--- title: Redential: A developer credential that proves what you built description: Redential is a developer credential tool that scans your local git history to generate a verifiable profile of what you actually built, without exposing your... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/redential-a-developer-credential-that-proves-what-you-built-tblshxrdn twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Redential: A developer credential that proves what you built | daily.dev og:description: Redential is a developer credential tool that scans your local git history to generate a verifiable profile of what you actually built, without exposing your... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/redential-a-developer-credential-that-proves-what-you-built-tblshxrdn og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/TblShXRdN.png og:image:alt: Redential: A developer credential that proves what you built 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. # Redential: A developer credential that proves what you built **[Product Hunt](https://daily.dev/sources/ph)** · 1 min read · 52 upvotes · 6 comments ## Summary Redential is a developer credential tool that scans your local git history to generate a verifiable profile of what you actually built, without exposing your code. A CLI tool runs locally, extracts patterns and skills from your repos, and creates a shareable public profile. The key differentiator is a live defense mechanism where developers answer real-time questions about their own work history, making the credential harder to fake than a CV or cloned GitHub profile. The CLI is open source and free; a paid dashboard and API exist for hiring teams. ## 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. **@tekn0wledg** · 2 upvotes > Cool concept. but "password or authentication information" in the ToS had me spooked, so I'm gonna pass. Love the idea tho. **@ytachy** · 2 upvotes > May be this rescues new developer generation? **@kartiknvj** · 1 upvotes > The live defense mechanism is what makes this more than another portfolio tool, since a real-time Q&A about your own commit history is much harder to fake than a cloned profile. The messy case I'd want to see handled is shared repos, where you contributed but weren't the primary author and attribution gets fuzzy fast. How does it score someone who did significant work in a codebase they don't own? ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Extending Our Mission With Developer Endpoint Protection](https://daily.dev/posts/extending-our-mission-with-developer-endpoint-protection-ae3ixumbh) · GitGuardian · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Blast Radius After a Laptop Compromise: What to Rotate](https://daily.dev/posts/blast-radius-after-a-laptop-compromise-what-to-rotate-vz3jjwp1n) · GitGuardian · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Reverse engineer any GitHub repo into an agent-ready plan - Git Pitcher](https://daily.dev/posts/reverse-engineer-any-github-repo-into-an-agent-ready-plan---git-pitcher-pmffb3svo) · Product Hunt · 4 upvotes · 1 comments - [GitHub Enterprise adds credential inventory exports](https://daily.dev/posts/github-enterprise-adds-credential-inventory-exports-kfuczt8ub) · GitHub Changelog · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source), [#career](https://daily.dev/tags/career), [#devtools](https://daily.dev/tags/devtools), [#authentication](https://daily.dev/tags/authentication), [#git](https://daily.dev/tags/git) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/redential-a-developer-credential-that-proves-what-you-built-tblshxrdn) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Redential: A developer credential that proves what you built","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/redential-a-developer-credential-that-proves-what-you-built-tblshxrdn","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/redential-a-developer-credential-that-proves-what-you-built-tblshxrdn"},"datePublished":"2026-07-22T07:38:29.286Z","dateModified":"2026-09-14T06:14:57.784Z","description":"Redential is a developer credential tool that scans your local git history to generate a verifiable profile of what you actually built, without exposing your...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/5c1ef8794c03c45bd5fedc108cadaf29?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/5c1ef8794c03c45bd5fedc108cadaf29?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Product Hunt","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Product Hunt","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/ph","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/ph"},"commentCount":6,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/redential-a-developer-credential-that-proves-what-you-built-tblshxrdn","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":52},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":6}],"keywords":"open-source,career,devtools,authentication,git","timeRequired":"PT1M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Product Hunt","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/ph"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Redential: A developer credential that proves what you built"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/redential-a-developer-credential-that-proves-what-you-built-tblshxrdn","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"Cool concept. but “password or authentication information” in the ToS had me spooked, so I’m gonna pass. 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