Hey HN
After years working in software engineering and helping with hiring, I noticed a frustrating pattern:
Companies often rely on résumés and LinkedIn titles to find developers instead of looking at what they've actually built.
So I built GitMatcher.
It analyzes GitHub profiles to surface developers based on:
Their public repos
Commit history
Originality and usefulness of code
Patterns that show consistency and real skill
No keywords. No job titles. Just code.
GitMatcher is useful if you're:
- A recruiter tired of resume roulette
- A founder looking for a technical co-founder
- An OSS maintainer searching for genuine contributors
It’s still early, so I’d love your feedback especially around what signals you’d care about most when discovering devs.
After years working in software engineering and helping with hiring, I noticed a frustrating pattern:
Companies often rely on résumés and LinkedIn titles to find developers instead of looking at what they've actually built.
So I built GitMatcher.
It analyzes GitHub profiles to surface developers based on:
Their public repos
Commit history
Originality and usefulness of code
Patterns that show consistency and real skill
No keywords. No job titles. Just code.
GitMatcher is useful if you're:
- A recruiter tired of resume roulette
- A founder looking for a technical co-founder
- An OSS maintainer searching for genuine contributors
It’s still early, so I’d love your feedback especially around what signals you’d care about most when discovering devs.