First Commit – find the first commit of any GitHub project

In plain words

First Commit is a developer tool that helps users locate the initial commit of any GitHub project. Launched in 2015, it serves developers and project historians who want to understand how a codebase began. The tool streamlines what would otherwise require manual repository navigation, making it useful for research, learning project evolution, or tracing the origins of open-source work.

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