Commitment Issues

Official death certificates for abandoned GitHub repositories.

Live: commitmentissues.dev

What is Commitment Issues?

Paste a public GitHub repository URL and get a shareable Certificate of Death: a tongue-in-cheek summary of how “dead” the repo looks, with a score, cause of death, last words, and exportable graphics for social posts. No account required.

Features

• Certificate of Death — A4-style layout with cause, last words, repo age, and derived stats
• Exports — Multiple aspect ratios (feed, square, story-style) for common social platforms
• Mobile share — Native share uses a tall story-friendly format on small screens to reduce bad crops
• Hall of Shame — Curated leaderboard of famously abandoned repositories
• Recently Buried — Live feed of the latest public burials (repo, cause, score, time)

How scoring works (high level)

Step	What happens
Input	You provide a public repo URL
Data	The app reads public metadata from the GitHub API
Score	A death score and narrative (cause, last words) are computed in src/lib/scoring.ts
Output	You get an on-screen certificate and optional image exports

Hall of Shame entries are curated for recognizable repos and fast first paint; Recently Buried reflects real recent usage.

Screenshots

Home:

Certificate:

About:

Privacy

• No login required
• Only public GitHub data is used
• Recently Buried stores recent public burial entries (repo, cause, score, timestamp)
• Anonymous aggregate analytics may be used for product metrics

Tech stack

Framework	Next.js 14 (App Router)
Fonts	UnifrakturMaguntia, Courier Prime, Inter
Hosting	Vercel
Storage	Upstash Redis (usage counters and recent burials)
Data	GitHub public API

Getting started

git clone https://github.com/dotsystemsdevs/commitmentissues.git
cd commitmentissues
npm install
npm run dev

Open http://localhost:3000.

Environment

Optional: add a GitHub token to raise API rate limits.

GITHUB_TOKEN=ghp_yourtoken

Create a token under GitHub Settings → Developer settings → Personal access tokens. Fine-grained tokens work if you limit scope to what this app needs; classic tokens are also fine for local dev.

Testing

npm test

Contributing

• Read .github/CONTRIBUTING.md before opening a PR
• Use the issue and PR templates
• CI runs lint, tests, and build on pull requests to master

Project structure

src/
├── app/
│   ├── page.tsx
│   ├── about/
│   ├── terms/
│   └── api/
│       ├── repo/
│       ├── stats/
│       └── recent/
├── components/
│   ├── CertificateCard.tsx
│   ├── Leaderboard.tsx
│   ├── SearchForm.tsx
│   └── LoadingState.tsx
└── lib/
    ├── scoring.ts
    ├── rateLimit.ts
    ├── recentStore.ts
    └── types.ts

Scoring logic lives in src/lib/scoring.ts so it stays easy to test and change.

Docs

• Release notes: docs/releases/
• Screenshots: docs/screenshots/
• Repository conventions: docs/repository-conventions.md

License

MIT — see repository license file.

Built by Dot Systems.