MergeBetter (Sunset / Open Source Archive)

MergeBetter is a GitHub App/backend prototype for proactive merge-conflict detection across open pull requests.

Status

• Service status: Sunset
• Sunset date: February 11, 2026
• Managed SaaS status: No longer operating

This repository is now public as an implementation reference and learning resource.

What This Repo Contains

• Node.js backend (src/) for webhook/event handling and conflict analysis
• React frontend (frontend/) for dashboard/auth flows
• Static marketing website (website/)
• AWS infrastructure templates (deploy/aws/)
• Historical planning and technical documentation (docs/)

Operating Notice

• mergebetter.com now serves a static farewell page.
• Production ECS/ALB/DynamoDB/CodeDeploy resources were decommissioned on February 11, 2026.
• This repo does not provide a maintained hosted service.

Local Development

npm install
cd frontend && npm install && cd ..
npm run dev

Tests

npm test

Security and Secrets

This public repo intentionally excludes runtime secrets.

If you fork and deploy:

• Use your own GitHub App/OAuth/Stripe credentials.
• Store secrets in a secret manager or CI secret store.
• Never commit credentials or task-definition snapshots from production accounts.

License

MIT (see LICENSE).