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Python library author behind boltons and glom at South Park Commons
Maintains Python utility and data restructuring libraries, after founding FinFam. Ships awesome-python-applications, a directory of Python applications.
Vamo vs people data APIs
Most people data APIs are LinkedIn-first indexes: profile records matched on what people disclose, everyone equal apart from relevance. Vamo starts from what engineers build and keeps looking for the hotspots. A people data APIs alternative for hiring software engineers.
How Vamo matches engineers
We go beyond raw data to decide what makes an engineer good.
1Index
Vamo matches GitHub and LinkedIn into one profile.
2Research
Vamo finds hotspots of developers and technologies.
3Rank
Vamo scores everyone on its own benchmarks.
4Match
Vamo backs every result with proof of work.
Example search
Example search “Maintainers with a 500+ star repo and 1,000+ followers, active in 90 days”
CRACKED
Active 17 days ago
San Francisco, United States
2.2k followers183 following28k starsJoined 2009Maintains Python utility and data restructuring libraries, after founding FinFam. Ships awesome-python-applications, a directory of Python applications.
1,287 contributions this year
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Lightweight web components engineer, now a stealth founder
Leads web component library development from stealth, with a senior staff software engineering background from Google. Works on lit/lit, a library for building web components.
CRACKED
Active 12 days ago
Oakland, United States
1k followers2 following2k starsJoined 2010Leads web component library development from stealth, with a senior staff software engineering background from Google. Works on lit/lit, a library for building web components.
1,982 contributions this year
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people data APIs returns a people record for each person.
Vamo vs people data APIs at a glance
| people data APIs | ||
|---|---|---|
| Data What it is built from | GitHub first, every project, joined to LinkedIn | LinkedIn-first people records |
| GitHub depth How much of the code you see | Benchmarked code activity and social signal | Basic profile stats |
| Ranking How results are ordered and judged | Scored on Vamo’s own benchmarks of engineer quality | Relevance to your search |
| Kept current How data and ranks stay fresh | Always looking for the hotspots | Periodic refresh |
| Ideal for Who it suits best | Finding the best engineers | General people and company data |
What Vamo does, next to what people data APIs says on its own public site, checked November 2026.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a people data API, and how is Vamo different?
- People data APIs, such as Crustdata, index profiles from across the web, LinkedIn first, and return records. Vamo starts from what engineers build across every project, and scores everyone on its own benchmarks of engineer quality.
- Do people data APIs rank people?
- Some sort results by relevance to your query. Vamo scores engineer quality itself, and keeps following the hotspots as they move.
- Where do Vamo results show up?
- Directly in your AI tools, over MCP or the API, in Claude, ChatGPT and others. Our team builds skill files for your use cases, so Vamo fits how you already work.
Records tell you who exists. Vamo tells you who is good.
Analytics, rankings and deep research on engineers, inside Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and Codex. Setup is one click.