Trust Index · Work, school and software
GitHub gets an A. Here's what loads before you agree
Checked October 25, 2026 in a US browser, with no choice made on any banner.
Grade A
github.com
94/100
- Online since 2007, 19 years
- No consent banner seen
Consent and tracking100
Security100
Accessibility80
Transparency100
What cost it points
- low
No stated way to report a barrier.
- low
Headings don't outline the page.
- low
"Learn more" links don't say where they go.
What loaded before you chose
Third-party trackers that fired before any choice, across 2 visits.
- Ad trackers
- None
- Analytics
- None
- Cookies before a choice
- 3
- Session recording
- None
- Consent banner
- None
- Opt-out link
- No
The fine print
- Terms of use
- 33 min read (opens in a new tab) · 7,868 words
- Privacy policy
- 27 min read (opens in a new tab) · 6,502 words
- Forced arbitration
- Not found
- Class-action waiver
- Not found
- AI in the privacy policy
- 8 mentions
- Accessibility statement
- No
Read automatically, so unusual wording can be missed. Not scored.
Security
- HTTPS
- Yes
- HSTS
- Yes
- Content-Security-Policy
- Yes
- Framing blocked
- Yes
- Secret keys in code
- None
- security.txt
- Yes
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