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I'm considering moving my open-source project Flyway from Google Code to GitHub.

One of the features I really like in Google Code's Issue Tracker is the ability to vote and sort issues by the number of votes. This has allowed me to get a good feel of where current pain points lie and what the community feels needs attention or further work.

How can I achieve something similar on GitHub? Is there a way to maintain a democratic approach to Issue Tracking?

Axel Fontaine
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There is no built-in ability to do so. Technically speaking, you can only manage issues by

  • assignee
  • tags (called labels at github)
  • milestones

While you can define label systems for lots of differentation criteria like

  • bug/feature request/...
  • prio high/low/...
  • status verified/unverified

it is simply not possible to have something that accumulates votes. So typically you will see "+1" postings as in good old mailing lists. I've seen people using external voting systems (like Google moderator) for issues on github, but that doesn't make a good user experience either.

Bananeweizen
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If you're willing to use a third-party system that integrates with GitHub, you can try GitPoll.

Edward Brey
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