Request for proposals: Defining standardized GitHub metrics

The GitHub Social Impact and Policy teams are issuing a Request for Proposal (RFP) for a researcher to define a list of publicly available GitHub platform usage metrics by country for international development, public policy and economics disciplines. | Continue reading


@github.blog | 3 years ago

GitHub Actions: Reduce duplication with action composition

GitHub Actions: Reduce duplication with action composition | Continue reading


@github.blog | 3 years ago

Free and open source Linux games – part 3

With Linux celebrating it’s 30 year anniversary, I thought I’d use that as an excuse to highlight 30 of my favorite free and open source Linux games, their communities, and their stories. If you’ve haven’t | Continue reading


@github.blog | 3 years ago

30 free and open source Linux games – part 2

Linux is celebrating its 30-year anniversary, so I’m taking the opportunity to highlight 30 of my favorite free and open source Linux games, their communities, and their stories.   I shared the first 10 yesterday. | Continue reading


@github.blog | 3 years ago

Free and open source Linux games – part 1

Linux is celebrating its 30-year anniversary today, so I’m taking the opportunity to highlight 30 of my favorite free and open source Linux games, their communities, and their stories! If you like RTS, FPS, space | Continue reading


@github.blog | 3 years ago

2021 Transparency Report: January to June

To increase our transparency, we’re reporting on a six-month period rather than annually, with more granularity to our 2020 stats. | Continue reading


@github.blog | 3 years ago

GitHub CLI 2.0 includes extensions

GitHub CLI 2.0 is now available, making it easy to create and share your own custom commands to make your experience even more powerful. | Continue reading


@github.blog | 3 years ago

The NPM registry is deprecating TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1

Beginning October 4, 2021, all connections to npm websites and the npm registry, including for package installation, must use TLS 1.2 or higher. | Continue reading


@github.blog | 3 years ago

Enhanced support for citations on GitHub

We're excited to support researchers and academics on GitHub with enhanced citation support through `CITATION.cff` files. | Continue reading


@github.blog | 3 years ago

GitHub Discussions is out of beta

GitHub Discussions is now out of beta, with features that include labels, Discussions GraphQL API and webhooks, and mobile functionality. | Continue reading


@github.blog | 3 years ago

Highlights from Git 2.33

The open source Git project just released Git 2.33, with features and bug fixes from over 74 contributors. Here's a look at some of the most interesting features and changes. | Continue reading


@github.blog | 3 years ago

Securing your GitHub account with two-factor authentication

The benefits of multifactor authentication are widely documented, and there are a number of options for using 2FA on GitHub. | Continue reading


@github.blog | 3 years ago

What’s New from GitHub Changelog? July 2021 Recap

A public beta for CodeQL package manager, additional options to manage Actions runs from first-time contributors, GitHub Discussions translation, and more. | Continue reading


@github.blog | 3 years ago

GitHub: Git password authentication is shutting down

Git password authentication is shutting down | Continue reading


@github.blog | 3 years ago

Seamless teaching and learning through GitHub Classroom and Visual Studio Code

This GitHub Classroom extension for Visual Studio Code provides a simplified introduction to Git, GitHub Classroom, and Visual Studio Code. | Continue reading


@github.blog | 3 years ago

GitHub’s Engineering Team has moved to Codespaces

Over the past months, we’ve left our macOS model behind and moved to Codespaces for the majority of GitHub.com development. | Continue reading


@github.blog | 3 years ago

August 2021 Campus Experts applications are open!

The August 2021 GitHub Campus Expert applications are officially open. Apply by August 29 or learn more about the program! | Continue reading


@github.blog | 3 years ago

Release Radar · Mid-year 2021 Edition

This mid-year Release Radar features everything from world changing tech to weekend hobbies. These projects are shipped by the community, for the community. | Continue reading


@github.blog | 3 years ago

New Machine Translation Feature (Beta) for GitHub Discussions Content

Machine translation for Discussions content | Continue reading


@github.blog | 3 years ago

GitHub Availability Report: July 2021

In July, GitHub experienced no incidents resulting in service downtime to our core services. | Continue reading


@github.blog | 3 years ago

15+ new code scanning integrations with open source security tools

We’re happy to announce new integrations with open source security tools that broaden our language coverage to include PHP, Swift, Kotlin, Ruby, and more. | Continue reading


@github.blog | 3 years ago

Standing up for developers: the GitHub Developer Rights Fellowship at Stanford Law School

GitHub’s Developer Defense Fund will enable independent legal support from the Stanford Juelsgaard Clinic to review and handle appropriate DMCA cases. | Continue reading


@github.blog | 3 years ago

A redesigned new user onboarding experience

A redesigned new user onboarding experience | Continue reading


@github.blog | 3 years ago

Minimum Viable Governance: lightweight community structure to grow your FOSS projects

Minimum Viable Governance (MVG) is a simple, easy-to-implement governance framework for your free and open source projects. | Continue reading


@github.blog | 3 years ago

GitHub brings supply chain security features to the Go community

GitHub’s supply chain security features are now available for Go modules, which will help the Go community discover, report & prevent vulnerabilities. | Continue reading


@github.blog | 3 years ago

Student leaders are taking GitHub Campus TV to the next level

The GitHub Education Stream Team is adding new shows. Job-hunting graduate? New to coding? No matter where you are, there's a show for you. | Continue reading


@github.blog | 3 years ago

Issues forms beta for public repositories

Issues forms beta for public repositories | Continue reading


@github.blog | 3 years ago

What’s new from GitHub Changelog? June 2021 Recap

Quality-of-life improvements to GitHub Issues, confirmation dialog when you send a review request to a large team, new CodeQL functionalities, and more! | Continue reading


@github.blog | 3 years ago

Adding support for cross-cluster associations to Rails 7

At GitHub, we recently added a new feature to Rails that will be available in 7.0: support for handling associations across database clusters. | Continue reading


@github.blog | 3 years ago

GitHub Availability Report: June 2021

In June, we experienced no incidents resulting in service downtime to our core services. | Continue reading


@github.blog | 3 years ago

Towards Natural Language Semantic Code Search

Our machine learning scientists have been researching ways to enable the semantic search of code. | Continue reading


@github.blog | 3 years ago

GitHub Copilot: your AI pair programmer

Today, we're launching a technical preview of GitHub Copilot, a new AI pair programmer that helps you write better code. | Continue reading


@github.blog | 3 years ago

Seven years of the GitHub Security Bug Bounty program

GitHub’s bug bounty program is a mature component of our product security. Check out recent milestones (and interesting vulnerabilities)! | Continue reading


@github.blog | 3 years ago

Run online campus events with your favorite tools at no cost with the new GitHub Virtual Event Kit

Announcing the newest addition to the Student Developer Pack, the GitHub Virtual Event Kit! Access the best virtual event tools in one place at no cost. | Continue reading


@github.blog | 3 years ago

Introducing the new GitHub Issues

Announcing new beta features for GitHub Issues for better planning and tracking of your projects in GitHub, including project tables, task lists, and issue forms. | Continue reading


@github.blog | 3 years ago

A framework for building Open Graph images

We recently set about creating a framework and service for automatically generating social sharing images for repositories and other resources on GitHub. | Continue reading


@github.blog | 3 years ago

GitHub Packages Container registry is generally available

Throughout the beta, we added features to improve the experience of using the Container registry. Today, we’re excited to announce that the Container registry is generally available as part of GitHub Packages! | Continue reading


@github.blog | 3 years ago

GitHub Desktop 2.9 includes squashing, reordering, amending, and more!

The latest version of GitHub Desktop allows you to squash commits, squash and merge, reorder, amend your last commit, check out a branch from a previous commit, and more. | Continue reading


@github.blog | 3 years ago

Blacktocats Turn Five

What began as a small group effort in 2015 has now turned into a global initiative here at GitHub to amplify Black voices and talent in the tech community. | Continue reading


@github.blog | 3 years ago

What’s new from GitHub Changelog? May 2021 Recap

In May, GitHub shipped a total of 20 new features, from video support and an improved mobile experience to labels for Discussions - and much more! | Continue reading


@github.blog | 3 years ago

Privilege escalation with polkit: How to get root on Linux with a seven-year-old bug

polkit is a system service installed by default on many Linux distributions. It’s used by systemd, so any Linux distribution that uses systemd also uses polkit. As a member of GitHub Security Lab, my job | Continue reading


@github.blog | 3 years ago

Securing the open source supply chain by scanning for package registry credentials

An introduction to secrets, GitHub secret scanning, the open source supply chain, and why revoking package registry credentials is so important. | Continue reading


@github.blog | 3 years ago

Updates to our policies regarding exploits, malware, and vulnerability research

One month ago, we started a discussion with the community about proposed revisions to clarify GitHub’s policies on security research, malware, and exploits with the goal to enable, welcome, and encourage dual-use security research and | Continue reading


@github.blog | 3 years ago

Release Radar · May 2021 Edition

The Release Radar showcases some great community open source projects. Read on to discover more about these projects that shipped major versions. | Continue reading


@github.blog | 3 years ago

GitHub Enterprise Server 3.1 is now generally available

GitHub Enterprise Server 3.1 is now generally available for all customers. It helps customers work with large, busy repositories, while enabling developers to develop and deploy with less effort than ever. This release includes: GitHub | Continue reading


@github.blog | 3 years ago

GitHub Availability May 2021

In May, we experienced two incidents resulting in significant impact to multiple GitHub services. | Continue reading


@github.blog | 3 years ago

Github Social Impact: How we’re driving change with social sector organizations

Read about the refreshed mission statement, updated website and what’s ahead for GitHub Social Impact. | Continue reading


@github.blog | 3 years ago

Dependabot version updates can now ignore major/minor/patch releases

Dependabot version updates can now ignore major/minor/patch releases | Continue reading


@github.blog | 3 years ago