Reply to SignPath
Your SignPath Foundation application · 20 Oct 2026
What SignPath wrote
Phillip Deng, oss-support@signpath.org, today 08:09
We need to verify the reputation and standing of each project … publicly available references such as articles, blog posts, forum discussions, mentions in open-source communities … At the moment, we were not able to find sufficient references for your project. Without these, we unfortunately won't be able to approve it.
Before we make a final decision, could you please share with us any references … If you can provide such information, we'll be happy to re-evaluate.
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To: oss-support@signpath.org · Re: Your SignPath Foundation application
Hi Phillip,
Obeya has been public since 5 October, so there are no articles or forum threads about it yet. What there is:
- My post introducing Obeya on LinkedIn (15 October, 43 reactions, 13 comments): https://www.linkedin.com/posts/danielsadilek_whats-next-i-typed-that-into-claude-code-activity-7516558089886748672-BonF
- The repository, with four releases since 9 October and a first issue from an outside user, fixed the next day: https://github.com/sadilek/obeya
- The project site, https://obeya.si, and 44 public demo videos of recent feature additions: https://demos.obeya.si
A public launch on Hacker News follows in the coming days. If the launch would make the difference, can you keep the application open until then? I would send you the links from the launch.
Best regards,
Daniel
The facts behind it, checked today
| LinkedIn post | 15 Oct, public without login, 43 reactions, 13 comments (one asks in detail how Obeya handles growing requirements) |
| Repository | Public since 5 Oct; releases 0.1, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5 (9–19 Oct); 8 stars, 1 fork; issue #1 from jhberg on 18 Oct, answered and fixed on 19 Oct |
| Demos | 44 pages on demos.obeya.si |
| Left out | Download counts: about 25 installer downloads over all releases, which would argue against us. Stars (8), for the same reason. |
| Not found | Any article, blog post, forum thread or awesome-list entry about Obeya. The web search finds only the repository itself. |
Why it asks to keep the application open
SignPath wrote "before we make a final decision". The references we have are thin, and sending them alone invites that final decision now. The Hacker News launch will produce exactly the kind of references they ask for, so the draft offers them those links.