SMRTR ProgrammingMar 30, 2026Hacker News

Fossier: A slop evaluator for GitHub PRs to prevent spams

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Fossier is a GitHub Action that automatically evaluates PRs to block spam while allowing legitimate contributors. It classifies authors into trust tiers and scores unknown contributors across 13 signals including account age, contribution history, and PR content. The tool includes flood detection and optional AI-authored commit rejection to combat increasing spam volume in open source repositories.

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