Today github announced new BigQuery tables that let you query data about github repos using the BigQuery. I found about it from hacker news. Also see announcement from Google. The killer new feature is the ability to query the contents of all files stored on github.

I will use it to list top packages required in elisp files on github. If you are impatient you can jump directly to Results. To run a query go to BigQuery console and click “Compose Query”.

In contrast to old BigQuery with top starred repos I will list all packages required in any elisp file, rather than just repositories written in emacs lisp. This will include built in emacs packages or packages not stored on github.

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