Realurls

thoughtbot, inc.

Also known as paperclip, thoughtbot, thoughtbot/paperclip. GitHub thoughtbot.

Official domains: thoughtbot.com

Identity anchored by github-history:thoughtbot/paperclip(age=18y,contrib=454,stars=9014). Display name from github_org_display_name(self-declared).

thoughtbot.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=thoughtbot org_verified=true blog=https://thoughtbot.com
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A8 anchor Anchored repository's homepage points here, and this site links back
repo=thoughtbot/paperclip org=thoughtbot repo_anchored=true homepage=https://thoughtbot.com backlink=true stars=9014 age_days=6722 contributors=454
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A3 not counted Corporate registrar fingerprint (brand-protection registrar, long prepaid term, registry locks)
registrar=1API GmbH created=2003-04-18 expires=2027-04-18 remaining_days=225 locks=["transfer"]
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A4 not counted TLS certificate carries the organization name (OV/EV)
subject_org= validation_type=DV issuer=Google Trust Services san_count=2
 TLS handshake thoughtbot.com:443
B5 corroboration Tranco top-1M ranking
rank=65397 source=top-1m list
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B4 corroboration Wayback Machine history
first_snapshot=1999-11-27 history_days=9779
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2 piece(s) of evidence not counted — why
  • A3: registrar (1API GmbH) 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/thoughtbot | jq '{name, blog, is_verified}'

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

# A3 — registrar / dates / locks
curl -sL https://rdap.org/domain/thoughtbot.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/thoughtbot.com

# B4 — first Wayback snapshot
curl -s "http://web.archive.org/cdx/search/cdx?url=thoughtbot.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 thoughtbot.com

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