--- title: "Github banned me for no understandable reason" url: https://daily.dev/posts/github-banned-me-for-no-understandable-reason-jdhge4d06 source_url: https://blog.hellbeast.eu.org/Github%20banned%20me%20for%20no%20understandable%20reason type: article source: "Lobsters" published: 2026-04-29T14:16:17.745Z updated: 2026-04-29T14:16:50.847Z tags: ["open-source", "github"] reading_time: 10 upvotes: 171 comments: 43 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Github banned me for no understandable reason **[Lobsters](https://daily.dev/sources/lobsters)** · 10 min read · 171 upvotes · 43 comments ## Summary A developer shares their experience of being unexpectedly banned from GitHub with no explanation, no email notification, and a frustrating support process that required having an active account to appeal. The ban erased all their contributions, comments, and pull requests, and blocked access to features like code search, GitHub Sponsors, CI artifacts, and HACS for Home Assistant. The author speculates the ban may have been triggered by adblocker filter lists, an ad-blocking tool for a VR game, or a joke repo using Unicode text-reversal characters. They urge developers to migrate away from GitHub given the risk of sudden account erasure. The account was reinstated roughly three hours after the post was published, seemingly prompted by the public attention. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@hanzo** · 27 upvotes > IMO, the reliance on GitHub OAuth for mission-critical things like Home Assistant is the real scandal here. We've built decentralized ecosystems on top of a highly centralized foundation, and we're acting surprised when the rug gets pulled. **@byteoutlaw** · 4 upvotes > So what is the best solution here? I agree this is a huge problem, so we should self host git? :O - I need to not fail on this when I release my app. Damn could be a business killer. **@petermrozek** · 3 upvotes > > ...it's impossible to not transact with Github for open source projects... > > Give it time. Seeing how GH repeatedly dropped the ball in recent months, it won't be long until the exodus is in full strenght (it already started). 😉 > > > ...If the idea of getting banned, having all your contributions to open source go away, and never getting any response about what happened scares you... > > Not really. I've moved all my meaningful stuff away from GH 1-2 years ago. I don't like to be vendor-locked. At the very end of the post there's the response from GH. Let me quote it: > > ...Sometimes our abuse... **@chris302** · 3 upvotes > I noticed recently that since the departure of the Ghostty creator from Github, there are a lot of issues coming up, so i think it's risky to rely entirely on Github, even the fact that we all use it for app production and devops and so. > > Thankfully there are open source alternatives like Gitea ❤️ **@baz14** · 3 upvotes > After GitHub was acquired by micro soft, its fate became unclear. I began using it only as a mirror hosting service. ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [I was banned from Claude for scaffolding a CLAUDE.md file – Hugo Daniel](https://daily.dev/posts/i-was-banned-from-claude-for-scaffolding-a-claude-md-file-hugo-daniel-nrj3cdhby) · Hacker News · 3 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source), [#github](https://daily.dev/tags/github) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/github-banned-me-for-no-understandable-reason-jdhge4d06)