GitHub Shows 2.7K Followers, But the API Knows the Exact Number 👀

While building my project GitHub Followers Tracker, I noticed something interesting about GitHub profiles.

On the GitHub website, follower counts are rounded:
2.7K followers

But the GitHub API gives you the exact number:

{
  "followers": 2743
}

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No rounding, no guessing.

Why I Built This

GitHub shows your current followers, but it doesn’t show your follower history.

You can’t easily know:
Who followed you recently
Who unfollowed you
How your network changed over time

So I built a small tool that works like a memory for your GitHub profile.

GitHub Followers Tracker

🔗 Live Demo:
https://github-followers-tracker.netlify.app/

💻 Source Code:
https://github.com/MiladJoodi/github-followers-tracker

Features:
✅ Search any GitHub username
✅ View followers and following lists
✅ Track new followers
✅ Detect unfollowed users
✅ Save snapshots and compare changes
✅ No login required
✅ How It Works

GitHub provides profile data through a public API:

const response = await fetch(
  `https://api.github.com/users/${username}`
);

const profile = await response.json();

console.log(profile.followers);****

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The API returns useful information like:
{
“login”: “MiladJoodi”,
“followers”: 2743,
“following”: 1752,
“public_repos”: 136
}

Built with:
➡️ Next.js 15 App Router
➡️ React 19
➡️ TypeScript
➡️ Tailwind CSS
➡️ Radix UI
➡️ Recharts
➡️ Zod

What I Learned
Sometimes a simple API can become the foundation of a useful developer tool.

GitHub gives you the data, but with a little creativity you can build something that solves a real problem.

If you are interested in GitHub APIs or frontend projects, feel free to check it out, fork it, or share your feedback 🚀