For B2B SaaS Founders
GitHub lead generation
for B2B SaaS founders
Your ideal customers are on GitHub right now — starring repos like yours, filing issues in competitor projects, searching for the exact problem you solve. GitLeads captures those signals and pushes leads into your sales stack before they find someone else.
You're missing 90% of developer intent
When a developer stars your competitor's repo, opens a GitHub Issue titled “looking for alternatives to X,” or mentions your category keyword in a pull request comment — that is a real-time buying signal. Most founders never see it.
What you're missing without GitLeads
- ✕Developers who starred competing repos in the last 24 hours
- ✕GitHub Issues mentioning your category keywords
- ✕Engineers asking "is there a tool that does X?" in public discussions
- ✕Developers who forked a competitor repo (testing alternatives)
- ✕Commit messages referencing the pain point your product solves
Two types of GitHub buying signals
Stargazer signals
Every new star on your repo — or a competitor's repo — is a warm lead. GitLeads captures them in real time with full profile enrichment: name, email (if public), company, tech stack, location, and follower count.
Keyword signals
Track keywords in GitHub Issues, PRs, Discussions, code, and commit messages. When someone mentions your category, competitor, or pain-point keyword, GitLeads surfaces the lead automatically.
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Tell GitLeads what to watch
Add competitor repo URLs and keywords that describe your category. Examples: repos like 'supabase/supabase' or 'vercel/next.js', keywords like 'looking for a firebase alternative' or 'self-hosted database'.
GitLeads monitors GitHub 24/7
Our scanners watch for new stars, keyword mentions in issues/PRs/discussions, and code comments matching your targets. New signals surface within 6 hours.
Enriched leads arrive in your stack
Every lead is enriched — GitHub username, email, bio, company, top languages, follower count, and the exact signal context that triggered the alert. Pushed directly into HubSpot, Slack, Smartlead, Instantly, Apollo, or any tool via webhook.
How founders use GitLeads
Pre-launch validation
Track who's starring similar tools before you launch. Build a waitlist from developers already interested in your category — before writing a single line of copy.
Competitor displacement
Find developers filing bug reports or feature requests in competing repos. They're frustrated and looking for alternatives — reach out at exactly the right moment.
ICP-matched outbound
Filter GitHub leads by language, company size, follower count, and bio keywords to match your ICP. Only reach out to developers who actually fit.
Leads push directly into
We do not send emails. We find the leads. Your existing stack handles outreach. See all integrations →
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