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GitHub to Nimble integration — real-time, two-way sync

Keep GitHub and Nimble 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 GitHub and Nimble

Sync what happens in GitHub with the customer records in Nimble, 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 Workflow runs (Actions), Organizations and Teams, Users, Labels and Milestones in GitHub to Companies, Deals, Tasks, Activities in Nimble with bi-directional, real-time sync. Activity and record changes in GitHub update the matching contact or account in Nimble, 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 Sync Nimble contacts and companies into Postgres so ops teams can query socially enriched profile data with SQL.
  • 04 Push product usage or billing flags from internal databases into Nimble custom fields so reps have context before outreach.

Common sync patterns

Where GitHub can store CRM context: fields kept current

Owner, lifecycle stage, or account details from Nimble 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 Nimble, so sales sees open issues before the next call.

Where GitHub supplies contact or company data

Enriched fields land directly on records in Nimble, and refreshes keep them from going stale.

What you can sync between GitHub and Nimble

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.

GitHub objects Nimble objects How this pairing syncs
Releases Tagged versions synced into changelogs, CRMs, or customer-notification systems. Contacts Person records with multi-value fields for email, phone, and social profiles; the primary sync entity Releases is specific to GitHub and Contacts to Nimble — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
Workflow runs (Actions) CI results synced into incident and reporting systems. Companies Stored as contact records with a company record type, so they sync through the same contacts resource Workflow runs (Actions) is specific to GitHub and Companies to Nimble — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
Organizations and Teams Membership data synced with identity systems and HR directories for access reviews. Deals Pipeline records linked to contacts, synced to keep revenue systems aligned with sales activity Organizations and Teams is specific to GitHub and Deals to Nimble — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
Users Author and assignee identities matched to internal directories. Tasks To-do items tied to contacts, mirrored into work-management tools or reporting tables Users is specific to GitHub and Tasks to Nimble — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
Labels and Milestones Classification fields mapped to statuses and sprints in external trackers. Activities Calls, events, and interaction history used for engagement reporting outside Nimble Labels and Milestones is specific to GitHub and Activities to Nimble — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
Repositories Top-level containers whose metadata and settings syncs read to scope other objects. Notes Free-text records attached to contacts, replicated for a complete account timeline Repositories is specific to GitHub and Notes to Nimble — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.

How changes propagate between GitHub and Nimble

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.

GitHub Nimble 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 Nimble through its API, with automatic retries and rate-limit backoff.

Nimble GitHub Interval-based propagation

DetectionStacksync polls Nimble for changes on an incremental schedule, reading only records changed since the previous pass. Polling on record modification timestamps.

DeliveryEach detected change is written to GitHub through its API, with automatic retries and rate-limit backoff.

Rate-limit considerations

  • GitHub: Authenticated REST requests are limited to 5,000 per hour per user; GitHub Apps scale limits per installation.
  • Nimble: Subject to per-account API request quotas.
What ships with GitHub ⇄ Nimble

Connect GitHub and Nimble for flexible, real-time data sync.

Real-time sync, workflow automation, event queues, EDI, and monitoring, for every GitHub–Nimble connection.

Real-time

Two-way sync

Changes in GitHub or Nimble instantly reflect in both systems. No stale data, no manual imports.

No-code + pro-code

Workflow automation

Trigger automated workflows whenever GitHub or Nimble 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 GitHub or Nimble record.

Observability

Monitoring

Track your GitHub ⇄ Nimble sync health, view errors, and replay failed events in one click.

Trading partners

EDI

Transform legacy EDI complexity into simple database interactions between GitHub and Nimble.

How the GitHub and Nimble connectors work

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.

Nimble

Integration surface
REST API (JSON)
Authentication
API key; OAuth 2.0 available for registered applications
Change detection
polling on record modification timestamps
Capabilities
read · write
Rate limits
subject to per-account API request quotas
How it works

How to connect GitHub to Nimble — 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.

  1. 01

    Connect your apps

    Authenticate GitHub and Nimble with each platform's native method — OAuth, API keys, or service accounts — plus secure options like SSH tunneling, IP whitelisting, and VPC peering.

    • OAuth 2.0
    • SSH tunnel
    • VPC peering
    GitHub connected
    Nimble connected
    OAuth 2.0
    SSH tunnel
    SSL certificate
    VPC peering
  2. 02

    Choose tables

    Pick the GitHub and Nimble 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.

    • Standard objects
    • Custom objects
    • Auto-schema
    objects · GitHub ⇄ Nimble
    Customers 12,480
    Sales Orders 8,213
    Invoices 5,902
    Items 1,344
  3. 03

    Map fields

    Fields map automatically even when names and types differ. Stacksync handles transformation and type casting for you, zero configuration required.

    • Auto-map
    • Type casting
    • Transforms
    GitHub Nimble
    Company company_name text
    Email email text
    Amount amount numeric
    Created created_at timestamp
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FAQ

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SECURITY

Security teams trust Stacksync

As a data company, we understand the importance of keeping your data secure. Stacksync is built with security best practices to keep your data safe at every layer, and is DPF-certified for US, EU, UK and CH data transfers.

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SSO & SCIM

Let your users access Stacksync from your centralized user management systems. Works with Okta, Azure, Google SSO and more.

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.

Secure connection options

Securely connects to your systems with:

OAuth 2 SSH Tunnelling SSL certificates IP Whitelisting VPN gateway VPC peering and more

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