{"repo":"tg12/phantomstars","free":true,"listed":false,"github":"https://github.com/tg12/phantomstars","clone":"git clone https://github.com/tg12/phantomstars.git","description":"Automated detection and tracking of fake engagement on GitHub — daily CI, zero infrastructure","language":"Python","stars":76,"topics":["automation","bot-detection","fake-stars","github","github-actions","github-trending","infosec","osint","python","security"],"license":null,"category":"security-tools","readme_excerpt":"phantomstars Automated detection and tracking of fake engagement on GitHub A JS Labs project — part of the AI Slop Intelligence initiative. Runs every day. Scores every suspicious account. Detects coordinated bot campaigns. Files issues directly on compromised repos so maintainers can act. --- Support this project BTC   3QjWqhQbHdHgWeYHTpmorP8Pe1wgDjJy54 ETH   0x5851e6145F4773d1585b8686095FB16E368a4dA1 ZEC   t1KSR5YkNPbjqRSCoLKo5AddFWdm9Kzxh1B --- Why this exists GitHub stars are a trust signal. They are how developers decide what to evaluate, what to depend on, and what to recommend. That signal is being systematically corrupted. During the AI boom of 2024-2026, an industry of bot farms emerged to manufacture credibility for low-quality, often malicious repositories. A project with 800 stars in 48 hours reads as legitimate to a developer scanning search results. That's the point. The goal of fake engagement isn't the stars themselves; it's the social proof those stars produce, and the downstream decisions that social proof influences. The pattern is identifiable. Accounts created the same week, no bio, no followers, no original repositories, starring the same 15 repos within a 2-hour window. Not one campaign, but dozens running simultaneously, every day, across thousands of accounts. The data shows repos where 185 out of 185 engagers are bots. A 100% fakeness ratio. Entire trending placements built on nothing. phantomstars was built because this problem ","default_branch":null,"files":null,"tree":[],"storefront":"/r/tg12","claimed":false,"request_supported":{"post":"https://gitbuyer.com/r/tg12/phantomstars/request-supported","requests":0},"note":"indexed from public GitHub; nothing is for sale on this page. Clone it from GitHub. Paid listings live at /search."}