Free GitHub Access Audit

Find GitHub repo permission drift before signup

repod's free GitHub access audit gives private engineering orgs a fast first pass on direct grants, private repos without team coverage, high-privilege teams, and ownership drift.

No write access
Read-oriented audit mode
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What it answers

A fast read on whether GitHub access is drifting

Use the free audit before a deeper access review to see which repos need an owner, which direct grants deserve cleanup, and which high-privilege teams should be checked first.

Signals

What the audit checks

Each signal points at a concrete access-review decision, not a vague score.

01

Team coverage

Repos with at least one team-based permission path.

02

Private unassigned repos

Private repos with no team grants and unclear ownership paths.

03

Direct staff mappings

User-to-repo grants outside the normal GitHub team model.

04

High-privilege teams

Teams with maintain or admin access that deserve review.

Sample report snapshot

The first report turns drift into a queue

A real org will differ, but the output should quickly separate normal access from cleanup work.

68%

Team coverage

Review repos outside the team model first.

11

Private unassigned repos

Assign owners or document approved exceptions.

52

Direct staff mappings

Convert long-lived user grants to teams where possible.

7

High-privilege teams

Confirm maintain/admin is still justified.

Example findings

What usually needs human review

Direct-only private repo

A repo was created quickly and access was granted user by user. Create or attach an owning team before removing old direct grants.

Broad admin team

An old platform or engineering group kept admin on many repos. Split everyday access from break-glass access.

Outside collaborator exception

Vendor or contractor access was added for a project. Confirm whether the engagement is still active and who approved continued access.

Permissions needed

Read access is enough for the audit

A fine-grained PAT needs enough access for repod to read org members, repository metadata, teams, team membership, and repo-team permissions. Write access is not needed for the free audit.

Read the full PAT guidance

  • Organization members: read
  • Organization administration: read
  • Repository metadata: read
  • Repository access: selected repos or all repos

Run it when

GitHub access has grown beyond click-through review

Use it before customer security reviews, after offboarding churn, or before moving direct grants into a cleaner team-based model.

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