[brendanib]

Thanks for the questions - totally understand the concern, and sorry for not conveying this more clearly upfront.

We ask for permission to manage your contacts so that you can easily invite co-workers to your project on Awesomebox.

We ask for permission to access your repositories on Github so that, for the repositories you choose, we can automatically update Awesomebox when you push new code.

Unfortunately, Github's permission model is "all-or-nothing" - we wish we could let you grant us access only to a specific repository, but it's not currently possible via Github's API.

If you'd prefer not to connect your Github or Google accounts, you can also signup with an email address and try using Awesomebox on an example project.

Does that help answer your question?