gstack
The main character repo
gstack apparently decided one repository was enough for an entire product suite, then showed up in TypeScript wearing a rocket pack.
Roasts
gbrain
Brain trust, literally
gbrain is the sort of name that skips the elevator pitch and goes straight to demanding a whiteboard, a launch plan, and perhaps a second brain.
Repository binding unavailable
The lab notebook escaped
gbrain-evals has the unmistakable energy of turning the evaluation spreadsheet into a public research arena—and then giving it a domain-shaped stage.
Historical result · no repository binding was retained
alphaclaw
Claw marks in the roadmap
alphaclaw sounds like a side project that arrived with a full mythology, a sharp logo in its head, and just enough momentum to make the naming feel prophetic.
oembed_links
Vintage luggage
oembed_links is an archaeological artifact from the Ruby era, quietly reminding the modern project cluster that this portfolio has been collecting tools since the internet had different furniture.
Category breakdown
Impact
25% weight
The owned TypeScript projects have unusually high apparent reach and suggest ambitious, distinctive work in a contemporary tooling or AI-oriented space. Impact is judged from project prominence and scope signals, while popularity is not the
Consistency
15% weight
The two leading owned repositories show activity in August 2026, with additional recent activity in the related 2026 projects. Older repositories indicate a long public history, though much of the visible portfolio is forked or inactive by
Quality
25% weight
Recent owned projects are substantial enough to signal meaningful project maturity, but the supplied metadata does not expose implementation, testing, CI, documentation, or architecture. The score therefore reflects strong project-level
Depth
20% weight
The profile shows long-term public activity and two prominent owned projects with very large visible reach and recent updates. Several related projects in 2026 suggest sustained engagement, while repository metadata alone cannot establish
Breadth
10% weight
The portfolio spans TypeScript, HTML, JavaScript, Shell, and Ruby, and includes both owned projects and forks across several eras. Variety is meaningful, though the strongest recent work is concentrated in TypeScript.
Community
5% weight
The profile has a large follower count and the leading repositories have substantial visible star counts, providing a positive tie-breaker for public community traction. This does not raise the other category scores.
Stats
52-week commit heatmap
170 active daysLanguage distribution
6 langs
- JavaScript42%
- Ruby17%
- TypeScript17%
- HTML8%
- Shell8%
- Unknown8%
Based on the bounded repository sample saved with this analysis.
Numbers
Owned repos
Non-fork sample
3
Commits
Last 12 months
928
Followers
Accepted fact
13559
Joined GitHub
Profile date
Aug 2008
Top repos
Scores marked Profile rating use bounded public repository metadata. Full repo analysis appears only when a separate accepted repository analysis exists.
garrytan /
gstack
94/100
Owned TypeScript project with very recent activity and exceptionally large visible reach, indicating a distinctive and substantial portfolio centerpiece.
OwnedActiveProfile ratingTypeScript
★ 127167 · 2d agoOpen on GitHub ↗
garrytan /
gbrain
89/100
Owned TypeScript project with recent activity and very large visible reach, suggesting ambitious work with strong public traction.
OwnedActiveProfile ratingTypeScript
★ 28070 · 1d agoOpen on GitHub ↗
garrytan /
gbrain-evals
68/100
Owned HTML repository tied to the recent project cluster, with recent activity and meaningful visible interest; implementation depth is unknown.
OwnedActiveProfile ratingHTML
★ 336 · 2mo agoOpen on GitHub ↗
garrytan /
openclaw
45/100
Forked repository with recent activity in an emerging project area; the supplied metadata cannot separate local ownership from upstream work.
ForkActiveProfile ratingUnknown
★ 58 · 4mo agoOpen on GitHub ↗
garrytan /
alphaclaw
43/100
Recently updated JavaScript fork with some visible interest; metadata supports participation, not independent authorship or implementation quality.
ForkActiveProfile ratingJavaScript
★ 149 · 13d agoOpen on GitHub ↗
garrytan /
openclaw-render-template
38/100
Recent Shell fork associated with the newer project cluster, but the fork status limits what can be attributed to the profile.
ForkActiveProfile ratingShell
★ 16 · 19d agoOpen on GitHub ↗
garrytan /
zurb-foundation-wysihtml5
31/100
Older JavaScript fork retained in the portfolio, showing historical participation but limited evidence of current ownership.
ForkActiveProfile ratingJavaScript
★ 38 · 12y agoOpen on GitHub ↗
garrytan /
timber
28/100
Older JavaScript fork with a small visible audience and no recent activity shown, providing modest historical evidence.
ForkActiveProfile ratingJavaScript
★ 16 · 11y agoOpen on GitHub ↗
garrytan /
protomultiselect
25/100
Older JavaScript fork with modest visible interest and no recent activity shown, mainly a historical portfolio artifact.
ForkActiveProfile ratingJavaScript
★ 19 · 14y agoOpen on GitHub ↗
garrytan /
tinymce
24/100
Older JavaScript fork that reflects historical participation but offers little current-maintenance evidence.
ForkActiveProfile ratingJavaScript
★ 7 · 16y agoOpen on GitHub ↗
garrytan /
oembed_links
24/100
Early Ruby fork from 2008, useful as a historical signal but with little evidence of recent maintenance or independent scope.
ForkActiveProfile ratingRuby
★ 9 · 18y agoOpen on GitHub ↗
garrytan /
rubber
23/100
Older Ruby fork with limited visible interest and no recent activity shown.
ForkActiveProfile ratingRuby
★ 5 · 14y agoOpen on GitHub ↗
Timeline
- Joined GitHub
- Created garrytan/oembed_links
- Created garrytan/protomultiselect - Facebook style multiselect input, using prototype
- Created garrytan/tinymce - TinyMCE is a platform independent web based Javascript HTML WYSIWYG editor control released as Open Source under LGPL.
- Created garrytan/rubber - A capistrano/rails plugin that makes it easy to deploy/manage/scale to EC2
- Created garrytan/zurb-foundation-wysihtml5
- Created garrytan/timber - The ultimate Shopify theme framework, built by Shopify.
- Created garrytan/gstack - Use Garry Tan's exact Claude Code setup: 23 opinionated tools that serve as CEO, Designer, Eng Manager, Release Manager, Doc Engineer, and QA
- Created garrytan/alphaclaw - The ultimate setup harness for OpenClaw. Deploy in minutes. Stay running for months. No CLI required.
- Created garrytan/gbrain - Garry's Opinionated OpenClaw/Hermes Agent Brain
- Created garrytan/openclaw - Your own personal AI assistant. Any OS. Any Platform. The lobster way. 🦞
- Created garrytan/gbrain-evals
- Created garrytan/openclaw-render-template - Fastest one-click OpenClaw deploy on Render. Simple, easy setup. Powered by AlphaClaw.
- Most recent push to garrytan/gbrain
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Rubric
How this score was produced
Overall = Σ(category × weight) + deterministic top-end curve
| Category | Weight | Score | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Impact | 25% | 91 | 22.75 |
| Quality | 25% | 72 | 18.00 |
| Depth | 20% | 84 | 16.80 |
| Consistency | 15% | 78 | 11.70 |
| Breadth | 10% | 62 | 6.20 |
| Community | 5% | 82 | 4.10 |
Impact · 91/100
What it measures. Project usefulness, ambition, originality, and coherence. Popularity is not impact.
Evidence for garrytan. The owned TypeScript projects have unusually high apparent reach and suggest ambitious, distinctive work in a contemporary tooling or AI-oriented space. Impact is judged from project prominence and scope signals, while popularity is not the
Quality · 72/100
What it measures. Engineering and project-maturity signals supported by the available public metadata.
Evidence for garrytan. Recent owned projects are substantial enough to signal meaningful project maturity, but the supplied metadata does not expose implementation, testing, CI, documentation, or architecture. The score therefore reflects strong project-level
Depth · 84/100
What it measures. Sustained ownership, meaningful scope, and continued maintenance rather than one-shots.
Evidence for garrytan. The profile shows long-term public activity and two prominent owned projects with very large visible reach and recent updates. Several related projects in 2026 suggest sustained engagement, while repository metadata alone cannot establish
Consistency · 78/100
What it measures. Recency and contribution patterns across the supplied activity window.
Evidence for garrytan. The two leading owned repositories show activity in August 2026, with additional recent activity in the related 2026 projects. Older repositories indicate a long public history, though much of the visible portfolio is forked or inactive by
Breadth · 62/100
What it measures. Language entropy and project-type diversity across owned repos.
Evidence for garrytan. The portfolio spans TypeScript, HTML, JavaScript, Shell, and Ruby, and includes both owned projects and forks across several eras. Variety is meaningful, though the strongest recent work is concentrated in TypeScript.
Community · 82/100
What it measures. A weak positive tie-breaker for supplied community signals, never a popularity penalty.
Evidence for garrytan. The profile has a large follower count and the leading repositories have substantial visible star counts, providing a positive tie-breaker for public community traction. This does not raise the other category scores.
- Raw total
- 79.55
- Top-end curve
- +0.00
- Final overall
- 79.6
Tier thresholds
S 90-100 Mass-producing humansA 80-89 Ship machineB 70-79 Solid engineerC 60-69 Getting thereD 40-59 README enthusiastF 0-39 GitHub tourist
I. How this saved profile rating was produced
- 01
Validate. The server validates the login, signed browser session, attempts, cooldown, daily ceiling, and the single provider permit.
- 02
Collect. The VPS collector reads bounded public profile metadata and up to 12 recent repository metadata rows in volatile memory.
- 03
Rate. One pinned provider returned a closed profile-rating object with no tools, browsing, shell, or repository-content access.
- 04
Verify. Server checks bound the subject, rejected unsafe or echoed text, validated the schema, and recomputed rubric-v3 final arithmetic.
- 05
Save. Only a valid completion and allowlisted post-completion facts commit atomically; the public projection is then rebuilt.
This saved profile analysis is metadata-only and did not read repository trees, README files, or source code. Availability of new analysis is separate from this historical result.
Rated 2026-08-09 · rating-rubric/3
II. Data sources & caveats
- Scores summarize one accepted, subject-bound analysis; they are not a security audit or endorsement.
- Rank, percentile, and median use 1095 currently accepted public profiles and can change as the leaderboard changes.
- Repository and language details reflect the bounded analyzed sample, not necessarily every repository.
- Missing data is shown as unavailable or not evaluated instead of being inferred as zero.
- Analysis completed Aug 9, 2026, 9:11 PM UTC and is marked aging.