Social & Community Startups Directory
All 22 tracked social & community startups ranked by GitHub engineering acceleration (Q3 2026), sorted by commit-velocity change. Every company links to its full signal profile.
This directory lists every startup VC Deal Flow Signal tracks in Q3 2026, ranked by GitHub engineering acceleration. It contains 22 companies spread across 1 page; this is page 1. Each card links to a company's full signal profile with its complete commit history, contributor data, and sector ranking.
GetStream
Deploy frequency spikeBuild scalable in-app chat, feeds, and live video with AI moderation capabilities in hours, not weeks.
- Stage
- Growth
- Geography
- Unknown
- Commits (14d)
- 7
- Velocity change
- +999%
- Contributors
- 86
- New repos (30d)
- 2
daccotta-org
Deploy frequency spikeA social network for movies
- Stage
- Series A/B
- Geography
- APAC
- Commits (14d)
- 6
- Velocity change
- +999%
- Contributors
- 28
- New repos (30d)
- 0
pysnippet
Deploy frequency spikeNon-profit organization contributing to open-source
- Stage
- Seed
- Geography
- Unknown
- Commits (14d)
- 14
- Velocity change
- +999%
- Contributors
- 8
- New repos (30d)
- 0
Yellow-Dog-Man
Deploy frequency spikeYellow Dog Man is asocial & community growth startup, shipping product updates at an accelerated pace.
- Stage
- Growth
- Geography
- Unknown
- Commits (14d)
- 4
- Velocity change
- +999%
- Contributors
- 55
- New repos (30d)
- 1
VismaLietuva
Deploy frequency spike- Stage
- Series A/B
- Geography
- Unknown
- Commits (14d)
- 18
- Velocity change
- +350%
- Contributors
- 32
- New repos (30d)
- 0
coollabsio
Deploy frequency spikeSoftware without compromise. Free, open source, and built for you.
- Stage
- Growth
- Geography
- Unknown
- Commits (14d)
- 227
- Velocity change
- +266%
- Contributors
- 100
- New repos (30d)
- 0
EBWiki
Deploy frequency spikerepository of police abuse cases against people of color
- Stage
- Growth
- Geography
- Unknown
- Commits (14d)
- 3
- Velocity change
- +200%
- Contributors
- 81
- New repos (30d)
- 0
trovu
Framework migrationWeb shortcuts, social, private.
- Stage
- Pre-seed
- Geography
- Unknown
- Commits (14d)
- 11
- Velocity change
- +120%
- Contributors
- 3
- New repos (30d)
- 0
eclipse-zenoh
Engineering hiring burst- Stage
- Series A/B
- Geography
- Unknown
- Commits (14d)
- 13
- Velocity change
- +63%
- Contributors
- 45
- New repos (30d)
- 0
PackRat-AI
Framework migrationPackRat is a versatile adventure planner tailored for outdoor enthusiasts. It simplifies the process of organizing trips
- Stage
- Growth
- Geography
- Unknown
- Commits (14d)
- 120
- Velocity change
- +50%
- Contributors
- 65
- New repos (30d)
- 0
Mininglamp-OSS
Framework migrationOpen-source AI-native collaboration platform, where humans and AI Agents work as one team.
- Stage
- Series A/B
- Geography
- APAC
- Commits (14d)
- 43
- Velocity change
- +30%
- Contributors
- 22
- New repos (30d)
- 2
bakaphp
Framework migrationBaka: packages that look to make development simpler for everyone.
- Stage
- Seed
- Geography
- LATAM
- Commits (14d)
- 506
- Velocity change
- +24%
- Contributors
- 18
- New repos (30d)
- 0
nextcloud
Framework migration📱☁️💻 A safe home for all your data, community-driven, free & open source 👏
- Stage
- Growth
- Geography
- Unknown
- Commits (14d)
- 338
- Velocity change
- +0%
- Contributors
- 100
- New repos (30d)
- 0
unacms
Framework migrationUnified Networking Applications
- Stage
- Seed
- Geography
- Unknown
- Commits (14d)
- 50
- Velocity change
- -11%
- Contributors
- 11
- New repos (30d)
- 1
PastVu
Framework migration- Stage
- Seed
- Geography
- Unknown
- Commits (14d)
- 13
- Velocity change
- -35%
- Contributors
- 11
- New repos (30d)
- 0
HopHubProject
Framework migrationSocial ride sharing for events
- Stage
- Pre-seed
- Geography
- Unknown
- Commits (14d)
- 6
- Velocity change
- -40%
- Contributors
- 5
- New repos (30d)
- 0
activist-org
Engineering hiring burstOpen-source, nonprofit activism platform
- Stage
- Growth
- Geography
- EU
- Commits (14d)
- 27
- Velocity change
- -44%
- Contributors
- 100
- New repos (30d)
- 0
flaskbb
Engineering hiring burst- Stage
- Growth
- Geography
- Unknown
- Commits (14d)
- 14
- Velocity change
- -66%
- Contributors
- 63
- New repos (30d)
- 3
nats-io
Engineering hiring burstNATS is a simple, secure and performant communications system and data layer for digital systems, services and devices.
- Stage
- Seed
- Geography
- Unknown
- Commits (14d)
- 2
- Velocity change
- -67%
- Contributors
- 15
- New repos (30d)
- 1
opensensorhub
Framework migrationJava-based middleware for building better Sensor Webs and the Internet of Things
- Stage
- Series A/B
- Geography
- Unknown
- Commits (14d)
- 3
- Velocity change
- -70%
- Contributors
- 22
- New repos (30d)
- 0
opensource-socialnetwork
Framework migrationSocial Networking CMS written in php similar to facebook
- Stage
- Series A/B
- Geography
- US
- Commits (14d)
- 3
- Velocity change
- -77%
- Contributors
- 23
- New repos (30d)
- 1
manypost
Framework migration- Stage
- Pre-seed
- Geography
- LATAM
- Commits (14d)
- 20
- Velocity change
- -87%
- Contributors
- 3
- New repos (30d)
- 0
How to read these rankings
We rank each company on public GitHub activity, never on press releases or fundraise announcements. The primary signal is commit velocity change: the percentage change in total commits to a company's most active public repository over a rolling 14-day window, measured against its own trailing baseline. Sustained acceleration has historically preceded fundraise announcements by three to six weeks.
We surface three supporting primitives alongside velocity. Contributor influx counts new committers in the trailing four weeks; a hiring burst often follows a fresh round. Repository creation pulse counts new public repositories shipped in the trailing eight weeks, a leading indicator of platform expansion. Language bias drift flags when a new primary language appears in production code, which often marks a pivot or scale-up.
Use this directory to source and to validate. For sourcing, scan the top of each page for the fastest-accelerating teams, then open their profiles to read the full signal. For validation, look up a company you already know and compare its trajectory against the broader sector distribution. No single metric is a buy signal; always cross-reference with Crunchbase, hiring activity, and community mentions before acting.
Signal types
- Engineering hiring burst marks rapid team expansion, often following a funding round.
- Infrastructure buildout marks new repository creation, indicating platform investment and product expansion.
- Deploy frequency spike marks an accelerated shipping cadence, often seen before a public launch.
- Framework migration marks a technology stack transition, which often precedes a pivot or platform upgrade.
Data source and methodology
Every number links back to public GitHub activity and refreshes weekly. The full methodology, including the six-signal panel and its empirical tie to fundraise probability, is published on the methodology page. The underlying SSRN preprint is 6606558, and a CC BY 4.0 machine-readable dataset is available on the dataset page. We track only self-published public GitHub organizations, never private repositories or inferred profiles.
About this signal
VC Deal Flow Signal is a free public dataset that treats GitHub engineering acceleration as a leading indicator of startup momentum. It exists for Corp Dev teams, PE operating partners, and emerging managers who want to see momentum before a round is announced rather than after. Every company in this directory has a self-published public GitHub organization, and every ranking number links back to the public repository behind it. The dataset is updated weekly and is independent of any incumbent venture platform.