IRS-Public/direct-file
Direct File observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
58/100
- Activity 87
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 33
Flags: no_releases no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 471
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 83
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
4585 stars · 1369 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Direct File is the IRS's free, interview-based service for taxpayers to electronically file federal tax returns directly with the IRS. The repository contains the service's source code, including a declarative XML-based Fact Graph rules engine (Scala/JVM and Scala.js) and a State API for transferring return data to state filing tools.
Use cases
- file federal taxes online for free with the IRS
- build a product that interprets US tax law accurately
- implement a business rules engine that reasons over incomplete data
- integrate federal return data with state tax filing tools
- study how a government builds accessible multilingual web services
When to choose
- you need a reference implementation of US tax code logic or MeF integration
- you want a declarative knowledge-graph rules engine for reasoning with incomplete information
- you are a revenue agency building a tax filing service
When to avoid
- you need a general-purpose rules engine unrelated to tax filing
- you want a turnkey commercial tax filing product
- you need a lightweight library without JVM/Scala infrastructure
Facets
service · maturity active
web-framework api-framework workflow-automation form-handling sdk e-government web-development jvm self-hosted tax-filing irs government-service fact-graph business-rules-engine knowledge-graph scala interview-based mef e-file taxes automation web-server nodejs
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/IRS-Public/direct-file · fetched 2026-08-28 · 98ea5e95918f
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| IRS-Public/direct-file | main | 58 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="IRS-Public/direct-file")
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