stars across multiple project dependencies.

### Software Engineering & Architecture

- [Contributor Appreciation Tools](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/software-engineering-architecture/contributor-appreciation-tools.md) — Shows gratitude to the developers of external dependencies by automatically starring their GitHub repositories.
- [Project Dependency Discovery](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/software-engineering-architecture/project-dependency-discovery.md) — Automatically identifies external project dependencies to facilitate repository starring. ([source](https://github.com/symfony/thanks#readme))