---
title: "mitchellh/vouch: A contributor trust management system based on explicit vouches to participate."
url: https://daily.dev/posts/mitchellh-vouch-a-contributor-trust-management-system-based-on-explicit-vouches-to-participate--kxglb8gpn
source_url: https://github.com/mitchellh/vouch
type: article
source: "Lobsters"
published: 2026-02-08T08:52:16.677Z
updated: 2026-02-08T08:52:32.738Z
tags: ["open-source", "github", "community", "github-actions"]
reading_time: 6
upvotes: 1
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# 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. Read it at the original source: <https://github.com/mitchellh/vouch>

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Tags: [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source), [#github](https://daily.dev/tags/github), [#community](https://daily.dev/tags/community), [#github-actions](https://daily.dev/tags/github-actions)

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