Paste any repo URL. Get a trust score and a forensic breakdown of fake stars, fake forks, and inauthentic activity — in seconds.
What we detect
Paid star services, sock-puppet networks, and coordinated campaigns make mediocre projects look like breakout hits. RepoTruth tells you what's real.
Score every stargazer on account age, repo activity, follower ratio, and behavioral signals.
Distinguish active forks with real commits from empty bot forks that never get touched.
Detect sock puppets, single-commit drive-bys, and bots with similar timing patterns.
Flag suspicious spikes — 3,000 stars in 6 hours from accounts under 30 days old.
Counter-balance with positive signals: commit recency, PR merge rate, docs, tests, CI.
Every flagged account is inspectable. See exactly why — never hidden methodology.
Enter any public GitHub repository to watch our two-tier validation methodology analyze stargazer authenticity in real time.
Built for
Attach a RepoTruth report to your memo. Know whether 40k stars represent traction or a bought campaign.
See real contributor counts, PR merge health, and whether the project is as battle-tested as it appears.
Quantify the authenticity of community metrics during M&A. Get a defensible third-party score.
Spot inauthentic stars on your project before they damage credibility. Report and get them removed.
Tell the difference between an engineer with real contribution history and a profile padded with empty repos.
Aggregate data on inauthentic activity patterns. Cite reports with permanent shareable URLs.
Sample reports
Major lab release with strong organic growth and high contributor diversity.
The kernel itself. Decades of contribution history across thousands of real maintainers.
Long-running flagship project. Mature contributor base, strong health signals.
Healthy growth curve. Deep contributor history across 5+ years.
Foundational project. Highest tier of authenticity across all measured signals.
Steady organic adoption curve, well-distributed contributor activity.