Git governance
you can prove
Govlin links every change to its ticket, pipeline, quality result and approvals. It tells you what needs your attention, whether a release can ship and how to prove what happened.
The engineering evidence chain is fragmented
Commits happen, pipelines run, tickets close, but nobody can follow the whole chain when a release, an audit or an incident asks for it.
Manual collection
Teams spend hours gathering evidence from Git, Jira, Jenkins and SonarQube by hand, and still cannot say whether a release can ship.
One chain, computed live
Govlin records each change where it happens, links it to its ticket, pipeline and quality result as it arrives, and computes the state of every release without asking you to fill anything in.
One question per section
Govlin is organized in six sections, each answering a single question. Ask is available on every screen.
Ask. A conversation on every screen (Ctrl+J). It takes its subject from the screen and never asks for the organization, repository, branch or time window.
See every featureOne home, access by permissions
Everyone starts in the Action Center. A role only sets default permissions; each person sees what those permissions allow.
You find out the ticket is missing, or that a rule blocks the push, after you pushed.
Workspace shows the flow of your change, its impact and whether it is ready to push, and the rules warn before the push. Default permissions: local Git and read.
Built for enterprise security
Append-Only Records
Events, decisions and deployment authorizations cannot be edited or deleted through the API. Computing a state leaves no trace: only decisions and the evidence someone creates are recorded.
Access by Permissions
You sign in with GitHub and get a credential bound to your membership in the organization. Each person sees the sections their role allows.
Encrypted in Transit & at Rest
HTTPS between the Desktop and the server, an encrypted database, access keys stored as SHA-256 hashes and Desktop credentials in the operating system keyring.
Your Code Stays Local
No file content, diff or patch ever leaves the workstation. Govlin sends Git metadata: event, commit, branch, author, commit message, staged file paths, computer name and operating system.
Frequently Asked Questions
Answers to the most common questions about Govlin, especially what it does NOT do.
No. No file content, diff or patch ever leaves your machine. Govlin sends Git metadata: event type, commit SHA, branch, author, commit message, staged file paths, repository, computer name and operating system. Change impact is computed locally and is not sent.
Only if your rules say so. Each group of rules (branches, commits, pull requests, traceability, quality) is Not checked, Warn or Block. At the Observe only level nothing is blocked and Govlin still gathers evidence.
No. Govlin records the Git operations you make from the app (stage, commit, push, branches) and receives the rest from GitHub, Jira, Jenkins and SonarQube. It has no access to your screen, clipboard, browser, or IDE.
With GitHub. The app shows a code you confirm on github.com, and Govlin gives you a credential bound to your membership in the organization. An administrator adds you or invites you; without a membership you can use an access key.
Ready to govern your Git workflow?
Download Govlin Desktop, sign in with GitHub and see what needs your attention.