Startup Radar UI

A desktop research tool that scans apps and open-source projects, ranks them using a multi-factor score, and outputs structured research artifacts.

What it does

• Searches iOS App Store via iTunes Search API
• Searches GitHub repositories via GitHub Search API
• Scores projects based on:
  • Popularity
  • Quality signals
  • Momentum
  • Keyword relevance
• Generates:
  • out/ranked.csv
  • out/feature_matrix.csv
  • out/brand_patterns.md

Tech stack

• Python
• Tkinter
• GitHub Search API
• iTunes Search API

Requirements

• Python 3.10+
• requests

Install

pip install -r requirements.txt

(Optional) GitHub token for higher rate limits

Set environment variable GITHUB_TOKEN.

Windows PowerShell:

setx GITHUB_TOKEN "YOUR_TOKEN_HERE"

macOS/Linux:

export GITHUB_TOKEN="YOUR_TOKEN_HERE"

Run

python startup_radar_ui.py

Output

Files are saved to an out/ directory:

• ranked.csv
• feature_matrix.csv
• brand_patterns.md

Build (optional: PyInstaller)

pyinstaller StartupRadarUI.spec

Notes

• GitHub may rate-limit unauthenticated requests.
• iTunes API results can vary by country/region.

License

MIT