# What is the purpose of the repository ansible-core/ansible? **URL:** \ **Category:** Get Help\ **Created:** [October 23, 2025, 4:40am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/what-is-the-purpose-of-the-repository-ansible-core-ansible/44727 "2025-10-23T04:40:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![akira6592](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/akira6592/32/222_2.png) [@akira6592](https://forum.ansible.com/u/akira6592)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2025, 4:40am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/what-is-the-purpose-of-the-repository-ansible-core-ansible/44727/1 "2025-10-23T04:40:22Z")
Does anyone know the purpose of the following repository? (not `ansible/ansible`) > **[GitHub - ansible-core/ansible: Ansible is a radically simple IT automation...](https://github.com/ansible-core/ansible)** > > Ansible is a radically simple IT automation platform that makes your applications and systems easier to deploy and maintain. Automate everything from code deployment to network configuration to cloud management, in a language that approaches plain English, using SSH, with no agents to install on remote systems. https://docs.ansible.com. My colleague misunderstood it as an ansible-core repository. The official ansible-core repository is `ansible/ansible`, right? ---
**Author:** ![felixfontein](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/felixfontein/32/7530_2.png) [@felixfontein](https://forum.ansible.com/u/felixfontein)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2025, 4:46am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/what-is-the-purpose-of-the-repository-ansible-core-ansible/44727/2 "2025-10-23T04:46:24Z")
No idea, I haven’t seen this before. It seems to be an up-to-date mirror of ansible/ansible (but I havne’t checked in detail, it only _looks_ that way on a first glance), but I have no idea by whom… @gundalow [@Core](https://forum.ansible.com/groups/core) are you aware of this? Is this an official repository by Red Hat, or some third-party fork/mirror? ---
**Author:** ![gundalow](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/gundalow/32/99_2.png) [@gundalow](https://forum.ansible.com/u/gundalow)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2025, 8:48am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/what-is-the-purpose-of-the-repository-ansible-core-ansible/44727/3 "2025-10-23T08:48:04Z")
Hi, I’ve never heard of `https://github.com/ansible-core` before. It is not official. I don’t believe it’s created by anybody related to Red Hat. I’m guessing that someone created a GitHub user called “ansible-core” and forked ansible/ansible. From a very quick look, I don’t see local commits, so I can’t find contact info ---
**Author:** ![akira6592](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/akira6592/32/222_2.png) [@akira6592](https://forum.ansible.com/u/akira6592)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2025, 11:50am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/what-is-the-purpose-of-the-repository-ansible-core-ansible/44727/4 "2025-10-23T11:50:53Z")
Thank you for the information. I’ll keep in mind that it’s not an official repository. ---
**Author:** ![gundalow](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/gundalow/32/99_2.png) [@gundalow](https://forum.ansible.com/u/gundalow)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2025, 1:28pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/what-is-the-purpose-of-the-repository-ansible-core-ansible/44727/5 "2025-10-23T13:28:54Z")
I’ve asked internally (Red Hat) for some advice on this. ---
**Author:** ![webknjaz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/webknjaz/32/5183_2.png) [@webknjaz](https://forum.ansible.com/u/webknjaz)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2025, 2:18pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/what-is-the-purpose-of-the-repository-ansible-core-ansible/44727/6 "2025-10-23T14:18:41Z")
I doubt it’s ours. The org doesn’t have public members. But the branches page ([Branches · ansible-core/ansible · GitHub](https://github.com/ansible-core/ansible/branches)) leaked that `devel` was last updated by a noname account [tekicat (tekicat) · GitHub](https://github.com/tekicat) 13 hours ago. They seemed to have pushed the same commit as in the official repo. But obviously, I wouldn’t trust the impersonator. This could be either somebody inexperienced or a malicious actor preparing for a supply chain exploit long-term. The tags and non-default branches haven’t been synched from the official repository for like two years but _somebody_ keeps `devel` in sync. This likely means that it was forked 2 years ago. I think we should report the org to GH for impersonation. _UPD: reported the org_ ---
**Author:** ![akira6592](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/akira6592/32/222_2.png) [@akira6592](https://forum.ansible.com/u/akira6592)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2025, 9:27am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/what-is-the-purpose-of-the-repository-ansible-core-ansible/44727/7 "2025-10-24T09:27:10Z")
Thank you for the details! ---
**Author:** ![webknjaz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/webknjaz/32/5183_2.png) [@webknjaz](https://forum.ansible.com/u/webknjaz)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2025, 2:02pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/what-is-the-purpose-of-the-repository-ansible-core-ansible/44727/8 "2025-10-24T14:02:49Z")
This is what GH responded to my impersonation report: > Hello, > > Thanks for reaching out. > > We understand that copyrighted, trademarked, or private content may get published on GitHub – either accidentally or on purpose – sometimes in repositories that you do not own. Because the nature of this content varies, and because of different applicable laws, each category has its own, distinct reporting requirements outlined in our policies. > > If you’d like to request that content be removed from GitHub, please take some time to acquaint yourself with each of these policies and their respective reporting requirements before submitting a report. > > You can find more information about our policies here: > > [Submitting content removal requests](https://docs.github.com/en/github/site-policy/submitting-content-removal-requests) > > Additionally, you may also want to review this blog post on how to handle sensitive data leaks: > > [Full exposure: A practical approach to handling sensitive data leaks](https://github.blog/security/full-exposure-a-practical-approach-to-handling-sensitive-data-leaks/) > > Please let us know if you have any other questions. > > Regards, > GitHub Trust & Safety cc @gundalow ---
**Author:** ![gundalow](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/gundalow/32/99_2.png) [@gundalow](https://forum.ansible.com/u/gundalow)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2025, 2:42pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/what-is-the-purpose-of-the-repository-ansible-core-ansible/44727/9 "2025-10-24T14:42:40Z")
@webknjaz As I haven’t been though that process before, thank you for the details. I’m waiting to hear back from Red Hat Legal, and will update the thread once I’ve got an update. ---
**Author:** ![gundalow](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/gundalow/32/99_2.png) [@gundalow](https://forum.ansible.com/u/gundalow)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2025, 8:56pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/what-is-the-purpose-of-the-repository-ansible-core-ansible/44727/10 "2025-10-28T20:56:24Z")
This has been reported to GitHub, I’ll report back here once I have an update. ---
**Author:** ![gundalow](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/gundalow/32/99_2.png) [@gundalow](https://forum.ansible.com/u/gundalow)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2025, 4:46pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/what-is-the-purpose-of-the-repository-ansible-core-ansible/44727/11 "2025-12-17T16:46:16Z")
Hi, The original [offending GitHub Org](https://github.com/ansible-core/) (and all repo) are no longer available. ---
**Author:** ![akira6592](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/akira6592/32/222_2.png) [@akira6592](https://forum.ansible.com/u/akira6592)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2025, 11:15am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/what-is-the-purpose-of-the-repository-ansible-core-ansible/44727/12 "2025-12-30T11:15:46Z")
Thank you for your support! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/original/1X/1882d9a01da5d8996a862359b0913cc568a39b84.svg) [@system](https://forum.ansible.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2026, 11:16am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/what-is-the-purpose-of-the-repository-ansible-core-ansible/44727/13 "2026-01-29T11:16:39Z")
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