add contributors to the github section (#981)

Author: 1ucian0

ecosystem/github.py

@@ -7,7 +7,12 @@
 
 from .serializable import JsonSerializable, parse_datetime
 from .error_handling import EcosystemError, logger
-from .request import request_json, parse_github_package_ids, parse_github_dependants
+from .request import (
+    request_json,
+    parse_github_package_ids,
+    parse_github_dependants,
+    parse_github_front_page,
+)
 
 
 class GitHubData(JsonSerializable):
@@ -24,6 +29,7 @@ class GitHubData(JsonSerializable):
         "homepage",
         "license",
         "description",
+        "estimated_contributors",
         "total_dependent_repositories",
         "total_dependent_packages",
         "private",
@@ -54,6 +60,7 @@ def __init__(self, owner: str, repo: str, tree: str = None, **kwargs):
         self._json_repo = None
         self._json_package_ids = None
         self._json_dependants = None
+        self._json_front_page = None
 
     def to_dict(self) -> dict:
         dictionary = {}
@@ -98,8 +105,13 @@ def update_json(self):
         Fetches remote data from:
           - api.github.com/repos/{self.owner}/{self.repo}
           - github.com/{self.owner}/{self.repo}/network/dependents
+          - github.com/{self.owner}/{self.repo}
         """
         self._json_repo = request_json(f"api.github.com/repos/{self.owner}/{self.repo}")
+        self._json_front_page = request_json(
+            f"github.com/{self.owner}/{self.repo}/",
+            parser=parse_github_front_page,
+        )
         self._json_package_ids = request_json(
             f"github.com/{self.owner}/{self.repo}/network/dependents?dependent_type=REPOSITORY",
             parser=parse_github_package_ids,
@@ -157,6 +169,19 @@ def dependants(self, refresh=False):
             self.update_json()
         return self._json_dependants
 
+    def front_page_data(self, refresh=False):
+        """get the front page data from (cached) JSON"""
+        if refresh:
+            self.update_json()
+        return self._json_front_page
+
+    @property
+    def estimated_contributors(self):
+        """..."""
+        if self.front_page_data():
+            return self.front_page_data()["estimated_contributors"]
+        return None
+
     @property
     def total_dependent_repositories(self):
         """Sum of repository dependants"""

ecosystem/request.py

@@ -60,6 +60,25 @@ def parse_url(original_url: str):
     )
 
 
+def parse_github_front_page(html_text):
+    """
+    Gets data from the front page github.com/<owner>/<repo>
+    {
+    estimated_contributors = int
+    }
+    """
+    soup = BeautifulSoup(html_text, "html.parser")
+    found = soup.find("a", {"href": re.compile(r"graphs/contributors")})
+    if found is None:
+        return None
+    contributor_text = found.get_text()
+    for line in contributor_text.split("\n"):
+        candidate = line.strip()
+        if candidate.isdigit():
+            return {"estimated_contributors": int(candidate)}
+    return {}
+
+
 def parse_github_package_ids(html_text):
     """
     Find the package ids for github.com/<owner>/repo/network/

ecosystem/resources/members/QCRAFT-AutoSchedulQ.toml

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ repo = "QCRAFT-AutoScheduler"
 stars = 18
 license = "Other"
 description = "QCRAFT AutoScheduler: a library that allows users to automatically schedule the execution of their own quantum circuits, improving efficiency and reducing execution times in quantum computing environments."
+estimated_contributors = 2
 total_dependent_repositories = 3
 total_dependent_packages = 0
 last_commit = 2025-10-28T08:42:08Z

ecosystem/resources/members/QPong.toml

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ repo = "QPong"
 stars = 122
 license = "Apache License 2.0"
 description = "A quantum version of the classic Pong"
+estimated_contributors = 9
 total_dependent_repositories = 0
 total_dependent_packages = 0
 last_commit = 2024-06-15T20:19:28Z

ecosystem/resources/members/Qamomile.toml

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ owner = "Jij-Inc"
 repo = "Qamomile"
 stars = 12
 license = "Apache License 2.0"
+estimated_contributors = 13
 total_dependent_repositories = 2
 total_dependent_packages = 1
 last_commit = 2025-11-11T11:18:32Z

ecosystem/resources/members/Qelm.toml

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ stars = 24
 homepage = "https://www.Qelm.org"
 license = "Other"
 description = "Qelm - Quantum Enhanced Language Model"
+estimated_contributors = 3
 total_dependent_repositories = 0
 total_dependent_packages = 0
 last_commit = 2025-11-11T02:51:11Z

ecosystem/resources/members/QiskitOpt.jl.toml

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ repo = "QiskitOpt.jl"
 stars = 13
 license = "MIT License"
 description = "JuMP wrapper for IBMQ Optimization Algorithms (ft QUBODrivers.jl)"
+estimated_contributors = 3
 total_dependent_repositories = 0
 total_dependent_packages = 0
 last_commit = 2024-06-19T13:04:10Z

ecosystem/resources/members/QuPepFold.toml

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ repo = "QuPepFold"
 stars = 1
 license = "MIT License"
 description = "QupepFold is a small, research-oriented toolkit that turns short amino-acid sequences into quantum bitstring encodings, optimizes them with a CVaR-VQE routine, and exports 3D PDB files"
+estimated_contributors = 2
 total_dependent_repositories = 0
 total_dependent_packages = 0
 last_commit = 2025-10-21T09:51:12Z

ecosystem/resources/members/RasQberry.toml

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ repo = "RasQberry"
 stars = 152
 license = "Apache License 2.0"
 description = "The RasQberry project: Exploring Quantum Computing and Qiskit with a Raspberry Pi and a 3D Printer"
+estimated_contributors = 10
 total_dependent_repositories = 0
 total_dependent_packages = 0
 last_commit = 2025-10-28T10:02:29Z

ecosystem/resources/members/antinature.toml

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ stars = 3
 homepage = "https://antinature.dirac.fun"
 license = "MIT License"
 description = "py module for studying antimatter using quantum computing approach"
+estimated_contributors = 2
 total_dependent_repositories = 1
 total_dependent_packages = 0
 last_commit = 2025-08-11T18:52:41Z