The Bikeshed document processor relies on information from several external services for several of its features — autolinking, bibliographies, etc.

This project fetches all the information Bikeshed needs and digests it directly into the format Bikeshed wants to work with, so that Bikeshed's update process can run as quickly and smoothly as possible, while also limiting the stress on the databases that source the data.

You probably don't want to file a bug on this project; most likely, you want to file it on Bikeshed. However, if this project stops updating for some reason (it typically recieves a new commit at least twice an hour), feel free to file an issue, as the updater process may have fallen over and be in need of manual restarting.

Bikeshed draws most of its data from Browser Specs, which should capture all the specs (W3C and otherwise) that are relevant for web browsers. If your spec isn't on the list but you think it fits that bill, file an issue on Browser Specs.

Normally this project is updated automatically several times a day. However, if the update process falls over, it can be run manually. To do so, install Bikeshed normally, then clone this repository and run python __init__.py in the folder.

This will invoke git on your system, so it'll only work if you have commit rights to this project; contact me if it's necessary for me to grant that to you.