# 1995parham/github-do-not-ban-us

GitHub do not ban us from open source world :iran:

Repository: https://github.com/1995parham/github-do-not-ban-us
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/github-do-not-ban-us
Language: JavaScript
License Family: other
Topics: iran, sanction, sanctions, github-for-everyone, iranian, github
Archived: true
Last push: 2019-08-01T19:25:20+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2596, "days_push": 2589, "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 11743, forks 1016 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:49.627075+00:00)

## What it is
An advocacy campaign repository protesting GitHub's restriction of Iranian users' accounts during US sanctions, collecting multilingual messages and community support. It is not software but a public awareness effort that concluded in August 2019 after GitHub revised some restrictions.

## Use cases
- understand how sanctions affected Iranian GitHub users
- find context on GitHub country-based account restrictions
- research open source access discrimination cases
- cite community response to GitHub Iran bans
- learn about platform-level censorship in developer tools

## When to choose
- you need documentation of GitHub's 2019 Iranian account restrictions
- you are researching platform discrimination or sanctions impact on open source
- you want a historical example of community advocacy campaigns

## When to avoid
- you need working software or a tool to solve a problem
- you want an active project or maintained resource
- you need legal advice on sanctions compliance

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: abandoned
- function: developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, privacy, censorship-circumvention
- platform: -
- tags: advocacy, sanctions, github, campaign, open-source-community, iran, web

## Member repositories
- 1995parham/github-do-not-ban-us (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:49.627075+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 2026-08-29T17:15:21.588134+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/1995parham/github-do-not-ban-us (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:49.627075+00:00, sha 494bd0dfbd87)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.