Bring your dead GitHub projects back to life.
A Chrome extension that detects abandoned repos, analyzes what's missing, and helps you finally ship them.
- Detect dead projects as you browse GitHub (injected buttons repo list)
- Analyze what's missing to reach MVP using Gemini AI
- Resurrect by generating the missing code and creating a PR
- Stats dashboard tracking projects resurrected, hours saved, and dead projects found
# Backend
cd backend
cp .env.example .env # Add your API keys
npm install
npm run dev
# Extension
# 1. Open chrome://extensions
# 2. Enable Developer Mode
# 3. Load unpacked → select extension/GITHUB_TOKEN=ghp_xxxxxxxxxxxx
GEMINI_API_KEY=xxxxxxxxxxxx
MONGODB_URI=mongodb+srv://...| Component | Technology |
|---|---|
| Extension | Chrome Extension (Manifest V3) |
| Backend | Node.js + Express |
| Database | MongoDB Atlas |
| AI | Google Gemini API |
Analyzes a GitHub repo. Uses structured JSON outputs from Gemini.
// Request
{ "repoUrl": "owner/repo", "skipPersist": false }
// Response
{
"status": "dead",
"completionPercent": 80,
"timeToMvp": "4 hours",
"analysis": {
"missingPieces": ["Authentication", "Deployment config"],
"summary": "Solid foundation, needs auth to ship."
}
}Generates missing code and creates a PR.
// Request
{ "repoUrl": "owner/repo", "missingPieces": ["Auth", "Deploy"] }
// Response
{ "prUrl": "https://github.com/owner/repo/pull/1" }Generates a landing page for the project.
Returns aggregate stats for the extension popup.
{ "projectsResurrected": 3, "hoursSaved": 12, "deadProjectsFound": 7 }Projects are classified based on completion percentage (deterministic, not LLM-decided):
| Completion | Status | Description |
|---|---|---|
| ≥ 90% | Alive | Complete MVP |
| 70-89% | Dead | Resurrectable |
| < 70% | Dead | Too early |
- Analyses are cached in MongoDB
- Cache expires after 7 days OR if repo has new commits
- Expired caches are automatically deleted
lazarus/
├── extension/
│ ├── manifest.json
│ ├── content.js # Injects buttons on GitHub
│ ├── popup.html/js # Extension popup with stats
│ └── background.js # Service worker
│
└── backend/
├── server.js
├── routes/
│ ├── analyze.js # POST /analyze, GET /analyze/:owner/:repo
│ ├── resurrect.js # POST /resurrect
│ ├── ship.js # POST /ship
│ └── stats.js # GET /stats
├── services/
│ ├── github.js # GitHub API
│ └── gemini.js # Gemini API (structured outputs)
└── models/
├── Analysis.js
└── Resurrection.js
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