Token/Secrets setup instructions ambiguous, inconsistent, and outdated

[AMDphreak]

Instructions say to put Personal access token in "Repository secrets" then they proceed to show a screenshot of putting secret in Environment secrets. This is inconsistent and misleading.

https://github.com/lowlighter/metrics/blob/master/.github/readme/partials/documentation/setup/action.md#2%EF%B8%8F-put-your-github-personal-token-in-repository-secrets

The Personal Access Token instructions also do not indicate which type of PAT to use. After trial and error it is clear the fine-grained tokens do not work and user must use classic tokens. This is outdated not only in documentation, but also in implementation.

[lishaduck]

This is outdated not only in documentation, but also in implementation.

This repo hasn't been updated in 3, almost 4 years. I wouldn't say it's fair to complain when it's clearly not being actively maintained.
As of November, Simon's alive and working on foundations for v4. If you need v3 in the meantime, I've been maintaining gh-metrics on the side, though it's admittingly not that much more active than this project.

[AMDphreak]

@lishaduck if you're in touch with Simon, can you have him move this repo into an org and add you as a proper maintainer so you can commit to the original so we're not all out here memorizing which fork to go stare at? It's too much fragmentation.

[AMDphreak]

I'm willing to contribute bug fixes but not if Simon's going to just ignore them. If he's moved on from this project, he needs to work on offloading ownership. Ownership needs to match activity.

[lishaduck]

@lishaduck if you're in touch with Simon

I'm not in touch with Simon much, I just occasionally interact with him in other open-source projects he is still active in.

can you have him move this repo into an org and add you as a proper maintainer so you can commit to the original so we're not all out here memorizing which fork to go stare at?

I don't have any more access to Simon than you do, but I did invite him to @gh-metrics if he so chooses.

It's too much fragmentation.

School's been really busy lately so I haven't had a chance among my numerous other obligations, but I've been slowly working on cherry-picking the bug fixes from the other forks into @gh-metrics, that was the point of making it. Currently there's isn't a fork that fully works AFAIK.

I'm willing to contribute bug fixes but not if Simon's going to ust ignore them.

If you PR fixes to @gh-metrics that a) aren't found here or b) mark the authors of the PRs here as co-authors, I'm happy to merge them.
I'm just too busy to grab all of the PRs from here and migrate them over, but if you care and want to do it I'd appreciate it!

If he's moved on from this project, he needs to work on offloading ownership. Ownership needs to match activity.

Unpopular opinion: it's sad to see Simon go, but the license itself says "the software is provided "as is", without warranty of any kind, express or implied". If Simon wants to abandon it, he can do whatever he wants.
Moreover, I do believe Simon wants to return, he's just burnt out right now. To quote his README:

Want to know what I'm currently working on ?
Checkout @lowlighter's todos

PS: I haven't been very active on lowlighter/metrics recently, but it's still in the boxes taking a bit longer than expected to build up the bricks !

• mizu.js will power the SVG templating
• matcha.css will offer the base design of SVG
• vercel-deno will let users self-host their own instance super easily and freely
• astral will act as the sandboxed browser automation used to scrap the web and render SVGs
• libs will expose a collection of utilitaries to make maintaining projects easier
• esquie.app will allow the creation of metrics workflow to generate, render and publish infographics in a flexible way
  • → I'm working actively on this currently (updated 25 nov 2025)

Thanks for your patience and continued support !

So yes, it's sad to see the dilapidated state of the original, but clearly he cares about it, and until then there's a thriving ecosystem of forks.