GitHub Issue

README shows star badge and star history for chatgptprojects/claude-code instead of chatgptprojects/clear-code

Discovered On Apr 1, 2026

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## Summary The README for `chatgptprojects/clear-code` currently displays GitHub stars and star history for a different repository: `chatgptprojects/claude-code`. ## Current Behavior In `README.md`: - the top "Stars" badge links to `chatgptprojects/claude-code` - the "Star History" section also references `chatgptprojects/claude-code` As a result, the metrics shown in the README do not match this repository. ## Expected Behavior The README should consistently reference `chatgptprojects/clear-code` for: - the GitHub stars badge - the star history chart - the star history link target ## Evidence ### Top stars badge `README.md` currently contains: ```md [![Stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/chatgptprojects/claude-code?style=for-the-badge&color=yellow)](https://github.com/chatgptprojects/claude-code/stargazers) ``` ### Star History section `README.md` currently contains references like: ```md ``` and image sources using: ```md https://api.star-history.com/image?repos=chatgptprojects/claude-code&type=date... ``` ## Suggested Fix Replace `chatgptprojects/claude-code` with `chatgptprojects/clear-code` in the README where repository metrics are referenced. ## Duplicate Check I checked the current issues and recent PRs and did not find an existing report specifically about the README stars/star history pointing to the wrong repository.

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Developer & User Discourse

trevor-e • Apr 1, 2026

It's because this repo used to contain the Claude Code source and gained a bunch of stars, but was then removed via DMCA takedown: https://github.com/chatgptprojects/clear-code/commit/1fd721ee13a2cb0b326505f42d7d8877f75fb94d

So the pivot of changing this repo to something else rather than archiving (in order to carry over the stars) feels a bit like a rugpull to me.

LocNguyenSGU • Apr 2, 2026

I totally agree. It does feel a bit misleading to reuse a repo that gained stars from a completely different project. I’ve already created a Pull Request to address this I'm guessing the owner just forgot to update/change it during the transition.

nukeop • Apr 2, 2026

A "bit misleading" is understatement of the century

nukeop • Apr 2, 2026

Also the code is still there: https://github.com/chatgptprojects/clear-code/tree/37f56bcbf0ae2ae98c7a147c5ac167d5121a30f5

```shell
$ git clone git@github.com:chatgptprojects/clear-code.git
$ mv clear-code claude-code
$ cd claude-code
$ git checkout 37f56bcbf0ae2ae98c7a147c5ac167d5121a30f5
```

The point is that if you want to shill your plugin or whatever you're still violating their copyright and they can easily still come after you.