pinrail

Our summary

Pinrail is a desktop app that integrates human review into agentic workflows. Agents pause at designated steps to ask for approval, and you review their proposals in custom-built interfaces before they proceed.

Who it is for: Developers using AI coding agents who want human oversight

What the README claims

• Works with any agent that can run commands Pinrail works with any agent that can run a command, such as Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or OpenCode. Not checked

Written by AI from the project's README on 2026-10-08. It does not affect the verdict.

Maintained by

Maintained by 1 primary developer, 0 external contributors in the last 90 days.

• forgeplane is a GitHub organization.
• GitHub account created January 2026.
• Top contributors by commits: pnezis 100%.

Facts

License

Apache-2.0 source, checked 8 Oct 2026

Language

Rust source, checked 8 Oct 2026

Homepage

https://pinrail.dev source, checked 8 Oct 2026

Last release

v0.1.2, 7 Oct 2026 source, checked 8 Oct 2026

Releases

4 source, checked 8 Oct 2026

Contributors

1 source, checked 8 Oct 2026

Archived

no source, checked 8 Oct 2026

Nerd stuff

Docker

Languages

Rust (detected), TypeScript (detected), JavaScript (detected), HTML (detected)

Deployment

Docker (detected)

Docs

docs/ folder (detected)

License

Apache-2.0 (detected)

Package ecosystem

npm (detected)

The Receipts

What changed recently

• 7 Oct 2026: Latest release v0.1.2
• 6 Oct 2026: First release
• 13 Sep 2026: Repository created

GitHub release dates we stored. We do not track license changes yet.

Cite this

pinrail is a GitHub project at https://github.com/forgeplane/pinrail written mainly in Rust, described there as "Human in the loop for agentic workflows".

Source: https://midorreal.com/project/forgeplane-pinrail, checked 8 October 2026. The same facts as JSON: /project/forgeplane-pinrail.json.

Rank history

Hot on Hacker News: #35 today.

New to our radar: #5 today.

Stars

Events in this window

• 7 Oct 2026 Hacker News post, 21 points

Dated items we stored, last 30 days. They sit near the chart, they do not explain it.

Packages

? We have not checked the package registries for this project yet.

Signals

Attention vs adoption

Attention: not enough data to rank
Star velocity against all tracked projects

Adoption: not enough data to rank
Downloads, dependents and pulls

Not enough comparable data yet to set attention against adoption. This describes the numbers; it is not a verdict.

Hacker News

Caveats

• GitHub lists 1 contributor to this repository. Source

Repo health

• Languages LanguagesShare of the repository's code by bytes, as GitHub's language detection reports it. The five biggest languages are named and the rest are grouped as Other.Rust 41%, TypeScript 25%, JavaScript 13%, HTML 9%, CSS 7%, Other 5%
• License LicenseThe SPDX license id GitHub detects, and a class: Open source (OSI) if the license is on the Open Source Initiative approved list, Source-available if the code is readable but the license limits use, Unclear if GitHub cannot match a known license, No license detected if it finds none. A public repository without a license is not open source.Apache-2.0, Open source (OSI)
• Repository age Repository ageTime since the repository was created on GitHub. This is the repository, not necessarily the project, which may have existed elsewhere before.24 days, created 13 Sep 2026
• Release dates Release datesThe date of the first and the latest GitHub release, and the latest release tag. Projects that ship without GitHub releases show none.First release 6 Oct 2026, current version v0.1.2 (7 Oct 2026)

Development

• Commits in the last 7 days Commits in the last 7 daysCommits to the repository in the last 7 days, as GitHub counts them.273
• Commits in the last 30 days Commits in the last 30 daysCommits to the repository in the last 30 days, as GitHub counts them.1,041
• Commits in the last 90 days Commits in the last 90 daysCommits to the repository in the last 90 days, as GitHub counts them.1,041
• Contributors, all time Contributors, all timePeople and anonymous contributors who have ever committed to the repository, as GitHub counts them. A small number is context, not a flaw: many solid projects are kept by one or two people.1, a small team
• Releases ReleasesThe number of GitHub releases, and how many days ago the latest one was published.4, latest release 0 days ago
• Releases in the last 90 days Releases in the last 90 daysHow many GitHub releases were published in the last 90 days.4
• Issues in the last 30 days Issues in the last 30 daysIssues opened and issues closed in the last 30 days, as GitHub search counts them.1 opened, 0 closed
• Pull requests merged in the last 30 days Pull requests merged in the last 30 daysPull requests merged in the last 30 days, as GitHub search counts them.0

Maintenance

• Stale open issues Stale open issuesOpen issues with no update in the last 90 days, as GitHub search counts them.0
• Open pull requests Open pull requestsPull requests open now, as GitHub search counts them.0

Hygiene

• Automated tests or builds (CI) Automated tests or builds (CI)Whether the repository has at least one GitHub Actions workflow file in .github/workflows.Yes
• A tests folder A tests folderWhether the repository has a top-level folder named tests, test, __tests__ or spec.No
• A license A licenseWhether GitHub detects a license file in the repository.Yes
• Contributing guide Contributing guideWhether the repository has a contributing guide.Yes
• Code of conduct Code of conductWhether GitHub finds a code of conduct in the repository.No
• CODEOWNERS file CODEOWNERS fileWhether the repository has a CODEOWNERS file, which names who reviews changes to which files.No
• A Dockerfile A DockerfileWhether the repository has a Dockerfile at its top level.No

Security

• Security policy Security policyWhether the repository has a SECURITY.md or SECURITY.rst file.Yes
• Unpatched high or critical advisories Unpatched high or critical advisoriesPublished GitHub security advisories rated high or critical on this repository that list a vulnerable version with no patched version.0
• Signed latest release Signed latest releaseWhether the latest GitHub release has an attached signature file (.sig, .asc or .sigstore).Yes

Badge

For maintainers: one measured fact, no verdict.

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Copy facts

# pinrail

- Repository: https://github.com/forgeplane/pinrail
- Page: https://midorreal.com/project/forgeplane-pinrail
- Verdict: OVERHYPED (measured), scored 2026-10-08
- Scores: Hype 94, Reality 39, Hype Gap +56
- Stars: 22
- Methodology: https://midorreal.com/methodology#verdicts
- JSON: https://midorreal.com/project/forgeplane-pinrail.json