audit.et
Transparency tool for Ethiopia's State-Owned Enterprises
Web app Rated 7 Oct 2026Dormant
FrectonzBloat
168/500Where it landed on the scale
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Summary
audit.et is a working, live civic data site with real charts built from 30 of 41 enterprises' audit reports. It's a free public-interest experiment with no revenue path or accounts, and it hasn't been updated in about five months. The data work is real, but there's little to stop someone else from repeating it.
Bloat · Not much here works or looks likely to last, yet.
Breakdown
Five measures, 100 points each. Open the receipts under any of them to see the posts and pages behind the points.
Viability
Is there a real problem, someone who would pay, and a market this builder can actually reach?
The problem is real, since public audit data is hard to read in scanned PDFs. But nobody here is clearly set up to pay for it, and the creator calls it a civic experiment, so there's no path to money yet.
22/100
Rubric 21–40A real problem, but no plausible path to anyone paying, or a market well out of this builder's reach.
Receipts (2)
Describes itself as an open-source civic experiment, not an official service, with no payments or paid tier found.
Checked 7 Oct 2026 · audit.et (opens in a new tab)
Turns 8 fiscal years of audit data on 30 of 41 enterprises into charts, which addresses a real accountability need.
Checked 7 Oct 2026 · audit.et (opens in a new tab)
Moat
What stops someone copying it?
The edge is the effort of pulling figures out of scanned PDFs with OCR and structuring them. That's real work, but it's one-off, there's no compounding data pipeline or network effect, and others could copy the open-source repo.
24/100
Rubric 21–40The only edge is execution, or being first.
Receipts (2)
Figures come from scanned PDFs via OCR, which is labor that gives a head start but not a lasting barrier.
Checked 7 Oct 2026 · audit.et (opens in a new tab)
The GitHub repo is public, so the code and data can be copied freely.
Checked 7 Oct 2026 · audit.et (opens in a new tab)
Momentum
Did the updates keep coming?
It was shipped in February 2026 and only mentioned again through April, so the active window is about two months. There have been no updates for roughly 167 days.
19/100
- Sustained shipping8/60
Worked on across 2 months.
- Consistency11/40
Updates in 2 of 3 months.
- Quiet
No update for 167 days, so scaled to 42%.
Receipts (2)
Earliest post about it.
“Transparency for Ethiopia’s State-Owned Enterprises [audit.et]”
Post · @thefrectonz · 21 Feb 2026 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)
Most recent post about it.
“The issue has been resolved. My password has been reset. I was honestly worried that I had been censored for rep.et and audit.et for a moment there 😂️️️️️️”
Post · @thefrectonz · 23 Apr 2026 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)
Infrastructure
Does a real, working product exist?
A real, working site is live on its own domain with a full set of charts and indicators drawn from 30 enterprises' audit data. It's read-only and has no accounts or API, so it stays on the thin side.
64/100
- It's live20/20
https://audit.et responded when checked.
- HTTPS5/5
Served over HTTPS.
- Real product25/35
A working, live dashboard with many charts, key indicators and audit opinions across 140 enterprise-years. It's read-only and covers only 30 of 41 enterprises, so it's working but thin rather than complete.
- Own home10/10
Lives on its own domain (audit.et).
- Maintained0/15
Last sign of shipping 2026-04-23.
- Operations4/15
There's a public repo with an issues tracker for corrections and an About page. There are no accounts, API, docs, status page or other platforms.
Receipts (5)
https://audit.et responded when checked.
Checked 7 Oct 2026 · audit.et (opens in a new tab)
Shows combined revenue, assets, liabilities, margins, sector breakdowns and audit opinions, with enterprise browsing.
Checked 7 Oct 2026 · audit.et (opens in a new tab)
The creator announced the working site at audit.et.
“Transparency for Ethiopia’s State-Owned Enterprises [audit.et]”
Post · @thefrectonz · 21 Feb 2026 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)
Repo and issues links are present, and the disclaimer asks users to report data errors on GitHub.
Checked 7 Oct 2026 · audit.et (opens in a new tab)
No accounts, docs or status page were detected.
Checked 7 Oct 2026 · audit.et (opens in a new tab)
Sustainability
Is it being set up to last?
It's distributed as a web app on its own domain, but it has no revenue model and no team behind it. Without a privacy policy or support contact, and with no sign of upkeep since April, it depends on one person's spare time.
39/100
- Distribution25/30
A web app on its own domain.
- Payments0/15
No payment provider found.
- Pricing10/10
A pricing page or stated prices on the site.
- Revenue0/5
Nothing in the posts or on the site points to paying customers or revenue.
- Privacy policy0/7
No privacy policy found.
- Terms0/5
No terms of service found.
- Support0/8
No support contact found.
- Commitment4/20
This is a solo project with no team, roadmap, dedicated community or funding. It shipped alongside several other projects in the same month and has had no update since April.
Receipts (4)
A web app on its own domain.
Checked 7 Oct 2026 · audit.et (opens in a new tab)
No payment provider or paid offering found, and it's framed as a civic experiment.
Checked 7 Oct 2026 · audit.et (opens in a new tab)
The creator released four projects in February while also working a day job, suggesting thin focus per project.
“Oof I am starting to feel this again. I could just be tired though. Released Penny, PM3, rep.et and audit.et all within Feburary all along with working on new features at work.”
Post · @thefrectonz · 28 Feb 2026 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)
The latest mention is a passing remark about a password reset, not a project update.
“The issue has been resolved. My password has been reset. I was honestly worried that I had been censored for rep.et and audit.et for a moment there 😂️️️️️️”
Post · @thefrectonz · 23 Apr 2026 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)