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How to find forks of a deleted repository?

Go to https://cachedview.com/
Navigate to the deleted repo, e.g. https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:https://github.com/apcera/termtables
Copy latest known commit sha1 signature
Go to https://github.com/search
Type REPONAME fork:only language:X
Ensure at least one sha1 signature in the fork commit list matches the one known to be in the original repo
If it matches, use the fork

ryrycd commented Dec 21, 2024

an easier alternative: https://softwareheritage.org/

This worked! Thank you!

barracuda156 commented Feb 6, 2025

@eadmaster Thank you!

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