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Turning GitHub stats into soccer cards is quirky, but who pays for that?

AI roast score: 55/100 (D)

The idea

GitHub stats as soccer cards? Nice novelty, but it's hard to see developers shelling out cash for digital pats on the back.

In the founder's own words

Younesfdj/gitfut — Your GitHub stats, turned into a World-Cup-style player card

GitFut

your GitHub, rated out of 99 ⚽








🃏  Embed your card

Your card lives at a URL. Drop it in your profile README, your portfolio, anywhere — and it re-scouts itself as your stats change.

[ ![ My GitFut card ] ( https://gitfut.com/YOUR_USERNAME.png )] ( https://gitfut.com/YOUR_USERNAME )







gitfut.com/<username>.png
your card, as a live image


gitfut.com/<username>
the full scout report


?country=XX
override the flag (e.g. ?country=DZ )



⚙️  How the scouting works

Six signals from a live GitHub profile, each mapped to a football stat — read straight from GitHub's GraphQL API. No surveys, no self-reporting. Just the commits.



Stat
Scouted from



PAC
Pace
Commits in the last year


SHO
Shooting
Stars earned across repos


PAS
Passing
Pull requests + followers


DRI
Dribbling
Language diversity


DEF
Defending
Reviews + issues


PHY
Physical
Lifetime contributions



Your overall is the headline. Raw stats cap at 88 — the 90s are a legacy gate, earned with years and influence, so one heroic year won't crown you an Icon. Your position and archetype are read from your stat shape: a shooting spike scouts a poacher up top, a defending-and-passing lean scouts a deep playmaker.

Every card walks out in a finish:







Built with Next.js · TypeScript · Tailwind · Redis

gitfut.com  ·  scout someone today

The roast

Your idea of turning GitHub stats into World Cup-style player cards is quirky and fun, but novelty alone won't pay the bills. The tech-savvy developer audience you're targeting is notoriously frugal, and without a clear revenue model (q7=not_decided, q9=undecided), this project risks being a hobby rather than a business. Plus, GitHub already offers robust stats, so your differentiation is minimal at best. The execution might be smooth with your tech skills (q13=solo, has_tech), but the market and monetization strategy are glaringly absent. Your biggest red flag is the lack of a clear path to revenue. Without it, you're just adding a layer of gamification to existing public data.

Red flags

Verdict

A fun project that lacks a viable business model and market demand.

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