# mitchellh/vouch

A community trust management system based on explicit vouches to participate.

Repository: https://github.com/mitchellh/vouch
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/vouch
Language: Nushell
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-08-23T03:12:49+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 80/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 92, longevity 14
- inputs: {"age_days": 209, "days_push": 10, "days_rel": 52, "gap_med": 2, "n_releases_24m": 10}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 5075, forks 92 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:09.405103+00:00)

## What it is
Vouch is a community trust management system where trusted members explicitly vouch for (or denounce) contributors before they can interact with a project. It ships as a CLI plus GitHub Actions integration, with the vouch list stored in a simple flat file that any tooling can parse.

## Use cases
- filter low-quality AI-generated contributions to my open source project
- require contributors to be vouched for before opening PRs
- block denounced users from interacting with a repository
- manage a community trust list in a flat file
- add contributor vetting to a GitHub project via actions

## When to choose
- your project is flooded with low-effort or AI-generated contributions
- you want an explicit, human-driven trust model for who can contribute
- you want a simple, forge-agnostic trust list parseable with standard tools
- you already use GitHub Actions and want drop-in enforcement

## When to avoid
- you want automated spam detection or ML-based filtering rather than explicit vouches
- your project is small and contribution volume doesn't justify vetting overhead
- you need a full moderation platform with dashboards and appeals workflows
- you're uncomfortable with the experimental nature and evolving policies

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: experimental
- function: auth, developer-tools, cli, workflow-automation
- domain: developer-tools, version-control
- platform: cli, cross-platform
- tags: trust-management, vouching, anti-spam, github-actions, code-forge, moderation, open-source-governance, community-moderation, github

## Member repositories
- mitchellh/vouch (main) score 80

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:09.405103+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 2026-08-29T18:02:37.181518+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/mitchellh/vouch (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:09.405103+00:00, sha 3a3a1eac5025)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.