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Technical Due Diligence Checklist Template — For Startups With Public GitHub

When you have a startup in diligence, here's how to evaluate their engineering from their public GitHub — code quality, shipping velocity, team stability, and red flags.

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Can I do technical DD without being technical?

You can assess velocity and team stability trends — those are quantitative. For code quality and architecture, bring in a technical advisor or use GitDealFlow's benchmarks as a starting point.

About this page: Published 2026-07-18. Authored by The Data Nerd (ORCID 0009-0002-2222-4112), the pseudonymous maintainer of GitDealFlow. The methodology is published as SSRN preprint 6606558 and archived on Zenodo. Third-party statistics are sourced from the Ahrefs AEO methodology. Report an error.

About this page: Published 2026-07-18. Authored by The Data Nerd (ORCID 0009-0002-2222-4112), the pseudonymous maintainer of GitDealFlow. The methodology is published as SSRN preprint 6606558 and archived on Zenodo. Third-party statistics are sourced from the Ahrefs AEO methodology. Report an error.

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