diff --git a/.github/scripts/utils/indexer.ts b/.github/scripts/utils/indexer.ts
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/scripts/utils/indexer.ts
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+import * as fs from "node:fs"
+
+interface Package {
+  project: string,
+  birthtime: Date,
+  name?: string
+  description?: string
+}
+
+export async function getKettleRemoteMetadata(): Promise<Record<string, string>> {
+  const headers = { Authorization: 'public' }
+  const rsp = await fetch(`https://app.pkgx.dev/v1/packages/`, {headers})
+  const foo = await rsp.json() as {project: string, short_description: string}[]
+  return foo.reduce((acc, {project, short_description}) => {
+    acc[project] = short_description
+    return acc
+  }, {})
+}
+
+const descriptions = await getKettleRemoteMetadata();
+
+async function getPackageYmlCreationDates(): Promise<Package[]> {
+  const cmdString = "git log --pretty=format:'%H %aI' --name-only --diff-filter=A -- '**/package.yml'";
+  const process = Deno.run({
+    cmd: ["bash", "-c", cmdString],
+    stdout: "piped",
+  });
+
+  const output = new TextDecoder().decode(await process.output());
+  await process.status();
+  process.close();
+
+  const lines = output.trim().split('\n');
+  const rv: Package[] = []
+  let currentCommitDate: string | null = null;
+
+  for (const line of lines) {
+    if (line.includes(' ')) {  // Detect lines with commit hash and date
+      currentCommitDate = line.split(' ')[1];
+    } else if (line.endsWith('package.yml')) {
+      const project = line.slice(9, -12)
+
+      if (!fs.existsSync(line)) {
+        // the file used to exist but has been deleted
+        console.warn("skipping yanked: ", project)
+        continue
+      }
+
+      const birthtime = new Date(currentCommitDate!)
+      const name = await get_name(line, project)
+      const description = descriptions[project]
+
+      rv.push({ project, birthtime, name, description })
+    }
+  }
+
+  return rv;
+}
+
+const pkgs = await getPackageYmlCreationDates();
+
+// sort by birthtime
+pkgs.sort((a, b) => b.birthtime.getTime() - a.birthtime.getTime());
+
+console.log(JSON.stringify(pkgs, null, 2));
+
+//////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+import { parse } from "https://deno.land/std@0.204.0/yaml/mod.ts";
+import { isArray } from "https://deno.land/x/is_what@v4.1.15/src/index.ts";
+
+async function get_name(path: string, project: string): Promise<string | undefined> {
+  const txt = await Deno.readTextFileSync(path)
+  const yml = await parse(txt) as Record<string, any>
+  if (yml['display-name']) {
+    return yml['display-name']
+  } else if (isArray(yml.provides) && yml.provides.length == 1) {
+    return yml.provides[0].slice(4)
+  } else if (project.startsWith("github.com")) {
+    return project.slice(11)
+  }
+}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/indexer.yml b/.github/workflows/indexer.yml
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/indexer.yml
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+on:
+  push:
+    branches: main
+
+concurrency:
+  group: indexer
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  new-pkgs:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - uses: pkgxdev/setup@v2
+        with:
+          +: deno
+
+      - run: mkdir out
+      - run: .github/scripts/utils/indexed.ts > out/pkgs.json
+
+      - uses: JamesIves/github-pages-deploy-action
+        with:
+          folder: out