GitPOAP is a contributor recognition platform that integrates POAP issuance into GitHub. It bridges the space between existing off-chain contribution platforms such as GitHub and the on-chain world of DAOs & decentralized identity through the representation of meaningful contributions as POAPs. This provides software projects - and eventually many more types of organizations - with a novel way of recognizing & nurturing their communities. At the same time, contributors can showcase this socially-sourced, immutable record of their work, build networks, & develop a web3 representation of their identity. GitPOAP will use this foundation to power an ecosystem of reputation-based applications. A POAP is a digital collectible created as an NFT that represents an action taken by the owner. POAPs exist with cryptographic provability on the blockchain and are displayable as badges & viewable by anyone. A GitPOAP is a regular POAP (with an extra spin) that is minted through the GitPOAP platform for specified meaningful contribution to open source projects. Repo owners automatically distribute GitPOAPs to their contributors as recognition of their work.