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Dev tools · October 1, 2020

Derek 0.10.3 – block out Hacktoberfest spam

Reduce maintainer fatigue by automating GitHub. Contribute to alexellis/derek development by creating an account on GitHub.

Derek 0.10.3 – block out Hacktoberfest spam launched on October 1, 2020 with 10 votes, #1,126 of 4,018 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 6 years on.

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In plain words

Derek is a tool designed to filter out Hacktoberfest-related spam. It helps maintain code repository quality by blocking unwanted contributions tied to the annual Hacktoberfest event. The software is intended for developers and project maintainers who want to protect their repositories from low-quality pull requests and spam submissions during the Hacktoberfest period. It provides an automated way to manage incoming contributions without manual review of every submission.

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Commits 2455a94 Revert DCO status checking by @alexellis 2186112 Add DCOStatusChecks by @alexellis 561ccb7 Add no_newbies feature by @alexellis ba1049b Update suggestions on Sponsors by @alexellis bce4abe Add cake-build to customer list by @pascalberger <a class="commit-link" data-hovercard-type="commit" data-hovercard-url="https://github.com/alexellis/derek/commit/490c4bfd3db64f07fc8941ec2e1837d724ec20f2/hovercard"from github.com

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