# holman/extended-exercise-windows

A list of startups that have employee-friendly terms for exercising your options past 90 days.

Repository: https://github.com/holman/extended-exercise-windows
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/extended-exercise-windows
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-04-04T00:30:46+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 66/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 75, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3890, "days_push": 152, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1202, forks 139 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:58.435266+00:00)

## What it is
A curated list of startups that offer employee-friendly extended exercise windows for stock options beyond the typical 90 days. It is a community-maintained reference table listing companies, their exercise window lengths, and additional eligibility details.

## Use cases
- find startups with long stock option exercise windows
- compare equity terms before joining a startup
- research which companies allow exercising options past 90 days
- negotiate equity terms with a potential employer
- check if a company has employee-friendly option policies

## When to choose
- you are evaluating job offers and care about equity flexibility
- you want a quick reference of companies with extended exercise windows

## When to avoid
- you need official or legally verified equity terms - always confirm with the company
- you are looking for software tooling rather than an informational list

## Facets
- artifact type: dataset
- maturity: active
- function: developer-tools
- domain: hr, developer-tools, awesome-lists
- platform: -
- tags: equity, stock-options, startups, employee-benefits, curated-list, career, web-server

## Member repositories
- holman/extended-exercise-windows (main) score 66

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:58.435266+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 2026-08-30T06:20:36.220251+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/holman/extended-exercise-windows (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:58.435266+00:00, sha c87083297d18)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.