Frequently asked questions (FAQs)

  • Anonymous GitHub only anonymizes textual files. It does not support the use of a static site generator, such as Jekyll, with GitHub Pages (although Markdown files are converted to HTML without any special formatting).
  • Anonymous GitHub does not support files that are larger than 8Mo.
  • The anonymization can change the behavior of the program.

Anonymous Github is able to display pure textual files, such as text or source code. It can also render images, PDFs, and notbooks. However, only textual based files are anonymized. Anonymous Github analyzes the content of the file to detect if it is textual or not.

Anonymous Github is free to use, however the server costs me hundreds of dollars per year, a small donation to cover the cost of the server would be largely appreciated. You can support me financially by Sponsoring my GitHub account, send me money thought Ko-fi or by clicking on the "Support me" button.

The data stored on Anonymous Github are never used or shared in any cases. When a repository is removed or expired only the configuration of the repository is conserved to be able to restore easily the repository and to ensure that no future repository will use the same repository id.

The viewers of the repository are not tracked, only the number of view of the repository is collected (a incremental digit). It is not possible for the repository owner neither for Anonymous GitHub to track down the identity of the viewer.

Anonymous GitHub is fully open source and the deployment of a new instance is relatively easy. More information can be found on the GitHub repository of the project.