ActiveProprietary targetDeveloper Tools Developer Infrastructure

GitHub

Where the world builds software

Website X Changelog

Data confidence81/100

Source coverage100/100

Publish confidence89/100

Evidence checkedJul 31, 2026

Score Breakdown

Public signal read

How to read this

These bars are a reader-facing view of the ToolVitals evidence model. They summarize maintenance, shipping, confidence, and decay signals.

Activity: Recent commits, releases, changelog, package, and product-motion signals.
Reliability: Maintenance posture from recency, release evidence, availability, and repo signals.
Sustainability: Longer-term posture combining health, activity, adoption, confidence, and decay risk.

ToolVitals73/100Health76/100Shipping55/100Zombie Risk0/100

Overall Score73Active

Activity55

Reliability76

Sustainability73

Score History

Scores collected daily. More data points appear as the tracker runs.

About this tool

What ToolVitals knows about GitHub

Where the world builds software

This is tracked as a proprietary replacement target, not as an open-tool pick.

Maintenance and shipping signals are strong.

Proprietary SaaSDeveloper InfrastructureProprietary targetScored Intelligence

Evidence

Signal Quality

Data Confidence81/100Good

Source Coverage100/100Strong

Publish Confidence89/100Strong

ConfidenceHigh-confidence score from multiple public signals.

Zombie RiskNo meaningful zombie signal right now.

How ToolVitals scores work

Openness

License Evidence

Class: Proprietary target
License: License unknown

This is tracked as a proprietary replacement target, not as an open-tool pick.

Sources

Tracked Sources

Websitehttps://github.com Xhttps://x.com/github Changelog RSShttps://github.blog/feed/

Profile

Classification

Category: Developer Tools
Use Case: Developer Infrastructure
Openness: Proprietary target
License: License unknown
Tool Mode: Proprietary SaaS
Score Model: Public Product Motion
Score Visibility: Scored Intelligence
Status: Active
Founded: 2008

Maintainers

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Latest

Recent Updates

Release Notes

Jun 29, 2026Highlights from Git 2.55 Apr 20, 2026Highlights from Git 2.54 Apr 16, 2026GitHub CLI 2.90.0 Mar 26, 2026GitHub CLI 2.89.0 Mar 12, 2026GitHub CLI 2.88.1

Blog Posts

Jul 29, 2026Tame Dependabot: Group your updates, slow the cadence, keep security fast Jul 28, 2026Disrupting supply chain attacks on npm and GitHub Actions Jul 27, 2026GitHub Copilot app for Beginners: Getting started Jul 27, 2026The harness is all you need (mostly)Jul 23, 2026The case for a cooldown: Why Dependabot now waits before issuing version updates

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