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Acceptable Use Policy

Acceptable Use Policy

Last updated: June 2026

This Acceptable Use Policy ("Policy") sets out the rules that apply when you use GitPort ("Service"), operated by GitPort ("we", "us", or "our"). This Policy is incorporated into and forms part of our Terms of Service. Capitalised terms not defined here have the meaning given in the Terms of Service.

1. Purpose

GitPort connects to third-party Git providers (such as GitHub and GitLab) via OAuth and their public APIs, and presents your repositories, pull requests, issues, and notifications in a unified interface. Because the Service acts on your behalf with real provider accounts and real provider API quotas, the way you use GitPort can affect not only your own account but other users and our standing with those providers. This Policy explains what is and is not allowed.

2. Connected Provider Accounts

When you connect a Git provider account, you confirm that you are authorised to grant GitPort the permissions requested during the OAuth flow, and that connecting the account does not violate that provider's own terms of service or API usage policies. You agree not to:

  • Connect an account you do not own or are not authorised to access, including by using credentials, tokens, or OAuth grants obtained without the account holder's consent;
  • Use GitPort to access, view, or act on repositories, organisations, issues, or pull requests that you would not otherwise be authorised to access directly through the provider;
  • Circumvent, disable, or interfere with any permission scope, access control, or visibility setting applied by a connected provider.

3. API Usage and Rate Limits

GitPort relies on shared API quotas issued by each connected provider (for example, GitHub's API rate limits). Excessive or abusive use by any one user can degrade the Service for others or put our provider integrations at risk of suspension. You agree not to:

  • Use the Service, or instruct or automate use of the Service, to send requests at a volume or frequency designed to circumvent, exhaust, or abuse a connected provider's rate limits or fair use policies;
  • Use the Service as a general-purpose API proxy or relay to make calls to a connected provider that are unrelated to GitPort's intended functionality (viewing and managing repositories, pull requests, issues, and notifications);
  • Scrape, harvest, or bulk-export data through the Service in a manner inconsistent with the connected provider's own terms.

We reserve the right to throttle, queue, or temporarily suspend syncing for any account where usage patterns risk affecting the availability of the Service for other users or our standing with a connected provider.

4. Prohibited Conduct

In addition to the acceptable use restrictions in our Terms of Service, you agree not to use the Service to:

  • Upload, sync, or transmit malware, malicious code, or content intended to damage or disrupt any system, including those of connected providers;
  • Probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of the Service or any connected provider's systems, or breach or circumvent any security or authentication measure;
  • Impersonate any person or entity, or misrepresent your affiliation with a person, entity, repository, or organisation;
  • Use the Service to harass, abuse, or send unsolicited communications to other users or to individuals associated with repositories or organisations accessed through the Service;
  • Resell, sublicense, or provide the Service to third parties as part of a competing or substantially similar product without our prior written consent;
  • Use automated means (bots, scripts) to create accounts, simulate user activity, or interact with the Service outside of normal interactive use, except where we have explicitly provided an API or integration for that purpose.

5. Consequences of Violation

If we reasonably believe you have violated this Policy, we may, at our discretion and without prior notice:

  • Suspend or disconnect the relevant connected provider account from your GitPort account;
  • Suspend or terminate your GitPort account;
  • Restrict access to specific features of the Service.

We will aim to notify you of any such action and the reason for it via our support centre, except where doing so would compromise the security of the Service or the rights of others.

6. Reporting Violations

If you become aware of a violation of this Policy, please report it via our support centre.

7. Relationship to Connected Providers

This Policy supplements, and does not replace, your obligations under each connected provider's own terms of service, acceptable use policy, and API terms, including GitHub's Terms of Service and API Terms and GitLab's Terms of Use and API Terms of Use. You remain responsible for complying with those provider terms independently of your use of GitPort.

8. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Policy from time to time. We will notify you of material changes by updating the "Last updated" date at the top of this page. Your continued use of the Service after changes become effective constitutes your acceptance of the revised Policy.

9. Contact

If you have questions about this Policy, please contact us via our support centre.