Remove the GitHub star count from emails, sign-in and sign-up pages

packages/backend/src/auth/auth-page.ts

@@ -98,18 +98,14 @@ export function clientTilePair(clientName: string, redirectHost: string): string
 export interface TrustRowOptions {
   /** Cloud-only claims (Frankfurt, DPA) are shown only on AnythingMCP Cloud. */
   cloud: boolean;
-  /** GitHub stars, formatted ("984", "1,100+"), or null when unknown. */
-  stars: string | null;
 }
 
 export function trustRow(opts: TrustRowOptions): string {
   const items = [
     `<span>${LOCK_SVG} AES-256-GCM encryption</span>`,
     ...(opts.cloud ? ['<span>&#127466;&#127482; Hosted in Frankfurt</span>', '<span>GDPR &middot; DPA</span>'] : []),
     '<span>Every call in your audit log</span>',
-    opts.stars
-      ? `<span class="gh"><span class="star">&#9733;</span> ${escapeHtml(opts.stars)} on GitHub &middot; open source</span>`
-      : '<span class="gh">Open source on GitHub</span>',
+    '<span class="gh">Open source on GitHub</span>',
   ];
   return `<div class="trust">${items.join('')}</div>
   <div class="foot">AnythingMCP by helpcode.ai GmbH, Freiburg, Germany</div>`;
@@ -189,7 +185,7 @@ const STYLES = `
   .trust { max-width: 440px; width: 100%; margin-top: 18px; display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; justify-content: center;
            gap: 8px 16px; font-size: 12px; color: var(--text-3); }
   .trust span { display: inline-flex; align-items: center; gap: 6px; }
-  .trust .gh { color: var(--text-2); font-weight: 500; } .trust .star { color: #e3a008; }
+  .trust .gh { color: var(--text-2); font-weight: 500; }
   .foot { margin-top: 10px; font-size: 11.5px; color: var(--text-3); text-align: center; }
   @media (max-width: 480px) {
     body { padding: 16px 12px 24px; justify-content: flex-start; }

packages/backend/src/auth/login.controller.spec.ts

@@ -746,7 +746,7 @@ describe('LoginController', () => {
       cloud: { mode: 'cloud', isCloud: () => true, isSelfHosted: () => false },
       selfHosted: { mode: 'self-hosted', isCloud: () => false, isSelfHosted: () => true },
     };
-    const make = (deployment: object, p: object = prisma, trustStats?: object) =>
+    const make = (deployment: object, p: object = prisma) =>
       new LoginController(
         authService as unknown as AuthService,
         p as unknown as PrismaService,
@@ -755,9 +755,6 @@ describe('LoginController', () => {
         sso as unknown as SsoService,
         deployment as any,
         grants as any,
-        undefined,
-        undefined,
-        trustStats as any,
       );
     const session = (redirectUri: string, clientName: string) => {
       store.getOAuthSession.mockResolvedValue({
@@ -846,14 +843,14 @@ describe('LoginController', () => {
       expect(html.indexOf('value="approve"')).toBeLessThan(html.indexOf('value="deny"'));
     });
 
-    it('makes Frankfurt and DPA claims on Cloud only, with the live star count', async () => {
+    it('makes Frankfurt and DPA claims on Cloud only, and shows no star count', async () => {
       session('https://claude.ai/api/mcp/auth_callback', 'Claude');
-      const stats = { peek: () => ({ githubStars: 1234 }) };
-      const cloudHtml = await page(make(DEPLOY.cloud, prisma, stats));
+      const cloudHtml = await page(make(DEPLOY.cloud, prisma));
       expect(cloudHtml).toContain('Hosted in Frankfurt');
       expect(cloudHtml).toContain('GDPR · DPA');
-      expect(cloudHtml).toContain('1,200+ on GitHub');
-      const selfHtml = await page(make(DEPLOY.selfHosted, prisma, stats));
+      expect(cloudHtml).toContain('Open source on GitHub');
+      expect(cloudHtml).not.toContain('★');
+      const selfHtml = await page(make(DEPLOY.selfHosted, prisma));
       expect(selfHtml).not.toMatch(/Frankfurt|DPA/);
       expect(selfHtml).toContain('AES-256-GCM');
     });

packages/backend/src/auth/login.controller.ts

@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ import { providerMarkSvg } from './provider-marks';
 import { McpConnectionGrantService } from '../mcp-servers/mcp-connection-grant.service';
 import { ProductEvents, ProductEventService } from '../audit/product-event.service';
 import { LicenseGuardService } from '../license/license-guard.service';
-import { TrustStatsService } from '../public-stats/trust-stats.service';
-import { formatStars } from '../public-stats/trust-stats.format';
 import {
   AMCP_MARK_SVG as AMCP_MARK,
   claudeMark,
@@ -96,18 +94,11 @@ export class LoginController {
     private readonly grants: McpConnectionGrantService,
     @Optional() private readonly productEvents?: ProductEventService,
     @Optional() private readonly licenseGuard?: LicenseGuardService,
-    @Optional() private readonly trustStats?: TrustStatsService,
   ) {}
 
-  /** The trust row under every page of the flow. Never waits on GitHub. */
+  /** The trust row under every page of the flow. */
   private trust(): TrustRowOptions {
-    let stars: string | null = null;
-    try {
-      stars = formatStars(this.trustStats?.peek().githubStars);
-    } catch {
-      stars = null;
-    }
-    return { cloud: this.deployment.isCloud(), stars };
+    return { cloud: this.deployment.isCloud() };
   }
 
   /**

packages/backend/src/public-stats/trust-stats.format.ts

@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 /**
  * The public trust numbers (GitHub stars, Docker pulls, Cloud workspaces, AI
- * tool calls in the last 30 days) and how they are shown. Stars, downloads and
- * tool calls are never shown below TRUST_FLOORS; above a floor the live number
- * is shown, rounded DOWN. Workspaces are live only: a value below its rounding
+ * tool calls in the last 30 days) and how they are shown. Downloads and tool
+ * calls are never shown below TRUST_FLOORS; above a floor the live number is
+ * shown, rounded DOWN. Workspaces are live only: a value below its rounding
  * unit is not shown at all rather than as "0+".
+ *
+ * GitHub stars are still collected and served by /api/public/stats, but shown
+ * nowhere: Matteo took them off the website, the emails and the sign-in pages
+ * on 10 Oct 2026.
  */
 export interface TrustStats {
   githubStars: number | null;
@@ -15,8 +19,6 @@ export interface TrustStats {
 }
 
 export interface TrustStatsDisplay {
-  /** "984" below 1,000, then "1,000+", "1,100+". */
-  stars: string | null;
   /** "32,000+". */
   downloads: string | null;
   /** "3,800+". */
@@ -26,12 +28,11 @@ export interface TrustStatsDisplay {
 }
 
 /**
- * The least each figure is shown as (Matteo, 8 Oct 2026): 1,000+ stars,
- * 200,000+ downloads across all distribution channels, 1M+ AI tool calls last
- * month. Docker Hub alone undercounts downloads, so the floor applies even
+ * The least each figure is shown as (Matteo, 8 Oct 2026): 200,000+ downloads
+ * across all distribution channels, 1M+ AI tool calls last month. Docker Hub alone undercounts downloads, so the floor applies even
  * when a live number is missing or lower.
  */
-export const TRUST_FLOORS = { githubStars: 1_000, dockerPulls: 200_000, toolCalls30d: 1_000_000 } as const;
+export const TRUST_FLOORS = { dockerPulls: 200_000, toolCalls30d: 1_000_000 } as const;
 
 const atLeast = (n: number | null | undefined, floor: number) => (usable(n) && n > floor ? n : floor);
 
@@ -54,12 +55,6 @@ function floorPlus(n: number | null | undefined, unit: number): string | null {
   return `${thousands(Math.floor(n / unit) * unit)}+`;
 }
 
-export function formatStars(n: number | null | undefined): string | null {
-  if (!usable(n)) return null;
-  const whole = Math.floor(n);
-  return whole < 1000 ? thousands(whole) : floorPlus(whole, 100);
-}
-
 export function formatDownloads(n: number | null | undefined): string | null {
   return floorPlus(n, 1000);
 }
@@ -76,7 +71,6 @@ export function formatToolCalls(n: number | null | undefined): string | null {
 
 export function formatTrustStats(stats: TrustStats | null | undefined): TrustStatsDisplay {
   return {
-    stars: formatStars(atLeast(stats?.githubStars, TRUST_FLOORS.githubStars)),
     downloads: formatDownloads(atLeast(stats?.dockerPulls, TRUST_FLOORS.dockerPulls)),
     workspaces: formatWorkspaces(stats?.workspaces),
     toolCalls: formatToolCalls(atLeast(stats?.toolCalls30d, TRUST_FLOORS.toolCalls30d)),

packages/backend/src/public-stats/trust-stats.spec.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import axios from 'axios';
 import {
   formatDownloads,
-  formatStars,
   formatToolCalls,
   formatTrustStats,
   formatWorkspaces,
@@ -13,18 +12,6 @@ jest.mock('axios');
 const mockedGet = axios.get as jest.Mock;
 
 describe('trust number formatting (always rounded down)', () => {
-  it.each([
-    [984, '984'],
-    [999, '999'],
-    [1000, '1,000+'],
-    [1099, '1,000+'],
-    [1100, '1,100+'],
-    [12_345, '12,300+'],
-    [0, null],
-    [null, null],
-    [Number.NaN, null],
-  ])('stars %p -> %p', (n, out) => expect(formatStars(n as any)).toBe(out));
-
   it.each([
     [32_456, '32,000+'],
     [999, null],
@@ -48,11 +35,11 @@ describe('trust number formatting (always rounded down)', () => {
   it('formats a whole set, never below the floors', () => {
     expect(
       formatTrustStats({ githubStars: 984, dockerPulls: 32_456, workspaces: 3_871, toolCalls30d: 654_321, updatedAt: null }),
-    ).toEqual({ stars: '1,000+', downloads: '200,000+', workspaces: '3,800+', toolCalls: '1M+' });
+    ).toEqual({ downloads: '200,000+', workspaces: '3,800+', toolCalls: '1M+' });
     expect(
       formatTrustStats({ githubStars: 1_234, dockerPulls: 250_400, workspaces: null, toolCalls30d: 2_100_000, updatedAt: null }),
-    ).toEqual({ stars: '1,200+', downloads: '250,000+', workspaces: null, toolCalls: '2M+' });
-    expect(formatTrustStats(null)).toEqual({ stars: '1,000+', downloads: '200,000+', workspaces: null, toolCalls: '1M+' });
+    ).toEqual({ downloads: '250,000+', workspaces: null, toolCalls: '2M+' });
+    expect(formatTrustStats(null)).toEqual({ downloads: '200,000+', workspaces: null, toolCalls: '1M+' });
   });
 });
 

packages/backend/src/settings/email-layout.ts

@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ export const EMAIL_COLORS = {
   muted: '#6b665c',
   blue: '#2159e0',
   tint: '#eef2fd',
-  star: '#e3a008',
 } as const;
 
 const C = EMAIL_COLORS;
@@ -193,13 +192,11 @@ const CLIENTS: Array<{ file: string; alt: string; label: string }> = [
 function trustBand(ctx: EmailBrandContext, assetBase: string): string {
   const { stats, cloud } = ctx;
   const tiles: Array<{ big: string; small: string }> = [];
-  if (stats.stars) {
-    tiles.push({ big: `<span style="color:${C.star};">&#9733;</span> ${esc(stats.stars)}`, small: 'stars on GitHub' });
-  }
   if (stats.downloads) tiles.push({ big: esc(stats.downloads), small: 'downloads' });
   // The tool-call count is AnythingMCP Cloud's. A self-hosted instance only
   // knows its own, which would read as if it were everyone's.
   if (cloud && stats.toolCalls) tiles.push({ big: esc(stats.toolCalls), small: 'AI tool calls last month' });
+  if (cloud && stats.workspaces) tiles.push({ big: esc(stats.workspaces), small: 'workspaces on AnythingMCP Cloud' });
   const width = tiles.length ? Math.floor(100 / tiles.length) : 100;
   const statRow = tiles.length
     ? `<tr><td style="padding:0 8px;"><table role="presentation" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr>
@@ -212,10 +209,6 @@ ${tiles
   .join('\n')}
 </tr></table></td></tr>`
     : '';
-  const workspaces =
-    cloud && stats.workspaces
-      ? `<tr><td style="padding:0 16px 6px 16px;text-align:center;font-family:${SANS};font-size:12px;color:${C.muted};"><span style="color:${C.ink};font-weight:600;">${esc(stats.workspaces)}</span> workspaces on AnythingMCP Cloud</td></tr>`
-      : '';
   const directory = cloud
     ? `<a href="${CLAUDE_DIRECTORY_URL}" style="text-decoration:none;color:${C.ink};">${pill(
         `<img src="${esc(assetBase)}/claude.png" width="12" height="12" alt="" style="vertical-align:-2px;border:0;"> Listed in the Claude Directory`,
@@ -235,7 +228,6 @@ ${tiles
 <table role="presentation" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background:#ffffff;border:1px solid ${C.border};border-radius:14px;">
 <tr><td style="padding:20px 24px 4px 24px;font-family:${SANS};font-size:13px;font-weight:600;color:${C.muted};text-align:center;">Why teams build on AnythingMCP</td></tr>
 ${statRow}
-${workspaces}
 <tr><td style="padding:4px 16px 12px 16px;text-align:center;line-height:2.4;">
 ${badges}
 </td></tr>
@@ -301,7 +293,6 @@ export function renderEmailText(input: {
 }): string {
   const { stats, cloud } = input.ctx;
   const numbers = [
-    stats.stars ? `${stats.stars} stars on GitHub` : null,
     stats.downloads ? `${stats.downloads} downloads` : null,
     cloud && stats.toolCalls ? `${stats.toolCalls} AI tool calls last month` : null,
     cloud && stats.workspaces ? `${stats.workspaces} workspaces on AnythingMCP Cloud` : null,

packages/backend/src/settings/email-templates.spec.ts

@@ -129,15 +129,16 @@ describe('trust band', () => {
 
   it('shows the numbers, never below their floors', () => {
     const html = verify.render(cloud, { name: 'A', other: 'B' }).html;
-    expect(html).toContain('1,000+');
     expect(html).toContain('200,000+');
     expect(html).toContain('1M+');
     expect(html).toContain('3,800+');
+    expect(html).toContain('workspaces on AnythingMCP Cloud');
+    expect(html).not.toContain('stars on GitHub');
   });
 
   it('shows the floors without live numbers, and no workspace count', () => {
     const html = verify.render(noStats, { name: 'A', other: 'B' }).html;
-    expect(html).toContain('stars on GitHub');
+    expect(html).not.toContain('stars on GitHub');
     expect(html).toContain('200,000+');
     expect(html).not.toContain('workspaces on');
     expect(html).not.toMatch(/\b0\+/);

packages/backend/src/settings/email.service.spec.ts

@@ -63,8 +63,8 @@ describe('EmailService', () => {
     expect(mail.text).toContain('123456');
     expect(mail.headers).toBeUndefined();
     expect(mail.html).not.toContain('Unsubscribe');
-    // A live number above its floor, rounded down; the others at their floors.
-    expect(mail.html).toContain('1,200+');
+    // Downloads and tool calls at their floors; no GitHub star count.
+    expect(mail.html).not.toContain('stars on GitHub');
     expect(mail.html).toContain('200,000+');
     expect(mail.html).toContain('1M+');
   });
@@ -145,6 +145,6 @@ describe('EmailService', () => {
     trustStats.get.mockRejectedValue(new Error('down'));
     trustStats.peek.mockReturnValue({ githubStars: null, dockerPulls: null, workspaces: null, toolCalls30d: null, updatedAt: null });
     await expect(service.sendExistingAccountEmail('a@b.com', 'https://cloud.anythingmcp.com/login', 'https://cloud.anythingmcp.com/forgot-password')).resolves.toBe(true);
-    expect(sent().html).toContain('1,000+');
+    expect(sent().html).toContain('200,000+');
   });
 });

packages/backend/src/settings/unsubscribe.controller.ts

@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ export class UnsubscribeController {
       renderAuthPage({
         title: 'Email preferences — AnythingMCP',
         card,
-        trust: { cloud: this.deployment.isCloud(), stars: null },
+        trust: { cloud: this.deployment.isCloud() },
       }),
     );
   }

packages/frontend/src/app/login/page.tsx

@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@
           if (offerCardTrial(storedUser, trialResult)) return;
           setTrialDaysLeft(trialResult.trialDaysLeft);
           setSetupStep('trial-activated');
         } catch (trialErr: any) {
           // Trial may already exist (e.g. returning user) — go to dashboard
           goTo(redirectTo);
         }
@@ -1126,7 +1126,7 @@
   return (
     <div className={singleColumn}>
       {formCard}
-      {infoLoaded && <TrustLine cloud={isCloudMode} stats={trustStats} />}
+      {infoLoaded && <TrustLine cloud={isCloudMode} />}
     </div>
   );
 }

packages/frontend/src/components/auth-trust.tsx

@@ -35,11 +35,10 @@ export function TrustPanel({
   directoryBadge?: boolean;
 }) {
   const tiles = [
-    stats?.stars ? { n: stats.stars, l: 'stars on GitHub', star: true } : null,
     stats?.downloads ? { n: stats.downloads, l: 'downloads' } : null,
     stats?.toolCalls ? { n: stats.toolCalls, l: 'AI tool calls last month' } : null,
     stats?.workspaces ? { n: stats.workspaces, l: 'workspaces on AnythingMCP Cloud' } : null,
-  ].filter(Boolean) as Array<{ n: string; l: string; star?: boolean }>;
+  ].filter(Boolean) as Array<{ n: string; l: string }>;
 
   return (
     <aside
@@ -60,15 +59,13 @@ export function TrustPanel({
         </p>
 
         {tiles.length > 0 && (
-          <div className="mb-6 grid grid-cols-2 gap-2 sm:gap-3" data-testid="trust-stats">
+          <div
+            className={`mb-6 grid ${tiles.length === 3 ? 'grid-cols-3' : 'grid-cols-2'} gap-2 sm:gap-3`}
+            data-testid="trust-stats"
+          >
             {tiles.map((t) => (
               <div key={t.l} className="rounded-[12px] border border-white/[.09] bg-white/[.05] p-2.5 sm:p-3.5">
                 <div className="text-[17px] font-semibold tracking-[-0.01em] sm:text-[22px]">
-                  {t.star && (
-                    <span aria-hidden className="text-[#f5b301]">
-                      &#9733;{' '}
-                    </span>
-                  )}
                   {t.n}
                 </div>
                 <div className="mt-1 text-[11px] leading-snug text-[#97a1b5] sm:text-xs">{t.l}</div>
@@ -136,7 +133,7 @@ export function TrustPanel({
 }
 
 /** One quiet line under a sign-in card. */
-export function TrustLine({ cloud, stats }: { cloud: boolean; stats: TrustStatsDisplay | null }) {
+export function TrustLine({ cloud }: { cloud: boolean }) {
   const items = [
     'AES-256-GCM encryption',
     ...(cloud ? ['Hosted in Frankfurt', 'GDPR · DPA'] : []),
@@ -153,16 +150,7 @@ export function TrustLine({ cloud, stats }: { cloud: boolean; stats: TrustStatsD
         rel="noopener noreferrer"
         className="font-medium text-[var(--text-2)] hover:text-[var(--text)]"
       >
-        {stats?.stars ? (
-          <>
-            <span aria-hidden className="text-[#e3a008]">
-              &#9733;
-            </span>{' '}
-            {stats.stars} on GitHub · open source
-          </>
-        ) : (
-          'Open source on GitHub'
-        )}
+        Open source on GitHub
       </a>
     </div>
   );