title: Way to analyzing projects on github without downloading them?
body: <p>I am looking for a way to analyze GitHub projects. I am especially interested in size of code and lines of code metrics. </p>
  
  <p>Before I decide if I go for a library or reinvent the wheel it would be great to find comparable projects and look at those metrics to decide how much afford it is to well reinvent the wheel. </p>
  
  <p>Often I would like to use a GitHub project but its stale or has mounting bug issues and it has this code I do not understand. So I often ponder about what to do and having an idea what the final required afford will be helps with that decision.</p>