Power open source, together
GitHub supports the open source ecosystem with funding, tools, events, and community — whether you’re contributing, maintaining, or sponsoring.
Build lasting impact
Your contributions shape the software millions use every day.
Sustain your project
Access grants, security support, and community tools to power your project forward.
Fuel innovation
Collaborators, enterprises, and organizations can sponsor, invest, and scale bold ideas.
$130MM+ invested in open source via GitHub Sponsors, Secure OSS, GitHub Fund & M12
10.5B Actions minutes hosted for public repos
2B downloads secured through GitHub Secure OSS Fund across +15MM dependents
$10MM+ cloud credits for open source projects
Choose your path to engage
Maintainer / Project Owner
Get funding, security tools, mentorship, and community through GitHub’s maintainer programs.
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Sponsor / Organization
Sponsor devs, invest in infrastructure, or support supply chain security through GitHub initiatives.
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GitHub’s open source programs
GitHub Fund
Investing in open source innovation across dev tools, infrastructure, AI, and security.
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Secure Open Source Fund
Grants for security improvements in open source projects, including audits, training, and credits.
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GitHub Sponsors
Fund your dependencies in one transaction. Back maintainers and projects you care about.
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Maintainer community
A peer network and support hub for maintainers to share best practices, connect with GitHub, and access resources.
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GitHub Security Lab
Join a community where developers and security professionals come together to secure open source software.
Collaborate with GitHub Security Lab
GitHub Accelerator
Empowering startups and projects in open source with mentorship, resources, and scaling support.
Meet the projects
Events & open source moments
See all eventsMaintainer month
A month-long celebration of maintainers, with events, spotlight series, and community drives.
Hear from maintainers
State of Open Source
Explore insights and global trends from GitHub’s annual data report Octoverse and Innovation Graph, Open Source Survey, and Open Source Funding.
Built to support open source
Free Teams, Actions & Runners
Public repositories get unlimited Actions minutes and storage by default.
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Copilot for open source maintainers
Copilot Pro is free for open source maintainers of popular projects and verified students — and Copilot Free is open to everyone.
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Security tools
Secure open source projects with CodeQL, Dependabot, and secret scanning — free for public repositories.
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The people (and projects) behind the code
Open source software is made by people just like you. Here’s how they got started.
Read more developer stories The Untold Story of Log4j and Log4Shell
For the first time, we're sharing the untold story of the 2021 Log4Shell vulnerability incident that sent shockwaves through the global tech community.
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Unsloth’s open source AI story
Unsloth is democratizing AI by streamlining model training with minimal compute power. Founded by Daniel and Michael, they are the first startup backed by the GitHub Accelerator, GitHub Fund, and Microsoft’s M12.
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Becky Tyler
Born with quadriplegic cerebral palsy, Becky interacts with her computer exclusively with her eyes. Learn about her path into the world of open source software and collaboration.
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