Mentionable Index
ChatGPT
Perplexity
Copilot
Grok
Gemini
AIOGoogle AI OverviewGoogle AI Mode
Claude
Is github.com cited by AI?
Yes. From February 2026 to September 2026, github.com was found 1,124 times across 509 AI responses analyzed by Mentionable. ChatGPT cites it most often (833 times).
An engine lists more sources than it cites in its text. Here, 38% of citations appear in the answer itself: the rest sits in the list of sources, outside the text.
1,124
Citations
38%
Visible in answer
435
Pages cited
8
Engines
Which engines cite it
Engines do not lean on the same sources, and do not put them in their text the same way.
EngineCitationsVisible
83319%
178100%
38100%
300%
16100%
AIO16100%
9100%
4100%
What AI engines look for on github.com
435 distinct URLs from this domain were recorded. Citations concentrate on these sections.
/microsoft
38%
/openai
4%
/mobile-dev-inc
3%
/marketcalls
2%
/vitest-dev
1%
/SerialLain3170
1%
/google
1%
/payloadcms
1%
Month by month
3
Feb 26
3
Mar 26
9
Apr 26
69
May 26
96
Jun 26
177
Jul 26
739
Aug 26
28
Sep 26
In which markets
Developer tools & software673AI tools & assistants166Media & publishing74Finance & banking48Marketing & SEO agencies39B2B SaaS25Events & weddings21Beauty & cosmetics10Education & training4HR & recruitment3IT services & cybersecurity3E-commerce & online retail2Logistics & transport1Manufacturing & industry1
Frequently asked questions
Which AI engines cite github.com?
7 engines cite github.com over the period: ChatGPT (833), Perplexity (178), Copilot (38), Gemini (16), Google AI Overview (16), Google AI Mode (9), and Claude (4). Every tracked engine has cited it.
Do AI engines put github.com in the text of their answers?
38% of github.com citations appear in the text of the answer, the rest sits in the list of sources. Perplexity puts it in its text most often (100%).
Which pages of github.com do AI engines cite?
Citations cover 435 distinct URLs and concentrate on /microsoft (38%), /openai (4%), and /mobile-dev-inc (3%).
Where does github.com rank among the sources cited in Developer tools & software?
github.com ranks 8th of 3,134 domains recorded in Developer tools & software, with 673 citations in this sector.
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Other sources cited in Developer tools & software
| # | Domain | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4,341 | |
| 2 | 1,743 | |
| 3 | 1,300 | |
| 4 | 1,085 | |
| 5 | 811 | |
| 6 | 691 | |
| 7 | 637 | |
| 8 | 575 | |
| 9 | 549 | |
| 10 | 510 |