@Otto - I absolutely agree. Even though it is a plugin for power users, and I don't think Github would be as fruitful for malware as Google, security and authenticity are top priorities.

Github does allow for quite a few options by default: Forks can be excluded, and search results can be filtered by a minimum star count, watch count, or fork count.

The plugin was already excluding all forks by default. Based on your input, I'll require a minimum star count as well. At a minimum, that will at least require *some* users see *some* value in search results.

That, of course, does not enforce a standard of validated authenticity. I think there is an excellent model for creating that, however, in the Mac package manager Homebrew. Essentially, a list of authenticated repositories is managed in the homebrew repo, and users submit updates via pull request.

Github allows search to be whitelisted by either owner or repository, and users could add their own sources in an admin interface.

I'm interested to hear your thoughts. :)