Realurls

Forem

Also known as forem/forem. GitHub forem.

Official domains: forem.com

Identity anchored by github-history:forem/forem(age=9y,contrib=803,stars=22774). Display name from github_org_display_name(self-declared).

forem.com verified primary · confidence 0.83 · verified 2026-09-05

correlated anchors merged: A8 not independent of the kept one, counted once · 1 independent anchor(s) + 2 independent corroboration(s): meets the verified threshold

EvidenceWhat it shows
A1 anchor GitHub verified this organization's domain (DNS-level check performed by GitHub)
org=forem org_verified=true blog=https://forem.com
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A8 anchor Anchored repository's homepage points here, and this site links back
repo=forem/forem org=forem repo_anchored=true homepage=https://forem.com backlink=true stars=22774 age_days=3582 contributors=803
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A3 not counted Corporate registrar fingerprint (brand-protection registrar, long prepaid term, registry locks)
registrar=GoDaddy Online Services Cayman Islands Ltd. created=1998-01-03 expires=2027-01-02 remaining_days=118 locks=["delete","renew","transfer","update"]
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A4 not counted TLS certificate carries the organization name (OV/EV)
subject_org= validation_type=DV issuer=Let's Encrypt san_count=2
 TLS handshake forem.com:443
B5 corroboration Tranco top-1M ranking
rank=113881 source=top-1m list
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B4 corroboration Wayback Machine history
first_snapshot=1998-12-06 history_days=10135
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2 piece(s) of evidence not counted — why
  • A3: registrar (GoDaddy Online Services Cayman Islands Ltd.) is not a brand-protection registrar
  • A4: DV certificate carries no organization name (most modern tech companies use DV; this is expected)
Reproduce this yourself
# A1 — GitHub verified this org's domain
curl -s https://api.github.com/orgs/forem | jq '{name, blog, is_verified}'

# A8 — anchored repo's homepage
curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/forem/forem | jq '{homepage, created_at, stargazers_count}'

# A3 — registrar / dates / locks
curl -sL https://rdap.org/domain/forem.com | jq '{status, events, registrar: [.entities[]|select(.roles[]=="registrar")|.vcardArray[1][1][3]]}'

# B5 — Tranco rank
curl -s https://tranco-list.eu/api/ranks/domain/forem.com

# B4 — first Wayback snapshot
curl -s "http://web.archive.org/cdx/search/cdx?url=forem.com&limit=1&output=json"

# Re-run the whole pipeline for this domain
git clone https://github.com/zhouchungong/realurls-registry && cd realurls-registry && pip install -e . && python -m src.verify forem.com

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