GitHub First Commit Finder

Paste a GitHub repo URL (or owner/repo) to get its first commit.

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Find the First Commit of Any GitHub Repository

Notice: this tool is frontend-only and calls GitHub API directly from your browser, so requests are limited by GitHub API rate limits per client IP.

Use this tool to check repository origin details like first commit SHA, author, date, message, first release, first star, and current project activity stats.

Enter a repository URL like https://github.com/owner/repo.
Get the earliest commit on the default branch instantly.
Share clean links for primary-only or full repository details.