Real-time
Two-way sync
Changes in Drift or GitHub instantly reflect in both systems. No stale data, no manual imports.
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Drift to GitHub integration — real-time, two-way sync
Keep Drift and GitHub in sync without custom scripts. Cut weeks of integration work, eliminate silent data drift, and give your team a single, reliable source of truth.
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Why teams connect Drift and GitHub
Sync what happens in GitHub with the customer records in Drift, in real time and in both directions.
The CRM is supposed to be the record of every customer relationship, but customer-relevant information also accumulates in the other tools a team runs. Whatever GitHub holds or produces that touches a customer, whether conversations, payments, replies, enriched data, or notes, the CRM only benefits if it arrives without someone copying it over.
Stacksync connects Releases, Workflow runs (Actions), Organizations and Teams, Users in GitHub to Messages, Accounts, Users, Playbooks in Drift with bi-directional, real-time sync. Activity and record changes in GitHub update the matching contact or account in Drift, and CRM data flows the other way wherever GitHub can store and use it.
Common use cases
- 01 Two-way sync of GitHub issues with Jira, Linear, or a support system so engineering and customer-facing teams work in their own tools.
- 02 Mirror repository, PR, and workflow-run data into a Postgres database for engineering-metrics reporting.
- 03 Enrich Drift contact and account records with firmographic or product data from an internal database to sharpen playbook targeting.
- 04 Sync meetings booked in Drift to CRM activities so pipeline attribution stays accurate.
Common sync patterns
Where GitHub can store CRM context: fields kept current
Owner, lifecycle stage, or account details from Drift sync into GitHub, so people working there have the context without switching tools.
Where GitHub handles support or shared inboxes
Tickets and conversations attach to the right contact and account in Drift, so sales sees open issues before the next call.
Where GitHub supplies contact or company data
Enriched fields land directly on records in Drift, and refreshes keep them from going stale.
What you can sync between Drift and GitHub
Representative objects on each side — any object or custom field can map to any target. Schemas are auto-detected; types are converted between the two systems.
| Drift objects | GitHub objects | How this pairing syncs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Users Agents and sales reps who own conversations and meetings. | Users Author and assignee identities matched to internal directories. | Same entity on both sides — records pair one-to-one and field-level changes reconcile in both directions. | |
| Conversations Chat threads with status and participants; the center of Drift's data model. | Commits Read-only history used to link code activity to tickets and releases. | Conversations is specific to Drift and Commits to GitHub — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side. | |
| Messages Individual messages within a conversation, used for transcript and intent analysis. | Releases Tagged versions synced into changelogs, CRMs, or customer-notification systems. | Messages is specific to Drift and Releases to GitHub — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side. | |
| Accounts Company records used for account-based routing and targeting. | Workflow runs (Actions) CI results synced into incident and reporting systems. | Accounts is specific to Drift and Workflow runs (Actions) to GitHub — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side. | |
| Playbooks Bot flows that generate conversations and qualify visitors. | Organizations and Teams Membership data synced with identity systems and HR directories for access reviews. | Playbooks is specific to Drift and Organizations and Teams to GitHub — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side. | |
| Meetings Meetings booked through Drift, synced to CRM as sales activities. | Labels and Milestones Classification fields mapped to statuses and sprints in external trackers. | Meetings is specific to Drift and Labels and Milestones to GitHub — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side. |
How changes propagate between Drift and GitHub
Each direction of the sync is driven by what the source system can signal and what the destination accepts — detection, delivery, and expected latency below.
Drift GitHub Sub-second propagation
DetectionDrift notifies Stacksync of record changes through webhook events. Webhook events for new conversations, messages, and contact changes.
DeliveryEach detected change is written to GitHub through its API, with automatic retries and rate-limit backoff.
GitHub Drift Sub-second propagation
DetectionGitHub notifies Stacksync of record changes through webhook events. Webhooks with a broad event catalog covering issues, pull requests, pushes, and releases.
DeliveryEach detected change is written to Drift through its API, with automatic retries and rate-limit backoff.
Rate-limit considerations
- Drift: Subject to the platform's API rate limits.
- GitHub: Authenticated REST requests are limited to 5,000 per hour per user; GitHub Apps scale limits per installation.
What ships with Drift ⇄ GitHub
Connect Drift and GitHub for flexible, real-time data sync.
Real-time sync, workflow automation, event queues, EDI, and monitoring, for every Drift–GitHub connection.
No-code + pro-code
Workflow automation
Trigger automated workflows whenever Drift or GitHub data changes, update records, fire webhooks, or kick off sequences without brittle API scripts.
At scale
Event queues
Handle millions of events per minute without losing a single Drift or GitHub record.
Observability
Monitoring
Track your Drift ⇄ GitHub sync health, view errors, and replay failed events in one click.
Trading partners
EDI
Transform legacy EDI complexity into simple database interactions between Drift and GitHub.
How the Drift and GitHub connectors work
Drift
- Integration surface
- REST API
- Authentication
- OAuth 2.0 via apps registered on the Drift developer platform
- Change detection
- Webhook events for new conversations, messages, and contact changes; polling for backfills
- Capabilities
- read · write · webhooks
- Rate limits
- Subject to the platform's API rate limits
GitHub
- Integration surface
- REST API and GraphQL API
- Authentication
- OAuth 2.0, fine-grained personal access tokens, or GitHub App installation tokens
- Change detection
- Webhooks with a broad event catalog covering issues, pull requests, pushes, and releases; polling for backfill
- Capabilities
- read · write · webhooks
- Rate limits
- Authenticated REST requests are limited to 5,000 per hour per user; GitHub Apps scale limits per installation.
How it works
How to connect Drift to GitHub — three steps, no code
Configure and sync within minutes, no code. Whether you sync 50k or 100M+ records, Stacksync handles the queues, infra, and plumbing. Integrations are non-invasive and need zero setup on your systems.
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Connect your apps
Authenticate Drift and GitHub with each platform's native method — OAuth, API keys, or service accounts — plus secure options like SSH tunneling, IP whitelisting, and VPC peering.
Drift
connected
GitHub
connected
OAuth 2.0SSH tunnelSSL certificateVPC peering - 02
Choose tables
Pick the Drift and GitHub objects to sync — Stacksync auto-detects both schemas, including custom fields where the platform exposes them. Sync to existing tables, or let Stacksync create new ones with ideal data types.
objects · Drift ⇄ GitHubCustomers 12,480Sales Orders 8,213Invoices 5,902Items 1,344 - 03
Map fields
Fields map automatically even when names and types differ. Stacksync handles transformation and type casting for you, zero configuration required.
Drift GitHubCompany company_name textEmail email textAmount amount numericCreated created_at timestamp
FAQ
Drift and GitHub integration FAQ
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Yes. Stacksync provides a managed, real-time two-way integration between Drift and GitHub: authenticate both systems, choose the objects to sync (such as Drift's Users and Conversations), map fields visually, and changes propagate both ways in milliseconds — no code required.
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Stacksync pricing is usage-based and starts at $1,000/month, including the managed Drift and GitHub connectors, real-time two-way sync, monitoring, and support. That replaces building and maintaining a custom Drift–GitHub integration in-house.
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Yes — Stacksync ships production-grade connectors for both Drift and GitHub. The connectors handle authentication, schema detection, rate limits, and retries; you configure the sync, and Stacksync operates it.
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Change detection on Drift: Webhook events for new conversations, messages, and contact changes; polling for backfills. On GitHub: Webhooks with a broad event catalog covering issues, pull requests, pushes, and releases; polling for backfill. Each detected change propagates to the other side in milliseconds, with field-level conflict resolution and an inspectable event log.
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On the GitHub side: Releases, Workflow runs (Actions), Organizations and Teams, Users, plus custom fields where GitHub exposes them. On the Drift side: Messages, Accounts, Users, Playbooks. Stacksync auto-detects both schemas and converts types between the two systems.
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Yes. Each object mapping can be bidirectional or restricted to a single direction (both systems accept writes). Read-only mirrors, one-way pushes, and full two-way sync can be mixed in the same integration.
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Alerts
Immediately get alerted about record syncing issues over email, Slack, PagerDuty and WhatsApp. Resolve issues from a centralized dashboard with retry and revert options.
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