Broadcast your skills. Find your people. Build with trust.
Open Signal is a developer-focused Looking For Group (LFG) platform built on top of GitHub identity.
It helps developers broadcast what they offer, what they’re looking for, and connect safely through a trust and moderation layer.
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Profiles as Signals
- Short 200–300 character summary.
- Tags for Offering (skills/resources) and Looking For (needs/collaborators).
- One profile per GitHub account, enforced via GitHub OAuth.
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Trust & Moderation Layer
- “Effect tags” like Outstanding Citizen, Poison Links, Saboteur.
- Quarantine system for flagged profiles.
- Transparent, fair, and visible moderation.
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Visibility & Fairness
- Profiles displayed as cards with consistent layout.
- Sorting by freshness, trust, and optional featured status.
- No endless feeds — clarity and discoverability first.
- GitHub OAuth (via NextAuth.js) ensures every action is tied to a verified GitHub account.
- Enforces one profile per GitHub ID.
- No anonymous spam, no fake accounts.
- Donations: GitHub Sponsors, OpenCollective.
- Premium Visibility: Featured profiles.
- Recruiter Access: Paid search/filter access.
- Bounties/Marketplace: Optional transaction layer.
Open Signal is not just another job board. It’s:
- A trust-driven collaboration layer for developers.
- A global map of skills and needs, powered by GitHub identity.
- A community-first platform where fairness, visibility, and moderation are built in from day one.
Viewing the source does not grant permission to copy, distribute, or commercialize.
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If you’d like to contribute, please open an issue to discuss first.
Unapproved forks or clones are not permitted.
- Contributions are welcome only by invitation or approval.
- Please respect the project’s vision and ownership.
- To propose new tags, moderation rules, or features, open a GitHub Issue.
The signal layer for developer collaboration.