GitHub Username Checker

[!WARNING] Using this script may violate GitHub's Terms of Service. If your account gets suspended due to using this script, it's your responsibility.

Features
Prerequisites
Installation
Usage
Usernames
Credits
License

Features

Quickly checks large numbers of usernames
Uses your GitHub Auth Token to verify which usernames are available
Reports usernames as available, taken, or unknown/unavailable

Prerequisites

Node.js
GitHub Account(s)

Installation

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/xbubbo/Github-Username-Checker
cd Username-Checker

Install dependencies and start the script: This script checks if usernames are taken by examining public GitHub accounts. Note that private accounts aren’t considered, so a second script will verify the username’s availability more thoroughly.
- With PNPM:
```
pnpm install
pnpm checker
```
- With NPM:
```
npm install
npm checker
```
Set up API & Cookie in your environment:
Go to GitHub Settings.
Click "Change username".
Open DevTools (Ctrl + Shift + I) and minimize the tab.
Enter a random username.
Re-open DevTools and search "check" in the network tab.
Click on "rename_check?suggest_usernames=true".
Copy the Cookie from Request Headers.
Copy the authenticity_token from Form Data.
Edit your .env file in the root of the project and add the variables from above, you need two differe accounts for the variables.
Final Script: Once you have ran the path-checker script then you will run the script that can 100% check if a username is available, why is it setup like this? It is setup like this to ensure that a username is available quickly without being rate limited.

[!NOTE] You CANNOT use this script on a Github Codespace.

With PNPM:
```
pnpm start
```
With NPM:
```
npm start
```

Usage

After running the script, it will check the usernames in NotTaken.txt and categorize them into:
- Available Usernames - /Status/Available.txt
- Taken Usernames - /Status/Taken.txt