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It provides GitHub Actions... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/mitchellh-vouch-a-contributor-trust-management-system-based-on-explicit-vouches-to-participate--kxglb8gpn og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/KXgLB8gpN.png og:image:alt: mitchellh/vouch: A contributor trust management system based on explicit vouches to participate. og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: 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. # mitchellh/vouch: A contributor trust management system based on explicit vouches to participate. **[Lobsters](https://daily.dev/sources/lobsters)** · 6 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Vouch is a contributor trust management system that requires explicit vouching before users can interact with project resources. It provides GitHub Actions integration and a Nushell CLI for managing vouched and denounced users through a simple flat-file format. The system supports web-of-trust functionality where projects can share trust decisions, and offers flexible policies for controlling who can contribute based on community vouching. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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