---
title: "Framework migration dominates: 75% of venture-backed startup GitHub signals — VC Deal Flow Signal"
url: https://signals.gitdealflow.com/research/framework-migration-dominant-signal-type
description: "Framework migration is the dominant signal type — 75% of observations (165 of 219)."
source: VC Deal Flow Signal
---
# Framework migration dominates: 75% of venture-backed startup GitHub signals

## Claim

Framework migration is the dominant signal type — 75% of observations (165 of 219).

## Why it matters

Counter-narrative to 'engineering velocity = hiring.' The dominant pattern is rewrites, not headcount growth.

## Source section

§3.3 Signal classification of the SSRN preprint.

## How to cite

> Framework migration is the dominant signal type — 75% of observations (165 of 219). — VC Deal Flow Signal (GitDealFlow), §3.3 Signal classification, https://ssrn.com/abstract=6606558.

## Canonical

https://signals.gitdealflow.com/research/framework-migration-dominant-signal-type