Terms of Service

These terms cover your use of repoherald. Using the service means you accept them.

Who can use it

You must be at least 13 years old and have a GitHub account in good standing. One person, one account. You are responsible for what happens under your account.

What the service does

repoherald is a place to list public GitHub repositories so other people can find and star them. Starring a listed repository can earn credits, which buy time in a highlight slot. Sponsorships are paid placements at the top of the feed.

Listing repositories

• You may list a public repository you own, or one owned by an organisation you belong to.
• You keep all rights to your code. Listing it grants us only what we need to display it here.
• We may hide or remove a listing that breaks these terms, and we will say why.

Credits

Credits are a feature of the service, not currency. They have no cash value, cannot be withdrawn, transferred, or sold, and we may expire unused earned credits after a period stated in the product.

Credits are earned by actions we can verify. A star claim is checked against GitHub using your own token, and checked again later. If a star is removed inside the verification window, the credit it earned is withdrawn — this is how the economy stays honest, and it can make your balance negative until you earn or buy more.

Attempting to manufacture credits — reciprocal starring rings, throwaway accounts, automation, or claiming stars you did not genuinely give — will cost you the credits and may cost you the account.

Payments

Prices are shown before you pay, in the currency stated, and that is the amount you are charged. There are no setup fees, no subscriptions, and no recurring charges — every purchase is one-off and only happens when you confirm it. Payment is handled by Stripe.

See the refund policy for what happens when something goes wrong, including the automatic pro-rata refund when a sponsored repository is removed mid-run.

Acceptable use

Do not:

• Post malware, illegal content, or anything you do not have the right to post.
• Harass people in comments, or post spam or unrelated promotion.
• Game the credit system, or use bots to inflate stars, views, likes, or reports.
• Scrape, overload, or try to break the service or its security.
• Impersonate anyone, or misrepresent who owns a repository.

Content you post

Listings, lists, and comments are public. You keep ownership of what you write, and you give us permission to display and distribute it as part of the service. Moderators may remove content that breaks these rules; removed comments are retained in a hidden state so moderation stays auditable.

Suspension

We may suspend or close an account that breaks these terms. Where it is fair to do so we will warn you first and explain what happened. You can close your account yourself at any time from your wallet.

Availability

The service is provided as-is. We do not promise it will be uninterrupted or error-free, and we do not guarantee that listing a repository will get it stars, users, or attention. Star counts and other figures come from GitHub and may lag.

Liability

To the extent the law allows, we are not liable for indirect or consequential losses, and our total liability for any claim is limited to what you paid us in the twelve months before it arose. Nothing here limits liability that cannot legally be limited.

Changes

We may update these terms. If a change materially affects you we will update the date below and tell account holders by email. Continuing to use the service after a change means you accept it.

Governing law

The governing law is the jurisdiction in which the operator is established.

Contact

Reach us through the support form.