# thank-you-github/thank-you-github

An open letter of gratitude to GitHub

Repository: https://github.com/thank-you-github/thank-you-github
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/thank-you-github
License Family: other
Last push: 2024-05-11T00:50:05+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3883, "days_push": 845, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1992, forks 1894 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:03.185402+00:00)

## What it is
An open letter of gratitude to GitHub, signed by open-source developers, thanking the platform for transforming how open source is built and shared. It is a text-only community artifact, not software.

## Use cases
- read an open letter thanking GitHub
- find community statements about GitHub's impact on open source
- add my signature to a thank-you letter for GitHub
- reference developer sentiment about GitHub's role in open source history

## When to choose
- you want to read or sign a community letter of appreciation to GitHub
- you are researching how developers view GitHub's influence on open source collaboration

## When to avoid
- you need actual software, a library, or a tool
- you are looking for GitHub alternatives or migration tooling

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: maintenance
- function: documentation
- domain: developer-tools, version-control
- platform: -
- tags: open-letter, github, community, gratitude, non-code, web-server

## Member repositories
- thank-you-github/thank-you-github (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:03.185402+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 2026-08-30T03:02:38.350619+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/thank-you-github/thank-you-github (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:03.185402+00:00, sha 56e34053a82e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.