Is it possible to 'tag' projects on github

Question

I published a project on github that is a javascript grid but searching neither 'javascript' nor 'grid' nor 'javascript grid' returns anything. Is there a way to create a set of tags that indicate what the project is about?

Answer 1

You can now add 'topics' to repositories on Github:

https://github.com/blog/2309-introducing-topics

'Topics' give you the opportunity to add searchable subject-based keywords of your choosing to your repositories.

Answer 2

Interestingly enough, you see the same phenomen on a google search regarding your repo:
If you do search:

 javascript grid site:github.com

mleibman SlickGrid project is referenced, and it even had not a README.md: just its description is enough for Google to pick it up.
So, in your case, Google must not have yet index new GitHub pages yet (not enough time, and/or not enough cross-references, as opposed to the 165 forks for mleibman repo).

For GitHub search though, this thread mentions a way to promote your repo by adding it to opencode.us.
Maybe that will accelerate the process.

Answer 3

No, you can't tag a repository on Github.

What you can do instead is mention what your project is about and/or makes use of in the description field.

The search will pick and read through that when you search through looking for an open source project.

Your repo not yet showing up might just be a cache issue with Github since your project is less than a day old.