A new tool, dependents.info, has been created to showcase a GitHub repository's network dependents directly in the README file.
The tool is a GitHub Action written in TypeScript with a Go-based API that generates an SVG image displaying which repositories depend on your project.
Features include working for any public GitHub repository, being secured by GitHub's OIDC, displaying top 10 dependent repos, and offering live SVG badges that can be embedded in any README.
To set it up, users need to add a simple workflow file to their repository, customize configurations if needed, and embed the image link in the README to automatically display the network dependents image.