![steemgithub.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmTT5ebhEu9YHxhhQzpXwJePrKGcZaonGPEAHno6Ezn3wu/steemgithub.png)


Ok... so this is another quick stream of thought post that may or may not have much merit.

I have watched _(and experienced it myself as you can see below)_ developers posting about projects and pull requests they are adding to different repos.  A large portion of them are Steem related and you can use them by going to [SteemTools](http://steemtools.com/) _(and you should!)_.

![ext.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmUHuBWCrMkopp4YqbPYWQLYAJcXzFe5buvhbFMSxbvk96/ext.png)


This got me thinking of if there could be an interface for developers to be able to post about their changes / projects / pull requests / issues and have them all on one platform _(or **engine** as I like to call the front-end projects using the Steem blockchain)_ 😀

I wonder if it is possible to hook into the Github API to pull relevant information from open repos to display certain details in the post and possibly limit all the post types on that Steem engine to a certain category for showing relevant information.  It would be very niche to developers but that is how github itself seems to function. 

I know you have the option to select a category on steemit.com and there are forum specific things in chainbb to help organize posts and I think they work well.  I am wondering if we would get more devs engaged if something was created that was designed similar to github for the focus of promoting developers to be able to reward other developers. I think it might be beneficial if they could upvote their contributions on an interface that lent itself to a style they are familiar with and have experienced.

Plus the option to look over the code and maybe see how much that developer has earned from contribution posts to open source repos.  The github interface already seems to lend itself to that type of structure.

My initial thought is that a pull request type post could show upvotes and get rewarded _(tagged with that project and pull-request)_.  I think the pull request below could be easily created as a post and then that developer could earn for contributing.    Also, just like on Steemit the constructive comments could be upvoted that helped on the pull request.  

![pullrequest.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmesj1SRiR1J7NC4y9ZaBCXmbxDPmzXTMivJkKmXFZs6oh/pullrequest.png)

Maybe there could also be a section for issues _(tagged with that project name and issue)_ that allow relevant issues to be upvoted and developers could even use that to help determine what features the community might want to be added.  Although, there is always more than just the community desire to determine what development features should be implemented.

![issues.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmTfAjkJhDLMoQ5SuFeSw3TZ8M5Fow5ukuwXEP71B3rbHq/issues.png)


Just thinking out loud and not sure of adoption and potential issues but the idea did come to mind.  I know most devs that work on open source do it for a love of the project but it wouldn't hurt to get a little extra incentive!!! 👍

Is anything like this developed or currently being developed?

Steemit and Bitshares are already giving bounties for open source contributions:
  - [Steemit is now Open Source](https://steemit.com/steemit/@steemitblog/steemit-com-is-now-open-source)
  - [BitShares: Developers Wanted! 300,000,000 ($300m) Dev Fund](https://steemit.com/bitshares/@ash/bitshares-developers-wanted-300-000-000-usd300m-dev-fund)

I also found a few other posts that have brought up this idea [here](https://steemit.com/steemit/@instancex/steemit-for-github-a-match-made-in-heaven), [here](https://steemit.com/steemit/@icaro/github-steemit-how-awesome-would-be-both-together) and a huge post [here](https://steemit.com/github/@benslayton/how-steem-changes-the-game-for-open-source-software).    I guess I am mostly asking if anyone has pursued this and what issues have been discovered.  Has there been any development in this area?