From 6481b90daf22aec878b41b0f2fa6040daf7fe4d2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Adorian Doran <adorian@esevo.ro>
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2026 19:59:19 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] client: retrieve the contributor list

---
 apps/client/src/services/contributors_list.ts | 29 ++++++++++++++++++-
 apps/client/vite.config.mts                   | 10 +++++--
 2 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/apps/client/src/services/contributors_list.ts b/apps/client/src/services/contributors_list.ts
index d2daf1921a..060b9c6dda 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/services/contributors_list.ts
+++ b/apps/client/src/services/contributors_list.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,30 @@
+export interface ContributorList {
+    contributors: Contributor[];
+}
+
+export interface Contributor {
+    name: string;
+    url: string;
+}
+
 export default async function getContributors() {
-    return {contributors: []}
+    const response = await fetch("https://api.github.com/repos/TriliumNext/Trilium/contributors");
+
+    if (response.ok) {
+        return {
+            contributors: getList(await response.json())
+        } as ContributorList
+    } else {
+        throw new Error(`Unable to request the contributor list from GitHub. Reason: ${response.statusText}`);
+    }
+}
+
+function getList(contributorInfo: any[]) {
+    return contributorInfo
+        .filter((c) => c.type === "User" && c.user_view_type === "public")
+        .sort((a, b) => b.contributions - a.contributions)
+        .map((c) => {return {
+            name: c.login,
+            url: c.html_url
+        } as Contributor});
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/apps/client/vite.config.mts b/apps/client/vite.config.mts
index 29ad43db20..08effeea2f 100644
--- a/apps/client/vite.config.mts
+++ b/apps/client/vite.config.mts
@@ -14,8 +14,14 @@ const isDev = process.env.NODE_ENV === "development";
 const buildContributorListPlugin = {
     name: "build-contributor-list-plugin",
     writeBundle: async () => {
-        console.log("Retrieving the contributors list...");
-        const jsonData = await getContributors();
+        console.log("Retrieving the contributor list...");
+    
+        let jsonData: any = {};
+        try {
+            jsonData = await getContributors();
+        } catch (ex) {
+            console.error(ex);
+        }
 
         const assetsDir = resolve(__dirname, "dist/assets");
         mkdirSync(assetsDir, {recursive: true});