Crickets is a GitHub monitoring tool designed specifically for engineering managers and tech leads who need to stay on top of their team's GitHub activity without constantly checking notifications. It provides a calm, organized dashboard that surfaces critical items requiring attention, such as unassigned bugs, stale pull requests, pending replies, and zombie issues. The tool automatically tracks repository health metrics like review throughput, tech stack end-of-life status, bus factor, and repo hygiene. Key features include:
- Inbox alerts for unassigned bugs, PRs without review, pending replies, zombie issues, and production errors without tickets
- Repository health monitoring including review throughput, tech stack detection with EOL alerts, bus factor analysis, and repo hygiene checks
- Customizable thresholds that adapt to your team's pace
- No code access - only reads issues, PRs, comments, and config files
- Quick setup - installs in about two minutes via GitHub App
- Free tier for one repository with Pro version coming soon
Use cases include:
- Engineering managers who want to reduce manual status checks and interruptions
- Tech leads needing visibility into what's blocking their team
- Teams wanting to prevent issues from falling through the cracks
- Organizations monitoring repository health and technical debt
