Unstructured
2x higher outreach response
Unstructured reported twice the response rate when outreach used Open Source Qualified Leads from Scarf.
Dave Donahue, Head of Strategy
See which companies use your open source and what they do next
Connect package downloads, documentation visits, and product telemetry to the companies behind them. Use those signals to measure adoption, prioritize accounts, and find companies that may be ready for your commercial product.
Free data collection Zero PII stored by default
Trusted by open source teams
Built for open source communities
See foundation benefits
Scarf is included in project benefits at the Apache Software Foundation, Linux Foundation, CNCF, OWASP, and Commonhaus.
From open source activity to a company adoption story
Bring together the signals that show how organizations discover, evaluate, and continue using your software.
Collect adoption signals
Connect package and container registries, files, APIs, documentation, or product telemetry you control.
Understand company adoption
See which organizations are active, what they use, which versions they run, and how engagement changes over time.
Put the data to work
Prioritize accounts, follow adoption changes, export data, or send selected signals to the systems your team already uses.
See more than a download count
- Which projects and versions a company uses
- When engagement started and how it is changing
- Where each company sits in the adoption journey
Liquibase built its go-to-market model around real community adoption
At Liquibase, community usage identified by Scarf is a core requirement for the company's top ICP tiers and now guides territory planning, ABM, and nurture.
Read the case study 90–95% of new logo wins originate from Liquibase Community users
90%+ of deals are marketing-driven, powered by an ICP model that starts with Scarf signals
Start with the data you already have
Use the distribution and telemetry surfaces that fit your project. You do not need to move your software or collect personal data.
Maven Central
Connect a publisher namespace directly. No changes to your packages or install instructions are required.
Connect Maven CentralSoftware distribution
Track Docker, Helm, npm, PyPI, Homebrew, GitHub Releases, S3, and nearly any other place your project distributes software.
Files and APIs
Put Scarf Gateway in front of a file or API while keeping your existing host and public URLs under your control.
Docs and websites
Add a lightweight pixel to understand which organizations read your docs and open source product pages.
Product telemetry
Send selected CLI, SDK, or application events from telemetry that your project chooses to collect.
Use adoption data to make better decisions
The same signals can help revenue teams prioritize accounts, product teams understand deployment, and founders prove that adoption is real.
Budibase
Evidence of enterprise adoption for investors
Budibase used repeat downloads from large companies to show investors that adoption was real and growing.
Michael Shanks, Co-Founder and CEO
Redpanda
Kubernetes usage shaped product priorities
Redpanda used adoption data to understand where Kubernetes usage was strongest and prioritize engineering work.
Alexander Gallego, Founder and CEO
Use the signal where decisions happen
Save and filter accounts in Scarf, then send selected data to Slack, Salesforce, HubSpot, Common Room, or your own systems through exports, APIs, and webhooks.
Learn more about data exports
Usage data that respects open source users
Scarf is designed to identify organizational adoption without building person-level profiles.
Zero PII stored by default
Scarf identifies organizational adoption without building person-level profiles.
Raw IP addresses are discarded
Raw IP addresses are not retained or exposed in the Scarf product.
Self-hostable Gateway
Run Scarf Gateway in your own infrastructure when your project requires it.
Accepted by open source foundations
Scarf is included in benefits for projects at the Apache Software Foundation, Linux Foundation, CNCF, OWASP, and Commonhaus.
Find the companies using your open source
Collect as much open source usage data as you need for free. Starter includes 3 Company Unlocks and 25 Runs each month. Pay for more company detail and automation when the data becomes useful to your team.
