01 / Issue care
A clearer front door.
Spot duplicate issues, ask for the missing details, and give every contributor a useful next step.
Duplicate found: #48294% match
Autonomous maintenance for open source
Your repo deserves
a co-maintainer.
OpenMaintainer handles the routine work on GitHub, guided by policies you define. Less tab-switching. More time for the work only you can do.
Open source · Policy-controlled · Built for maintainers
OpenMaintainer is thinking...
Issue triagemustafa-sayyed / OpenMaintainer
ACTIVEI found a likely duplicate and checked the repository policy before taking action.
Action approvedComment with related issue · confidence 94%
policy / maintainer.ymljust now
Your rules, always
No action without approval
The work that adds up
Keep the queue moving.
Keep the standards high.
A few thoughtful automations can make an entire project feel easier to contribute to.
02 / Pull requests
Updates without the overhead.
Let safe dependency updates pass the checks you have already decided on, while you keep the final say.
dependabot / patch update allowed
03 / Smart labels
Context, clearly tagged.
Give issues and pull requests the labels that make urgency, ownership, and next steps easy to see.
bugneeds-triagepriority: high
04 / Contribution guard
Keep AI slop out.
Set boundaries for low-quality, automated contributions and keep the conversation focused on work that moves the project forward.
Contribution policy checkedprotected
.github/openmaintainer.yml
permissions:
tools:
closeIssue: true
mergePullRequest: true
features:
autoLabel: true
stopAiSlop: true
rules:
mergePullRequest:
updateType: [minor, patch]
decision: allow
Your policy is in controlEvery action is checked before it happens.
Your rules, made useful
The policy is
the product.
OpenMaintainer works from a versioned YAML file in your repository. It makes the things you already believe about maintenance clear, consistent, and actionable.
- Choose which tools an agent can use
- Set conditions for every automated action
- Review changes like any other pull request
ISSUE TRIAGEDEPENDABOT PRsPOLICY CHECKSGITHUB NATIVE
A calm layer between signal and action
It acts like a maintainer.
Because it follows one.
Listen
GitHub activity arrives securely. OpenMaintainer knows what changed and why it matters.
Understand
It reads the issue, searches for context, and reasons through the repository's conventions.
Act carefully
Every comment, label, close, or merge passes through your maintainer policy first.
The OpenMaintainer way
Autonomy with
guardrails.
01Useful by default
Routine work gets done without adding another dashboard to your day.
02Transparent by design
Actions are grounded in visible policy and clear reasoning.
03Yours to shape
Start with sensible defaults. Tune the rules as your community grows.
Good questions make good tools
Made to be
understood.
OpenMaintainer should never feel like a black box in your repository.
01Does it take over my repository?
No. OpenMaintainer works inside the permissions and conditions you define. Your repository policy remains the source of truth.
02Can contributors see what it does?
Yes. Actions happen natively on GitHub, with clear context so the people contributing to your project understand what happened and why.
03What happens when it is unsure?
It pauses instead of guessing. The maintainer stays in control when context is incomplete or a policy does not cover the situation.
Give your repo a little room to breathe
The routine can
take care of itself.
Bring in a policy-aware co-maintainer, then get back to the work your community needs from you.
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