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GitHub
A hosting service for Git repositories: it stores a team's source code with its full change history, and adds code review (pull requests), issue tracking and automated builds.
Price: From US$4 a month for each user on the Team plan (read 13 October 2026)
Free plan: yes, limited
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Who uses it, and for what
One row per story. The grade is for the claim that the business uses this tool, not for its revenue.
| Story | What it does there | When | Cost stated | Grade | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Postiz | Hosts the open-source code; stars, trending lists and issues bring developers and feedback. | B | GitHub repository gitroomhq/postiz-app, metadata read 12 October 2026 | ||
| CreativeClaw | Hosts the public repository of the plugin and its skills, which also works as the plugin marketplace source. | B | GitHub repository CreativeClawCo/creative-claw-marketplace: record and commit history | ||
| ChatSEO | Holds the code; TrustMRR reads its activity, 2,667 contributions in the last year. | B | TrustMRR: ChatSEO, verified revenue profile, synced 14 October 2026 | ||
| Screenshot to Code | Hosts the open-source repository, 80,363 stars by October 2026, which the founder says drives steady organic traffic to the paid version. | since November 2023 | B | GitHub API: repository abi/screenshot-to-code, read 14 October 2026 | |
| Questgen and Supermeme.ai | Hosts the open-source Questgen library, whose README sends readers to the hosted product at questgen.ai. | since August 2020 | B | GitHub: ramsrigouthamg/Questgen.ai, question generation library | |
| Notis | Holds the code; TrustMRR reads 2,752 contributions in the last year from it. | B | TrustMRR, notis.ai markdown profile, data as of 15 October 2026 | ||
| AIDesigner | Holds the source code of the MCP installer package, according to the package's npm record. | B | npm registry record for @aidesigner/agent-skills | ||
| Photo AI | Stores the code; each push triggers a webhook that deploys to the production server within seconds. | C | Lex Fridman Podcast #440, August 2024: Pieter Levels: Programming, Viral AI Startups, and Digital Nomad Life, transcript | ||
| DocsBot AI | Its Dependabot service watches the code dependencies for security problems. Dependabot | C | Aaron Edwards' blog, 3 October 2025: Finally SOC 2 Certified as a Solo Founder | ||
| Polsia | Stores the code of each customer company; the engineering agent pushes its commits there and the web server deploys them. a repository for each customer company | C | Mixergy, 2 March 2026, interview by Andrew Warner: This AI generates $689K | ||
| Superpower ChatGPT | Holds the code. The early versions were public from April 2023, so that users could read the code before installing. | since April 2023 | C | Founder Club, 23 May 2023: AI Chrome extension with 80,000 downloads and $1000 MRR | |
| LLM Gateway | Holds the public AGPLv3 repository where the co-founders and outside contributors develop the code. | C | LLM Gateway: About page | ||
| Adspirer | Hosts the public MIT-licensed repository with the plugins and skills for Claude Code and Cursor. | C | Adspirer llms.txt file |
Grade A: the tool's maker or a payment processor confirms the use. Grade B: an independent report, or the tool is visible in public code. Grade C: the founder or the company says so.
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