{"id":46631957,"url":"https://github.com/ayan-de/hover-explainer","last_synced_at":"2026-03-08T00:10:59.190Z","repository":{"id":298463512,"uuid":"1000001896","full_name":"ayan-de/hover-explainer","owner":"ayan-de","description":"VS Code extension to display the purpose and importance of files and folders when you hover over them. Powered by a .fileDescriptions.json file auto-managed by the extension.For Beginner who want to read long code bases","archived":false,"fork":false,"pushed_at":"2025-06-19T22:09:06.000Z","size":1517,"stargazers_count":1,"open_issues_count":1,"forks_count":0,"subscribers_count":0,"default_branch":"master","last_synced_at":"2025-06-19T23:20:15.982Z","etag":null,"topics":[],"latest_commit_sha":null,"homepage":"","language":"TypeScript","has_issues":true,"has_wiki":null,"has_pages":null,"mirror_url":null,"source_name":null,"license":null,"status":null,"scm":"git","pull_requests_enabled":true,"icon_url":"https://github.com/ayan-de.png","metadata":{"files":{"readme":"README.md","changelog":"CHANGELOG.md","contributing":null,"funding":null,"license":null,"code_of_conduct":null,"threat_model":null,"audit":null,"citation":null,"codeowners":null,"security":null,"support":null,"governance":null,"roadmap":null,"authors":null,"dei":null,"publiccode":null,"codemeta":null,"zenodo":null}},"created_at":"2025-06-11T05:55:18.000Z","updated_at":"2025-06-19T22:09:10.000Z","dependencies_parsed_at":"2025-06-11T08:44:09.964Z","dependency_job_id":"86be4624-87e2-42c7-9d45-359637696399","html_url":"https://github.com/ayan-de/hover-explainer","commit_stats":null,"previous_names":["ayan-de/hover-docs","ayan-de/hover-explainer"],"tags_count":2,"template":false,"template_full_name":null,"purl":"pkg:github/ayan-de/hover-explainer","repository_url":"https://repos.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/hosts/GitHub/repositories/ayan-de%2Fhover-explainer","tags_url":"https://repos.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/hosts/GitHub/repositories/ayan-de%2Fhover-explainer/tags","releases_url":"https://repos.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/hosts/GitHub/repositories/ayan-de%2Fhover-explainer/releases","manifests_url":"https://repos.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/hosts/GitHub/repositories/ayan-de%2Fhover-explainer/manifests","owner_url":"https://repos.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/hosts/GitHub/owners/ayan-de","download_url":"https://codeload.github.com/ayan-de/hover-explainer/tar.gz/refs/heads/master","sbom_url":"https://repos.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/hosts/GitHub/repositories/ayan-de%2Fhover-explainer/sbom","scorecard":null,"host":{"name":"GitHub","url":"https://github.com","kind":"github","repositories_count":286080680,"owners_count":30238281,"icon_url":"https://github.com/github.png","version":null,"created_at":"2022-05-30T11:31:42.601Z","updated_at":"2026-03-07T23:52:25.683Z","status":"ssl_error","status_checked_at":"2026-03-07T23:52:25.373Z","response_time":53,"last_error":"SSL_read: unexpected eof while reading","robots_txt_status":"success","robots_txt_updated_at":"2025-07-24T06:49:26.215Z","robots_txt_url":"https://github.com/robots.txt","online":false,"can_crawl_api":true,"host_url":"https://repos.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/hosts/GitHub","repositories_url":"https://repos.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/hosts/GitHub/repositories","repository_names_url":"https://repos.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/hosts/GitHub/repository_names","owners_url":"https://repos.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/hosts/GitHub/owners"}},"keywords":[],"created_at":"2026-03-08T00:10:58.399Z","updated_at":"2026-03-08T00:10:59.185Z","avatar_url":"https://github.com/ayan-de.png","language":"TypeScript","funding_links":[],"categories":[],"sub_categories":[],"readme":"# 📁 hover-explainer — Understand Your Project at a Glance\n\n`hover-explainer` is a lightweight VS Code extension that shows contextual tooltips on hover over files and folders in the Explorer. Ideal for large teams, onboarding, and open source contributors.\n\n### 🛠 Features\n\n- 📝 Hover over any file/folder to see its description\n- ⚙️ `.fileDescriptions.json` is auto-maintained:\n  - Automatically adds new files/folders\n  - Removes deleted ones\n  - Updates on rename\n- ✅ Simple JSON-based config, easily version-controlled\n- 🔍 Helps you understand codebase structure at a glance\n\n### 📂 How it Works\n\n1. On first use, the extension creates a `.fileDescriptions.json` file in your root directory.\n2. When files/folders are created, renamed, or deleted, the file is updated automatically.\n3. Add or edit descriptions manually in that JSON file.\n\n### 📸 Screenshot\n\n\u003e _Include a screenshot or gif here showing the tooltip hover in the file explorer._\n\n### 🚀 Installation\n\nSearch for `hover-docs` in the VS Code Marketplace or install via CLI:\n\n```bash\ncode --install-extension ayan-de.hover-docs\n```\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fayan-de%2Fhover-explainer","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fayan-de%2Fhover-explainer","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fayan-de%2Fhover-explainer/lists"}