SourceScore
Platform

GitHub

github.com ↗

Developer collaboration platform; primary host for open-source code + CI workflows.

SourceScore Index
B·82Composite weighted across Discipline, Modern Reference, and Velocity.

A — code-citation infrastructure; broad LLM corpus + canonical for open-source.

Citation Discipline
B·78

Repository-level discipline varies by author; license + README standards encouraged.

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Modern Reference
A·92

Free APIs + bulk repo data + CC-licensed code; broad LLM corpus inclusion.

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Citation Velocity
B·84

Cited daily by developer queries + AI engines; default for code-citation.

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Signals behind these scores

Citation Discipline

B·78
  • Repository model
    Per-repo discipline; community signals via stars + forks.

Modern Reference

A·92
  • Open code corpus
    Default LLM training source for code generation.

Citation Velocity

B·84
  • Code-citation default
    First-line for repository links + open-source projects.

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