GitHub compatibility

githome targets full wire compatibility with the GitHub REST API v3 and GraphQL v4. Clients written for GitHub work against githome without modification. Only the host changes.

Tested clients

Client	How to connect
gh CLI	gh auth login --hostname your-host
Octokit.js	new Octokit({ baseUrl: "https://your-host" })
PyGitHub	Github(base_url="https://your-host", login_or_token="TOKEN")
go-github	.WithEnterpriseURLs("https://your-host/", "https://your-host/")
Octokit.rb	Octokit::Client.new(api_endpoint: "https://your-host/")
Terraform github provider	base_url = "https://your-host/"
VS Code (git)	No change needed
JetBrains (git)	No change needed

Supported features

Feature	Status
Repositories (CRUD, topics, visibility)	Supported
Branches, tags, commits	Supported
File contents API	Supported
Issues (CRUD, labels, assignees, milestones, reactions)	Supported
Pull requests (create, merge, update)	Supported
Code review (reviews, inline comments, resolve threads)	Supported
Webhooks (events, HMAC-SHA256 signatures, delivery logs)	Supported
Releases and release assets	Supported
Gists (CRUD, stars, forks, comments)	Supported
Search (repositories, issues, code)	Supported
OAuth web flow	Supported
OAuth device flow	Supported
GitHub App installation tokens	Supported
Personal access tokens	Supported
GraphQL v4 (queries, mutations, relay pagination)	Supported
Git Smart HTTP (clone, fetch, push)	Supported
Check runs and status contexts	Supported
Web notifications inbox	Supported

Not supported

Feature	Notes
SSH transport	Planned (config reserved, not yet wired)
Organization accounts	Planned (everything is user-owned today)
GitHub Actions (CI workflows)	In progress in the separate tamnd/githome-action project; not yet served by the githome binary
Email notifications	Not planned (the web inbox is supported)
GitHub Packages / Container Registry	Not planned
GitHub Copilot	Not applicable
Dependabot	Not planned
GitHub Pages (hosting)	Not planned
Projects v2	Not planned
Code scanning / SARIF	Not planned
SAML SSO	Not planned
Merge queue	Not planned