🚀 skillshare v0.12.0 Release Notes

Release date: 2026-02-13

TL;DR

v0.12.0 introduces the Skill Hub — a self-hosted, searchable skill catalog:

skillshare hub index — generate a JSON index from installed skills
skillshare search --hub <url> — search any hub index (local file or HTTP URL), no GitHub API needed
Web UI hub search — browse and install from private indexes via the dashboard
Community hub — submit skills to runkids/skillshare-hub via PR with automated audit checks

Why This Feature

GitHub search has limits

skillshare search relies on the GitHub Search API, which requires authentication, has rate limits, and can't find skills in private repos or self-hosted infrastructure. Teams and organizations need a way to maintain their own curated skill catalogs without depending on GitHub's API.

Hub = static JSON, zero infrastructure

A hub index is a single skillshare-hub.json file — commit it to a repo, host it on a CDN, or serve it from any HTTP endpoint. No database, no server, no API keys. The CLI generates it from your installed skills and consumers search it with --hub.

New Features

Hub index generation

Generate a searchable index from your installed skills:

skillshare hub index                          # Output: <source>/skillshare-hub.json
skillshare hub index --output ./hub.json      # Custom output path
skillshare hub index --full                   # Include extended metadata
skillshare hub index -p                       # Project mode

The minimal index includes name, description, source, tags, and skill per entry. The --full flag adds flatName, type, version, repoUrl, installedAt, and isInRepo.

Private index search

Search a hub index instead of GitHub:

skillshare search --hub ./skillshare-hub.json react     # Local file
skillshare search --hub https://example.com/hub.json    # Remote URL
skillshare search --hub https://example.com/hub.json    # Browse all (no query)

Results are fuzzy-matched against name, description, tags, and source. Select a result to install interactively — the source field is used as the install target, and the optional skill field maps to --skill for multi-skill repos.

Hub index schema

All hub indexes share a versioned schema (schemaVersion: 1):

{
  "schemaVersion": 1,
  "generatedAt": "2026-02-13T10:00:00Z",
  "skills": [
    {
      "name": "react-patterns",
      "description": "React performance patterns",
      "source": "alice/react-patterns",
      "tags": ["react", "frontend"],
      "skill": ""
    }
  ]
}

Key fields:

tags — classification labels for filtering and discovery
skill — for curated indexes pointing to multi-skill repos (maps to install --skill)
source — installable target (owner/repo or owner/repo/path)

Web UI hub search

The Search page now supports hub index search via a URL dropdown:

Add and manage hub URLs in the Hub Manager modal (persisted in localStorage)
Switch between GitHub search and hub search from the same page
GET /api/hub/index endpoint for generating indexes from the dashboard

Community hub

The official community hub lives at runkids/skillshare-hub. Open a PR to submit your skills — CI automatically runs skillshare audit on every submission to ensure quality and security.

Fixes

hub index help text referenced incorrect --index-url flag (corrected to --hub)
Frontend SearchResult TypeScript interface missing tags field
gofmt struct field alignment after adding Tags to SearchResult

Upgrade Notes

No breaking changes. All existing commands work as before.
New commands: skillshare hub index, skillshare search --hub <url>

To try it out:

skillshare hub index
skillshare search --hub ./skillshare-hub.json

Changelog

c275da3 chore(test): add more source test
14dd9c5 feat(hub): add hub index CLI command and integration tests
1d12899 feat(hub): add index generation with layered output
fafbac4 feat(search): add --index-url for private index search
609f5de feat(ui): add private index search with multi-index management
ef9e8c4 feat: add skill field to hub schema for multi-skill repo support
8119257 feat: add tags field to hub index and update docs
983d7a9 fix: correct hub help text, gofmt alignment, and missing tags type
13e6a67 fix: prevent table overflow on supported-targets page
29f9067 refactor(ui): extract hub management into modal dialog

runkids/skillshare v0.12.0 on GitHub