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24 alternatives to Avoiding spam on GitHub

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Avoiding spam on GitHub launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1WG
   Watch GitHub get spammed in real time▲35

   For the past month, we've been monitoring GitHub's public event stream to catch spam comments and fake stars. Today, the spammers are back. Go check out the damage! You can see the spam comments and which users are posting the spam in real time. Also, here's a post we wrote about how we set it up: https://www.trytrench.com/blog/preventing-spam-and-fake-star...

   2024 · play.trytrench.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Hello Tech Pros: GitHub's Anti-Harassment Tools▲61

   and the open source Codes of Conduct

   2016 · gadgetsprimer.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Bugbot▲130

   Use GitHub Issues in Slack

   2015 · smallwins.today · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Git Notify▲102

   Daily code diffs from public Github repos via Emails | Slack

   2016 · gitnotify.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Frankly▲101

   A dashboard of issues and PRs across GitHub repositories.

   2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

6. 6GW
   GitHub Watches for User▲7

   2012 · gh.hnresources.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Create GitHub Issues via email▲7

   2017 · fire.fundersclub.com · its alternatives →

8. 8HR
   HubDesk – Receive and respond to emails with GitHub Issues▲7

   2021 · hubdesk.io · its alternatives →

9. 9AE
   An email reminder service for your GitHub starred repos▲5

   2013 · githubreminder.org · its alternatives →

10. 10
    CodeNav – token highlighting and click-to-find usages on GitHub▲5

    2014 · ianww.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Octofication, GitHub notifications for Chrome▲9

    2012 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →

12. 12GP
    GitHub Popularity Contest▲5

    2013 · githubpopularitycontest.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    SlopScore▲8

    The spam filter GitHub should have built

    Jan 2026 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

14. 14AM
    a mailing list generator for Github repos▲9

    My friend Amir and I made Gitdash, a quick little app for Github collaborators to communicate better. It's pretty easy - you just log into Github and it'll automatically generate mailing lists for all of your repos. Please check it out, feedback welcome! http://gitdash.com

    2011 · gitdash.com · its alternatives →

15. 15GA
    GitHub App that prevents merging of pull requests with configuration▲9

    2018 · jusx.github.io · its alternatives →

16. 16
    HitMeUp for GitHub▲6

    Add private DMs directly to GitHub profiles.

    Jun 2026 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Private Notes for GitHub▲5

    2020 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →

18. 18SK
    Source Karma, discover how people react to you on GitHub▲7

    2021 · sourcekarma.vercel.app · its alternatives →

19. 19IM
    I made an app to automatically request code reviews on GitHub▲5

    2017 · app.assignees.io · its alternatives →

20. 20
    I created a tool to mintor when GitHub repositories are trending▲9

    You can also register to the tool here: https://gitup.dev

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

21. 21SY
    Serve your GitHub Gists as static websites▲8

    2023 · gistxy.com · its alternatives →

22. 22SE
    Software Engineer search tool based on GitHub public contributions▲7

    2015 · findmyninja.io · its alternatives →

23. 23CL
    Codetree – Lightweight project management for GitHub issues▲6

    2015 · blog.codetree.com · its alternatives →

24. 24TD
    Terrible Devs – Reminders to work on your GitHub projects▲5

    2015 · terribledevs.com · its alternatives →

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