Connect GitHub to clariBI
Connect GitHub with no API key, choose the repositories to track, and get weekly commit activity sitting next to the delivery and outcomes it moves with.
| Connection | API connector. You paste your GitHub personal access token (optional). |
| Access | Read-only. clariBI never writes to GitHub. |
| Sync | When the data is more than a day old, clariBI syncs it again before a question, dashboard refresh or report uses it. You can also press Sync now. |
| More endpoints | 42 documented GitHub endpoints you can add, up to 30 per source (trial, Starter and above) |
| Plans | Every plan, including Free. Asking questions in plain English needs the trial or Starter and above. |
About GitHub
GitHub hosts code repositories, and its REST API publishes per-repository statistics including the weekly commit activity for the last year.
clariBI reads the GitHub repository statistics API: the weekly commit count for the repositories you choose, over the last 52 weeks. You type the "owner/repo" names, and the connector reads the stats read-only. No API key is required for public repositories.
Vendor site: github.com
What clariBI syncs
clariBI pulls the last 52 weeks of commit activity for the repositories you select through the GitHub REST API, lands it as a preprocessed dataset, and refreshes it once it is more than a day old. Access is read-only.
For each selected repository, clariBI syncs the weekly commit count, then builds an insights dashboard you can query, extend, or pull into reports.
clariBI only ever reads. It never pushes, opens issues, or changes anything in the repository.
What you can chart
- Weekly commit count per repository over the last year
- Commit trend and week-over-week change
- Relative activity across the repositories you track
- Activity dips and spikes lined up with milestones
- Engineering cadence next to your release or revenue dates
How to connect GitHub
Open Data Sources in clariBI
In clariBI, go to Data Sources > Add Data Source and find GitHub. There is no API key to paste for public repositories, so you go straight to choosing repositories.
Choose repositories
Type the repositories to track in "owner/repo" form (for example vuejs/core). clariBI reads the weekly commit activity read-only.
Sync, then get dashboards
clariBI syncs the weekly commit counts, preprocesses them, and builds an insights dashboard. Ask "How did commit activity track our release cadence?" and clariBI reads the synced stats alongside your business data.
Questions you can ask
Asking in plain English uses AI credits, so it needs the trial or a Starter, Professional or Enterprise plan. Totals and trends are computed from the synced rows; the AI plans the question, picks the chart and writes the explanation.
- "Did commit activity ramp before each major release?"
- "Did engineering velocity track our feature-driven revenue?"
About the GitHub connector
Do I need an API key for GitHub?
No, not for public repositories. clariBI reads the public commit-activity stats with no token. The connector reads read-only and never changes anything.
Why did my first sync show no data for a repository?
GitHub computes repository statistics on demand. The first request for a repository can return an empty result while GitHub builds the stats; the next sync returns the full 52-week series. A re-sync resolves it.
Is there another way to connect GitHub?
Yes. GitHub is also in the MCP catalog (trial, Starter and above). That route reads through GitHub's own MCP server, for issues, pull requests and other repository data.
Which clariBI plans include GitHub?
Every plan can connect GitHub, within its data source limit: 3 on Free, 5 on Lite, 10 on Starter, 50 on Professional and 100 on Enterprise. Each source gets an automatic dashboard on every plan. Asking questions in plain English, AI reports and adding endpoints from the GitHub catalog need the trial or a Starter, Professional or Enterprise plan.
Try GitHub in clariBI
The trial lasts 14 days, includes 50 AI credits and needs no card. When it ends, your account moves to the Free plan and keeps its data and dashboards.