From f6fa60e6b4ed2aaf253da433edd81a028d93b6f8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: MikhailB <36865467+lKolabrodl@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2026 19:08:59 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Add namespaced GitHub token

---
 README.md               | 2 +-
 server/loader/github.ts | 5 +++--
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index dae2397..dd0ddde 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ Start web UI to review changes:
 npx multiocular
 ```
 
-If you have GitHub API limit, define `GITHUB_TOKEN` environment variable with [personal token](https://github.com/settings/personal-access-tokens/new) with access to public repositories.
+If you have GitHub API limit, define `MULTIOCULAR_GITHUB_TOKEN` or `GITHUB_TOKEN` environment variable with [personal token](https://github.com/settings/personal-access-tokens/new) with access to public repositories. `MULTIOCULAR_GITHUB_TOKEN` takes priority when both variables are defined.
 
 ## Motivation
 
diff --git a/server/loader/github.ts b/server/loader/github.ts
index da7051f..be3608c 100644
--- a/server/loader/github.ts
+++ b/server/loader/github.ts
@@ -31,8 +31,9 @@ export async function githubApi<Response>(
 ): Promise<null | Response> {
   let name = isRepositoryUrl(repo) ? parseRepoFromUrl(repo) : repo
   let headers: HeadersInit = {}
-  if (process.env.GITHUB_TOKEN) {
-    headers.Authorization = `Bearer ${process.env.GITHUB_TOKEN}`
+  let token = process.env.MULTIOCULAR_GITHUB_TOKEN || process.env.GITHUB_TOKEN
+  if (token) {
+    headers.Authorization = `Bearer ${token}`
   }
   let response = await fetch(`https://api.github.com/repos/${name}${path}`, {
     headers