12 Bots To Better Your Open Source Project

Probot (GitHub Apps) and GitHub Actions are two separate projects that aim to enable developers to extend their workflows and customize the way GitHub functions. Probot offers 12 automation tools, including Request Info, No Response, Mergeable, Auto Assign, Stale, First Timers, which help project maintainers by automating tasks such as requesting more information from authors, closing issues with no response, merging pull requests based on configurations, and assigning reviewers to pull requests. GitHub Actions provides additional tools like Lint, Size Limit, LibreSelery, Lock Threads, Pull Request Labeler, and Alex, which also automate various tasks, including linting, performance budgeting, continuous funding distribution, locking closed issues, labeling pull requests based on committed files, and catching insensitive writing. By leveraging these automation tools, developers can focus on more impactful tasks while maintaining their open source projects.