Stars flatten everything
A star can mean "I use this daily" or "found it in a listicle once." One counter can't tell you whether people love the project, are confused by it, or bookmarked it and moved on.
Real signal for your repos, not just stars
Stars are one-dimensional, +1 comments are noise, and most of the people who use your project never tell you anything. Web Reactions adds an independent emoji layer where your users already are.
The feedback you're missing
+1 noise, silent majority
Issues fill with +1 comments that bury the discussion, while the overwhelming majority of users never open an issue at all. A release ships and the response is mostly silence.
What you get
Reactions on GitHub and GitLab today
The palette works on GitHub repos and on GitLab projects now. Your users can react to the repo itself, not just to comments inside it.
Counts nobody can quietly edit
Every reaction is recorded in a public, append-only transparency log, so counts can't be silently rewritten, not even by the project itself.
A badge for your README
Put a live reaction badge at the top of your README — the top-three emoji and running total for your repo, embedded in one line like a CI badge. It renders for everyone, so readers who don't have the extension yet still see the signal, and your own audience does the reacting.
Built the way you'd build it
The extension is GPL-3.0 with the code, the log, and the verifier all open. No tracking, no ads, funded by donations. If something bothers you, the code is right there to check.
See what your users actually think
Install the extension, open your own repo, and leave the first reaction. Your users can follow from there.