Gitlinks was a startup I co-founded in 2018. We were building a platform to secure the software supply chain.

GitLinks is a software company that offers a solution to help manage open source software dependencies and ensure compliance with open source licenses.

When developers use open source libraries or frameworks in their projects, they need to comply with the terms of the licenses attached to those libraries. This can be a complex and time-consuming task, especially as projects grow and dependencies multiply.

Another aspect that is difficult to manage is the quality of the community around the open source. Open source projects can be abandoned, or they can be compromised by malicious actors. Documentation can grow stale and security vulnerabilities can go unpatched.

GitLinks offered a platform that can automatically detect open source components in a software project, track their licenses, and provide alerts when new vulnerabilities or license compliance issues arise. It will also track the quality, liveliness and breadth of the community around the open source project.

This can help development teams save time, reduce risk, and ensure that they are using open source software in a compliant and secure way.

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