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GitShine keeps your GitHub contribution graph green with scheduled, natural-looking commits on repositories you own — so your profile reflects steady activity even when your real work lives in feature branches, private repos, or code review.
The contribution graph only counts commits on the default branch, with an email linked to your account, in your profile's timezone. A week of work on a feature branch shows up as a single square. Private repo activity is hidden unless you opt in. We wrote up the full rules:
When someone opens your profile — a recruiter, a hiring manager, a potential collaborator — the contribution graph is the biggest thing on the page, and it gets read in seconds: is this person active? A wall of gray squares says "abandoned account" before anyone reaches your pinned repos. Your GitHub is a portfolio whether you treat it like one or not:
The honest hierarchy: a green graph earns the second look, pinned repos with real READMEs earn the conversation, and the code earns the offer. GitShine handles the first layer — the one that's pure discipline, not craft — so your attention goes to the layers that are.
- Pick your repos — connect GitHub, choose repositories you own (up to 2 shining at once), set 1–10 commits per day.
- Schedule personalities 🕐 — commits land on your rhythm: 💼 9-to-5 dev, 🦉 night owl, 🏋️ weekend warrior, 🎲 chaotic good. Timezone-aware, spread naturally across the day — no robotic every-hour-on-the-hour timestamps.
- Your messages, or AI's ✍️ — bring a custom commit-message list, or let AI write context-aware messages from your repo.
- Star Community ⭐ — showcase a repo, discover other members' projects, and earn karma by starring generously (every star is a real human click — never automated).
- Never touches your code — commits are empty, created via the GitHub API. No clone, no file changes. Your token is encrypted at rest (AES-256-GCM).
- Free — no plans, no tiers, no card.
- Sign in at gitshine.com and connect your GitHub account.
- Add a repository and pick your daily cadence.
- Choose a schedule personality in Settings.
- Watch the squares take care of themselves. Pause anytime with one toggle.
Automation keeps a graph alive, not impressive. The green opens the door — the repositories behind it do the talking. GitShine exists so you can stop worrying about streaks and spend that attention writing code worth clicking into.
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