# signalapp/BitHub

BTC + BitHub = An experiment in funding privacy OSS.

Repository: https://github.com/signalapp/BitHub
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/bithub
Language: Java
License Family: other
Archived: true
Last push: 2020-01-01T16:43:56+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4644, "days_push": 2436, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1008, forks 258 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:12.729718+00:00)

## What it is
BitHub is a Java service that automatically pays a percentage of Bitcoin to contributors for every commit pushed to a configured GitHub repository via webhooks. It integrates GitHub and Coinbase accounts and can be deployed as a standalone server or to Heroku.

## Use cases
- pay bitcoin bounties for github commits automatically
- fund open source contributions with cryptocurrency
- reward contributors per commit in a repository
- set up a github webhook that sends btc payments
- experiment with crypto-based funding for privacy oss

## When to choose
- you want to automatically reward every commit to a repo with bitcoin
- you need a self-hosted or Heroku-deployable funding service wired to GitHub webhooks and Coinbase

## When to avoid
- you need maintained software - the project has no license and its last release was in 2020
- you want fiat payouts or payment methods other than Coinbase/Bitcoin
- you need per-PR review-based rewards rather than per-commit payments

## Facets
- artifact type: service
- maturity: maintenance
- function: webhook, api-framework, http-server
- domain: developer-tools, privacy
- platform: jvm, self-hosted, cloud
- tags: bitcoin, open-source-funding, github-integration, dropwizard, coinbase, automation, cryptocurrency, web-server

## Member repositories
- signalapp/BitHub (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:12.729718+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T07:12:12.644008+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/signalapp/BitHub (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:12.729718+00:00, sha 914765073499)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.