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Greens – mirror private GitHub activity to your public graph

by yuvrajangads·Mar 2, 2026·2 points·0 comments
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Timestamps-only mirroring avoids the obvious graph-gaming liability while solving real private-work visibility.

Strengths
  • •Read-only scanning with zero code exposure; only empty commits and API timestamps copied
  • •Explicit author honesty about graph-gaming; acknowledges ethical ambiguity upfront
Weaknesses
  • •Fundamentally cosmetic — doesn't change hiring value of private work visibility
  • •Company policy risk for users; adoption depends on employer tolerance
Target Audience

Developers with private work seeking visible contribution graphs

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GitHub contribution graph manipulators · Contribution-visibility tools

Post Description

I built greens because most of my day-job work is in private org repos, so my public GitHub graph looked inactive.

The tool runs locally, scans repos you choose in read-only mode, extracts commit timestamps for your author email, and creates empty commits with those timestamps in a public mirror repo. No source code, diffs, or filenames are copied.

If `gh` is configured, it can also mirror PR/review/issue activity. It's a bash CLI, installable via Homebrew (`brew install yuvrajangadsingh/greens/greens`).

I know some people view this as graph-gaming, fair point. My intent is not to imply public OSS output, only to make private work volume visible. Also worth noting: check your company policy before using it.

Feedback welcome, especially on edge cases or failure modes.

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