tripwire

Open source moderation for GitHub.

Tripwire watches your repos for low-signal activity (spammy issues, drive-by PRs, suspicious accounts, etc.) and lets you flag, filter, or block it with a configurable rules system. You install it as a GitHub App, point it at your repos, and enable rules.

What it tracks

Rules (block, warn, log, or threshold; scoped to PRs, issues, comments): AI slop, language, min merged PRs, account age, max PRs per day, max files changed, repo activity, profile README, crypto addresses, vouched-only, AI honeypot.

Lists: whitelist (bypass) and blacklist (auto-block) per repo.

Events: every webhook, rule decision, list change, and config change is logged.

Contributor score (0–100):

• Global reputation (40): age, followers, merged PRs, merge ratio, repos, gists
• Community signals (30): GitHub achievements, Sponsors, badges, profile completeness
• Repo history (20): allowed, blocked, near-miss events on your repo
• Red flags (-10): high block ratio, suspicious patterns
• Floor: longevity boosts and overflow bonus for capped categories

MCP server: manage rules, lists, events, and users from Claude or any MCP client.

Setup

Clone:

git clone https://github.com/bountydotnew/tripwire.git
cd tripwire
pnpm install

Copy the example env file and fill it in:

cp .env.example .env

The required vars:

• BETTER_AUTH_URL — your local URL, usually http://localhost:3000
• BETTER_AUTH_SECRET — generate with openssl rand -hex 32
• GITHUB_CLIENT_ID / GITHUB_CLIENT_SECRET — from your GitHub OAuth App
• GITHUB_APP_ID / GITHUB_APP_PRIVATE_KEY / GITHUB_WEBHOOK_SECRET — from your GitHub App
• VITE_GITHUB_APP_SLUG — the slug from github.com/apps/{slug}
• DATABASE_URL — Postgres connection string

Optional:

• UNKEY_ROOT_KEY — rate limiting (allows all requests if unset)
• AUTUMN_SECRET_KEY — billing
• AXIOM_TOKEN, AXIOM_DATASET, AXIOM_TRACES_DATASET — logs and traces
• OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT — OpenTelemetry endpoint, defaults to Axiom
• INNGEST_EVENT_KEY / INNGEST_SIGNING_KEY — durable background jobs (used by the research harness; in dev, run npx inngest-cli dev instead)
• INNGEST_ENV — required if your Inngest keys belong to a branch environment (otherwise you'll see "400 Branch environment name is required"); leave unset for production
• RESEARCH_GH_TOKEN — PAT with public_repo scope for the admin research eval harness; lets it read PR data from any public repo without requiring the GH App to be installed

Push tables to db:

pnpm db:push

Start the dev server:

pnpm dev

Open http://localhost:3000.

Scripts

• pnpm dev — run the app
• pnpm build — build for production
• pnpm test — run tests
• pnpm typecheck — typecheck
• pnpm db:studio — open Drizzle Studio

License

MIT.