Published Oct 18, 2026 · Updated Oct 18, 2026 · 8 min read · By Eodly

Tools that check developers' status updates against their GitHub commits (2026)

Yes. A handful of tools connect developers' written status updates to their actual GitHub activity, and they work in three different ways. Some generate the update from commits and pull requests, so nobody writes anything. Some collect a written check-in and show the person's GitHub activity next to it. And a few go one step further and put each claim next to the work behind it, flagging the updates the work does not support. Below are ten options compared on which of those they do, what they cost and how generous the free tier is, with every price checked on the vendor's own site on 18 October 2026.

We make Eodly, so it is on this list. Where another tool is the better fit, we say so.

Quick comparison

The three approaches, and what each misses

Generated from commits (Gitmore, GitSignal). Nobody fills in a form, and the summary is always based on real code activity. The trade-off: a lot of a developer's day leaves no commit. Debugging, reviewing, designing and unblocking a teammate can look like a quiet day, and a generated summary does not carry the developer's own account of the day, including what is blocking them.

Written check-in with activity attached (Steady, DailyBot, Range, Troopr, Daylee, Standuply). You keep the human update and gain the context: the commits and pull requests sit next to it. This is a real improvement over a bare standup bot. The comparison itself is still yours to do. As of 18 October 2026, none of these tools' sites describe flagging an update that the activity does not support; they show both and leave the judgement to you.

Each claim checked against the work (Eodly). The person still writes their update in their own words. Eodly then weighs each claim against GitHub and Linear and sorts the day for you: what got done with the work behind it, who worked but did not check in, who has gone quiet, and which updates say one thing while the work says another. That last group is shown side by side for you to judge, because sometimes the work is real and simply not in GitHub.

1. Eodly

Eodly sends each person one short check-in a day in the chat tool they already use (Slack, Telegram or Discord), reminds anyone who has not answered once, and sends you one report in the evening.

Connect GitHub or Linear and each update sits next to the merged pull request or moved ticket behind it. People with activity who forgot to check in still count. An update that keeps saying "almost done" while nothing moves is flagged for you to look at. Flags can be dismissed, and there is no keystroke logging, screen capture or time tracking: Eodly reads the work your team already produces, not their machines.

• Price: free for up to 5 people, no card, with every chat tool plus GitHub and Linear. Team is $29 a month for up to 10 people; Growth is $49 a month for up to 20.
• Best for: founders and leads who want to know what actually got done without reading every update or asking twice.
• Less suited to: teams that want custom questionnaires, polls or engineering metrics dashboards.

How Eodly connects to GitHub and Linear

2. Steady (formerly Status Hero)

Steady says "Commits and PRs sync with each developer's daily check-ins automatically", and it can pre-fill updates from GitHub and Jira. Its scheduled reports can also summarise merged pull requests.

• Price: credit-based. No free plan; each user you add comes with 100 free credits, and a check-in delivered to one person costs one credit. Paid starts at $25 a month for 500 credits, with unlimited users.
• Chat tools: Slack, Microsoft Teams and email, plus web and mobile.
• Best for: teams that want GitHub and Jira activity beside every written check-in.

3. DailyBot

DailyBot adds a person's GitHub activity from the past 24 hours as a column in its reports once activity tracking is on. It also pre-loads standups with each engineer's Linear or Jira issues.

• Price: the free Starter plan has unlimited members and up to 50 compiled check-in reports a month. Essentials is $2.40 per active user on annual billing, or $3 month to month. Its pricing page lists integrations under different plans in different places, so confirm which plan you need before relying on GitHub.
• Chat tools: Slack, Microsoft Teams, Google Chat and Discord.
• Best for: teams across several chat tools that want flexible check-ins and forms.

4. Range

Range lets each person "see and add pull requests and issues to your Check-in with one click", from GitHub, Jira and Linear.

• Price: free for up to 12 users and 2 teams, with 30 days of check-in history. Pro is $8 per team member, paid month to month.
• Best for: teams that want check-ins, meeting agendas and goals together.

5. Troopr

Troopr "drafts each person's update from their real Jira, GitHub, and Slack activity" and sends the draft to the person to confirm or edit. If they do not reply in time, it posts the draft marked as auto-generated.

• Price: free forever for up to 10 seats. Standard is $6 per seat on annual billing, or $8 month to month; readers are free.
• Chat tools: Slack and Microsoft Teams.
• Best for: engineering teams that live in Jira.

6. Daylee

Daylee runs async standups in Slack. It messages each person in their local morning, and its AI writes a first draft from their activity, so engineers "confirm or edit instead of writing from scratch".

• Price: free for up to 5 members. Standard is $2.49 per active user a month; GitHub, Linear and Jira activity is on Pro at $4.49.
• Best for: Slack teams that want updates pre-written from activity.

7. Standuply

Standuply runs standups in Slack and Microsoft Teams and connects to GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket and Jira on its Team plan, mainly to build reports and agile charts such as burndowns.

• Price: the free Starter plan covers 3 users, with a 30-day trial of paid plans. Team starts at $1.50 per user on annual billing ($2 month to month) for up to 5 users.
• Best for: scrum teams that want standups, retros and planning tools together.

8. Gitmore

Gitmore "turns your commits and PRs into clear updates for your team" and delivers them to Slack or email. Developers never fill out a form. It can also match Linear, Jira and other task tools to the pull requests that implement them.

• Price: free forever with 2 AI credits a month. Pro is $8.99 a month flat, with no per-seat pricing.
• Best for: teams that want an activity summary with no input from developers.

9. GitSignal

GitSignal reads every commit and pull request your team merges and writes plain-language summaries, standups and timelines, with "no forms, no Slack bots, no manual updates".

• Price: Hobby is $10 a month for 1 seat, Starter $19 for 2 seats, Pro $39 for 5 seats. Its site does not state a free plan's limits.
• Best for: a readable record of what changed in the code.

10. LinearB

LinearB is an engineering productivity platform: DORA metrics, git metrics, pull request automation and delivery forecasts. It is not a standup tool, but it often comes up for this question.

• Price: a 45-day free trial, then $29 per user a month billed annually, with a 50-user minimum.
• Best for: larger engineering organisations that want metrics across many teams.

Can I build this myself?

You can. The GitHub API returns each person's commits, pull requests and reviews, and a scheduled GitHub Action can post a daily summary to a channel. Linear and Jira's own GitHub integrations also link tickets to commits and pull requests, so a ticket's status moves when the code does. What a script does not give you is the written update from each person, the reminder when they forget, and a fair way to show a mismatch without it reading as an accusation. That is the part a check-in tool adds.

How to set this up in a week

1. Decide what you want to compare. A daily "what I got done" against merged pull requests and moved tickets is enough for most teams. Leave commit counts out of it: they reward small commits, not finished work.
2. Connect GitHub and your tracker (Linear or Jira) to the tool you pick, and map each person's chat account to their GitHub account.
3. Tell the team why. The point is fewer status meetings and fewer follow-up questions, not watching people. Say that out loud before day one.
4. Run it for a week before you act on anything. Some work does not show up in GitHub. Look at the pattern over several days, not a single update.

Questions people ask

Is there a tool that checks developers' status updates against GitHub commits? Yes. Eodly puts each update next to the merged pull request or moved ticket and flags the ones the work does not support. Steady, DailyBot, Range, Troopr and Daylee show GitHub activity beside the written update, and Gitmore and GitSignal generate the update from commits instead.

Is comparing updates to commits a form of surveillance? It does not have to be. Reading pull requests and tickets your team already shares in the open is different from keystroke logging, screen capture or time tracking. Be transparent about what is read and treat a mismatch as a question, not a verdict.

What about work that never shows up in GitHub? Design, debugging, code review and helping a teammate often leave no commit. That is why a written update still matters, and why a flag should be something you look at rather than an automatic judgement.

Do I need Jira or Linear as well as GitHub? No, GitHub alone works with most of these tools. Adding Linear or Jira helps because a moved ticket often says more than a commit does.

Prices and features were checked on each vendor's own site on 18 October 2026 and can change. If something here is out of date, tell us and we will fix it.

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