IndieLeader is a competition, and competitions are only fun when they're fair. These rules keep the board honest. By creating an account or linking a repository you agree to play by them.
Fair play
- Only real work counts. Commits must represent genuine development activity. Inflating your count — scripted or automated commits, empty or trivial commits, bulk-splitting one change into dozens of commits, or backdating commit timestamps — is not allowed.
- No bots or generated activity. Commits authored by bots, CI systems, or scheduled jobs under your name don't belong on the board.
- Rewritten history is cheating. Force-pushing rebuilt history to bump counts — re-committing the same work, squash-and-resplit loops — counts as manipulation.
Your repositories
- Link only repositories you actually contribute to. You must be a real author on the repository — not just have access to it.
- No shell repositories. Repositories that exist only to farm commits (dotfile spam, auto-generated content, mirror dumps) are not allowed.
- Forks and mirrors: only your own commits in them count, and linking a fork purely to inherit someone else's history is not allowed.
Account & conduct
- One account per person. No duplicate accounts to claim extra free spots or multiple board positions.
- Keep names and profiles clean. No offensive, misleading, or impersonating names, avatars, or X handles — this is a public leaderboard.
- Don't abuse the report system. Reports are for suspected violations, not for harassing competitors.
Enforcement
We review reported repositories and unusual activity. Violations may result in — at our sole discretion and without prior notice — removal of a repository from the leaderboard, correction of commit counts, or in serious or repeated cases, removal of your account. The €10 unlock fee is not refunded when an account is removed for violating these rules.
Decisions are final. If you believe we made a genuine mistake, contact us at info@nexbase.nl.