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+"""
+This script updates games development status
+
+To run, install from pip:
+- pygithub
+- python-gitlab
+
+Add environment variables:
+- GH_TOKEN (see https://docs.github.com/en/authentication/keeping-your-account-and-data-secure/creating-a-personal-access-token#creating-a-token)
+- GL_TOKEN (see https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/profile/personal_access_tokens.html#create-a-personal-access-token)
+"""
+import os
+import re
+import yaml
+
+from pathlib import Path
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta
+from github import Github, GithubException
+from gitlab import Gitlab
+
+GL_HOST = 'https://gitlab.com'
+
+GH_REGEX = re.compile(r'https://github.com/([^/]+)/([^/]+)')
+GL_REGEX = re.compile(GL_HOST + r'/([^/]+/[^/]+)')
+
+
+def main():
+    gh = Github(os.environ["GH_TOKEN"])
+    gl = Gitlab(GL_HOST, private_token=os.environ["GL_TOKEN"])
+
+    for filename in Path('games').iterdir():
+        if not filename.is_file() or filename.suffix != '.yaml':
+            continue
+
+        games = yaml.safe_load(open(filename, encoding='utf-8'))
+        for game in games:
+            repo_url = game.get('repo', '')
+
+            if len(repo_url) == 0 or game.get('development', '') == 'complete':
+                continue
+
+            latest_commit_date = get_latest_commit_date(repo_url, gh, gl)
+
+            if latest_commit_date is None:
+                continue
+
+            diff = datetime.now() - latest_commit_date
+
+            if diff < timedelta(weeks=1):
+                game['development'] = 'very active'
+            elif diff < timedelta(weeks=4):
+                game['development'] = 'active'
+            elif diff < timedelta(days=365):
+                game['development'] = 'sporadic'
+            else:
+                game['development'] = 'halted'
+
+        yaml.dump(games, open(filename, 'w', encoding='utf-8'), sort_keys=False)
+        print(filename, 'has been updated')
+
+
+def is_github_repo(repo):
+    return repo.startswith('https://github.')
+
+
+def is_gitlab_repo(repo):
+    return repo.startswith(GL_HOST)
+
+
+def get_latest_commit_date(repo_url, gh, gl):
+    if is_github_repo(repo_url):
+        return get_latest_commit_date_for_github(gh, repo_url)
+    elif is_gitlab_repo(repo_url):
+        return get_latest_commit_date_for_gitlab(gl, repo_url)
+
+    print('The', repo_url, 'repository could not be updated')
+
+
+def get_latest_commit_date_for_github(gh, repo_url):
+    match = re.match(GH_REGEX, repo_url)
+    if not match:
+        return
+
+    owner, repo = match.groups()
+    try:
+        gh_repo = gh.get_repo(f"{owner}/{repo}")
+        commits = gh_repo.get_commits()
+    except GithubException as e:
+        print(f'Error getting repo info for {owner}/{repo}: {e}')
+
+        return
+
+    return list(commits)[0].committer.created_at
+
+
+def get_latest_commit_date_for_gitlab(gl, repo_url):
+    match = re.match(GL_REGEX, repo_url)
+
+    if not match:
+        return
+
+    project_namespace = match.groups()[0]
+    project = gl.projects.get(project_namespace)
+
+    commits = project.commits.list()
+
+    return datetime.strptime(
+        ''.join(commits[0].committed_date.rsplit(':', 1)),
+        '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%f%z'
+    ).replace(tzinfo=None)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()