Commit Velocity Explained: What Investors Need to Know

Commit velocity counts the total commits to a startup's most active public repository over 14 days. As a standalone metric it is noisy – commit size, quality, and automation all create false signals. What matters for investors is commit velocity change: the rate at which velocity is accelerating or decelerating. A +150% velocity change classifies as a deploy frequency spike, while sustained positive change across multiple windows indicates genuine engineering momentum.