GitHub

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Connecting your GitHub account

1. Go to the GitHub app page in Koala.
2. Click Connect GitHub.
3. Select the “Profile Identity Tracking” option that best suits your use case.

• Strict: only track users that can be associated with an email address, or a company.
• Track everyone: track all users, even if they can’t be associated with an email address or company.

3. Add any number of repositories to watch.

• Add repositories by entering the full URL, or by searching for the repository name.

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Best practices

• Start by mapping out all the repositories your company owns that are most relevant. That can give you insight from a bottoms up perspective from how a company is starting to research your product. We do a historical sync here up to 12mo, so it can also give you visibility into who’s a few months into the research journey. Which we’re finding to be a pretty effective play.
• Map out other OSS projects in your space that are complementary or related to your product.
• Track your competitor’s repos to understand what else is being considered.

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Using GitHub data in the Koala App

A new Sources filter will appear in the top left of your lists, allowing you to filter by GitHub.

A new GitHub section will appear in your filters menu, allowing you to view and filter GitHub data.