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perkfly/xiaomi — explained in plain English

Analysis updated 2026-07-20 · repo last pushed 2017-07-15

HTMLAudience · developerComplexity · 2/5DormantSetup · easy

tl;dr

A 2013 browser script that automatically purchased Xiaomi phones during flash sales by speeding through the buying steps faster than a human could click.

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    What it does
      Auto-buy script
      Beats flash sales
      Speeds up buying
    Use cases
      Buy limited phones
      Automate checkout
      Win flash sales
    Audience
      Frustrated shoppers
      Bargain hunters
      Tech-savvy buyers
    History
      Created in 2013
      Archive project
      Minimal docs

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what do people make with this?

VIBE 1

Automatically purchase a Xiaomi phone during a flash sale before inventory runs out.

VIBE 2

Compete against crowds of buyers in limited-time online sales events.

VIBE 3

Avoid manually refreshing and clicking to secure a hard-to-buy device.

VIBE 4

Study how early shoppers used simple scripts to win flash sales in 2013.

what's the stack?

HTMLJavaScript

how it stacks up fr

perkfly/xiaomi100/rutgers-pbl-dining-2015a15n/a15n_old
LanguageHTMLHTMLHTML
Last pushed2017-07-152015-12-012016-06-18
MaintenanceDormantDormantDormant
Setup difficultyeasyeasyeasy
Complexity2/51/51/5
Audiencedevelopergeneralgeneral

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how do i run it?

Difficulty · easy time til it works · 5min

Minimal documentation, the code is a bare HTML/JS snippet meant to run directly in a browser console or bookmarklet.

No license information is included with this repository, so default copyright restrictions apply.

in plain english

This repository contains a script created in 2013 to automatically buy Xiaomi phones online. Xiaomi is a Chinese electronics brand known for offering high-demand devices at low prices, and they would release limited batches for sale at specific times. These "flash sales" would sell out in seconds, making it almost impossible to buy one manually. The script was built to give a person a speed advantage during these online sales. Instead of refreshing a web page and clicking the purchase button by hand, the code would handle those steps automatically and much faster than a human could. This helped the user secure a phone before the available inventory ran out. Someone shopping for Xiaomi products during that era would use this tool to beat the rush. If you wanted a new device but kept finding it out of stock moments after a sale started, running this script in your web browser would automate the buying process. It essentially acted as a shortcut for frustrated shoppers trying to compete against large crowds of buyers all vying for a small number of phones. The project is very brief and does not include much documentation. The repository is essentially just the code itself left online, likely as an archive from the time. It serves as a small piece of internet history showing how resourceful shoppers used simple tools to navigate intense, limited-time online sales.

prompts (copy fr)

prompt 1
Write a browser script that repeatedly checks a buy button and auto-clicks it the moment a product comes back in stock during a flash sale.
prompt 2
Create a JavaScript bookmarklet that refreshes a product page every second and auto-clicks the purchase button when it becomes available.
prompt 3
Help me adapt a 2013 flash-sale auto-buy script to work with a modern online store checkout flow using current browser APIs.
prompt 4
Build a simple auto-checkout script that fills the cart and clicks buy on a scheduled sale start time, with logging of each step.

Frequently asked questions

what is xiaomi fr?

A 2013 browser script that automatically purchased Xiaomi phones during flash sales by speeding through the buying steps faster than a human could click.

What language is xiaomi written in?

Mainly HTML. The stack also includes HTML, JavaScript.

Is xiaomi actively maintained?

Dormant — no commits in 2+ years (last push 2017-07-15).

What license does xiaomi use?

No license information is included with this repository, so default copyright restrictions apply.

How hard is xiaomi to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated easy, with roughly 5min to a first successful run.

Who is xiaomi for?

Mainly developer.

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