Everything you need to understand the data, methodology, and how to use or extend this project.
Proof of Contribution is an open-source dashboard that tracks merged pull requests across crypto ecosystems. It turns public GitHub data into a searchable, filterable contribution map — showing who builds, where they contribute, and which projects concentrate open-source activity.
Crypto ecosystems rely on public infrastructure, but contribution is scattered across many repositories. This project makes that work easier to inspect by consolidating merged PRs into a single view, organized by contributor, project, organization, and ecosystem.
The project periodically fetches merged pull request data from GitHub's public API for tracked organizations. The data is processed, aggregated, and served as static CSV files. The dashboard reads these files and renders the contribution layer in the browser.
How we collect, organize, and keep fresh the information you see on the dashboard.
The project currently indexes merged PRs from multiple crypto ecosystems. Each ecosystem is defined as a set of organizations on GitHub. The full list of tracked ecosystems and organizations is available in the project repository's configuration.
Data is collected through GitHub's public API using the Search endpoint for merged pull requests. The collection process is fully open-source and reproducible. Collection scripts reside in the repository for anyone to inspect or run independently.
The dataset is refreshed periodically. Each refresh captures the latest merged PRs from tracked organizations. New contributors, projects, and PRs appear after the next successful refresh cycle.
What we count, what we don't, and how contributions are attributed.
The dashboard focuses on merged pull requests by contributor, organization, project, and date. Metrics include: total PRs per contributor, number of contributors per ecosystem, project-level activity, and contribution concentration across ecosystems.
This project measures merged PRs only. It does not track issues, comments, code reviews, or other forms of contribution. Additionally, only public repositories in tracked organizations are included. Data is as fresh as the last refresh cycle.
Contributions are attributed to GitHub usernames as they appear in merged PR author fields. Bot accounts are identified and can be filtered out. GHOST — GitHub's placeholder for deleted or unavailable users — is also identified in the dataset.
Architecture, local setup, and repository layout for developers.
The project is a static site hosted on Render. The frontend is vanilla HTML, CSS, and JavaScript with no framework dependencies. Internationalization (i18n) is handled client-side with JSON locale files. The dashboard is fully client-side rendered from static CSV data.
Clone the repository and run the dev server from the scripts/ directory. The dev server handles clean URL rewrites for the contributors page. Open the dashboard locally to test changes. See the repository README for full setup instructions.
The main application lives in app/. Data collection scripts are in scripts/. CSV data files are at the repository root. Locale files for i18n are in app/locales/. The contributor detail page is at contributors/.
This project is open source. Contributions are welcome.
To add a new ecosystem, submit a pull request updating the collection configuration. To report issues, suggest features, or ask questions, open an issue on GitHub.
All contributors to this project are tracked transparently through the dashboard itself.
