Scaling accessibility within GitHub and beyond
GitHub celebrates Global Accessibility Awareness Day by launching another installment of the Coding Accessibility series and sharing how we scale accessibility within GitHub and beyond.
The GitHub Blog
Securing Git: Addressing 5 new vulnerabilities
Git is releasing several new versions to address five CVEs. Upgrading to the latest Git version is essential to protect against these vulnerabilities.
Research: Quantifying GitHub Copilot’s impact in the enterprise with Accenture
We conducted research with developers at Accenture to understand GitHub Copilot’s real-world impact in enterprise organizations.
Say hello to the SPORTech collection
Whether you’re a rookie coder or a seasoned pro, our new SPORTech shop collection is tailored for you. And here’s the kicker: we’re offering free delivery worldwide over $20 until May 20!
GitHub Availability Report: April 2024
In April, we experienced four incidents that resulted in degraded performance across GitHub services.
How AI enhances static application security testing (SAST)
Here’s how SAST tools combine generative AI with code scanning to help you deliver features faster and keep vulnerabilities out of code.
Latest posts
Just launched: Second cohort of the DPG Open Source Community Manager Program!
Are you looking to have a positive impact in open source development? This program may be for you! Apply by May 30 to join.
How we’re building more inclusive and accessible components at GitHub
We've made improvements to the way users of assistive technology can interact with and navigate lists of issues and pull requests and tables across GitHub.com.
GitHub Copilot Chat in GitHub Mobile is now generally available
With GitHub Copilot Chat in GitHub Mobile, developers can collaborate, ask coding questions, and gain insights into both public and private repositories anywhere, anytime–all in natural language for users on all GitHub Copilot plans.
Create a home for your community with GitHub Discussions
GitHub Community-in-a-box provides the tooling, resources, and knowledge you need to build internal communities of learning at scale with GitHub Discussions.
Engineering
GitHub Availability Report: April 2024
In April, we experienced four incidents that resulted in degraded performance across GitHub services.
5 tips to supercharge your developer career in 2024
From mastering prompt engineering to leveraging AI for code security, here’s how you can excel in today's competitive job market.
GitHub Availability Report: March 2024
In March, we experienced two incidents that resulted in degraded performance across GitHub services.
4 ways GitHub engineers use GitHub Copilot
GitHub Copilot increases efficiency for our engineers by allowing us to automate repetitive tasks, stay focused, and more.
Community
Create a home for your community with GitHub Discussions
GitHub Community-in-a-box provides the tooling, resources, and knowledge you need to build internal communities of learning at scale with GitHub Discussions.
The world's fair of software: Join us at GitHub Universe 2024
It’s the 10th anniversary of our global developer event! Celebrate with us by picking up in-person tickets today. It’s bound to be our best one yet.
All In Africa: New cohort now open!
As we’re opening up the doors to our final class of this programmatic year, we’re also looking back at our recent graduates and the partners that helped make them a success.
Just launched: Second cohort of the DPG Open Source Community Manager Program!
Are you looking to have a positive impact in open source development? This program may be for you! Apply by May 30 to join.
Trending stories
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Securing Git: Addressing 5 new vulnerabilities
Git is releasing several new versions to address five CVEs. Upgrading to the latest Git version is essential to protect against these vulnerabilities.
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GitHub Copilot Workspace: Welcome to the Copilot-native developer environment
We’re redefining the developer environment with GitHub Copilot Workspace - where any developer can go from idea, to code, to software all in natural language.
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How to build a CI/CD pipeline with GitHub Actions in four simple steps
A quick guide on the advantages of using GitHub Actions as your preferred CI/CD tool—and how to build a CI/CD pipeline with it.
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How to use GitHub Copilot: Prompts, tips, and use cases
In this prompt guide for GitHub Copilot, two GitHub developer advocates, Rizel and Michelle, will share examples and best practices for communicating your desired results to the AI pair programmer.
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Raising the bar for software security: GitHub 2FA begins March 13
On March 13, we will officially begin rolling out our initiative to require all developers who contribute code on GitHub.com to enable one or more forms of two-factor authentication (2FA) by the end of 2023. Read on to learn about what the process entails and how you can help secure the software supply chain with 2FA.
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Research: quantifying GitHub Copilot’s impact on developer productivity and happiness
When the GitHub Copilot Technical Preview launched just over one year ago, we wanted to know one thing: Is this tool helping developers? The GitHub Next team conducted research using a combination of surveys and experiments, which led us to expected and unexpected answers.
Product
Research: Quantifying GitHub Copilot’s impact in the enterprise with Accenture
We conducted research with developers at Accenture to understand GitHub Copilot’s real-world impact in enterprise organizations.
How we’re building more inclusive and accessible components at GitHub
We've made improvements to the way users of assistive technology can interact with and navigate lists of issues and pull requests and tables across GitHub.com.
GitHub Copilot Chat in GitHub Mobile is now generally available
With GitHub Copilot Chat in GitHub Mobile, developers can collaborate, ask coding questions, and gain insights into both public and private repositories anywhere, anytime–all in natural language for users on all GitHub Copilot plans.
Dependabot on GitHub Actions and self-hosted runners is now generally available
A quick guide on the advantages of Dependabot as a GitHub Actions workflow and the benefits this unlocks, including self-hosted runner support.
GitHub Copilot Workspace: Welcome to the Copilot-native developer environment
We’re redefining the developer environment with GitHub Copilot Workspace - where any developer can go from idea, to code, to software all in natural language.
A short guide to mastering keyboard shortcuts on GitHub
Say goodbye to constant mouse clicking and hello to seamless navigation with GitHub shortcuts.
Bringing enterprise-level security and even more power to GitHub-hosted runners
GitHub-hosted runners now support Azure private networking. Plus, we've added 2 vCPU Linux, 4 vCPU Windows, macOS L, macOS XL, and GPU hosted runners to our runner fleet.
Security
Security research without ever leaving GitHub: From code scanning to CVE via Codespaces and private vulnerability reporting
This blog post is an in-depth walkthrough on how we perform security research leveraging GitHub features, including code scanning, CodeQL, and Codespaces.
Gaining kernel code execution on an MTE-enabled Pixel 8
In this post, I’ll look at CVE-2023-6241, a vulnerability in the Arm Mali GPU that allows a malicious app to gain arbitrary kernel code execution and root on an Android phone. I’ll show how this vulnerability can be exploited even when Memory Tagging Extension (MTE), a powerful mitigation, is enabled on the device.
Introducing Artifact Attestations–now in public beta
Generate and verify signed attestations for anything you make with GitHub Actions.
Where does your software (really) come from?
GitHub is working with the OSS community to bring new supply chain security capabilities to the platform.
CodeQL zero to hero part 3: Security research with CodeQL
Learn how to use CodeQL for security research and improve your security research workflow.
Securing millions of developers through 2FA
We’ve dramatically increased 2FA adoption on GitHub as part of our responsibility to make the software ecosystem more secure. Read on to learn how we secured millions of developers and why we’re urging more organizations to join us in these efforts.
How AI enhances static application security testing (SAST)
Here’s how SAST tools combine generative AI with code scanning to help you deliver features faster and keep vulnerabilities out of code.
Open Source
Securing Git: Addressing 5 new vulnerabilities
Git is releasing several new versions to address five CVEs. Upgrading to the latest Git version is essential to protect against these vulnerabilities.
Highlights from Git 2.45
Git 2.45 is here with experimental support for reftables, and SHA-256 interoperability. Get our take on the latest here.
Using open source to help the earth
This Earth Day, we discuss how tech and open source are helping two organizations combat the effects of a changing climate.
Empowering women through open source
A discussion about how tech is aiding organizations fighting for gender equality, what it means to be a woman in tech and the world today, and advice on how we all move forward.
Game Bytes · March 2024
Game Bytes is our monthly series taking a peek at the world of gamedev on GitHub—featuring game engine updates, game jam details, open source games, mods, maps, and more. Game on!
Enterprise
GitHub Actions, Arm64, and the future of automotive software development
Learn how GitHub's Enterprise Cloud, GitHub Actions, and Arm's latest Automotive Enhanced processors, work together to usher in a new era of efficient, scalable, and flexible automotive software creation.
GitHub Availability Report: March 2024
In March, we experienced two incidents that resulted in degraded performance across GitHub services.
GitHub Availability Report: February 2024
In February, we experienced two incidents that resulted in degraded performance across GitHub services.
Education
GitHub Fund 2024 and beyond: Looking to the future
Celebrate the first year of GitHub Fund, our first investments, and a brief look of where we’re going.
Empowering Uruguay’s future workforce with AI
During the second cycle of Git Commit Uruguay, students learned the basics of AI and built their own AI-powered projects.
GitHub Certifications are generally available
Unlock your full potential with GitHub Certifications! Earning a GitHub certification will give you the competitive advantage of showing up as a GitHub expert.
Policy
A policy proposal on our approach to deepfake tools and responsible AI
We’re asking for feedback on a proposed Acceptable Use Policy update to address the use of synthetic and manipulated media tools for non-consensual intimate imagery and disinformation while protecting valuable research.
Helping policymakers weigh the benefits of open source AI
GitHub enables developer collaboration on innovative software projects, and we’re committed to ensuring policymakers understand developer needs when crafting AI regulation.
Explore the seasons of software development with four full years of data
Discover the latest trends and insights on public software development activity on GitHub with the release of Q4 2023 data for the Innovation Graph.
Company
Scaling accessibility within GitHub and beyond
GitHub celebrates Global Accessibility Awareness Day by launching another installment of the Coding Accessibility series and sharing how we scale accessibility within GitHub and beyond.
Say hello to the SPORTech collection
Whether you’re a rookie coder or a seasoned pro, our new SPORTech shop collection is tailored for you. And here’s the kicker: we’re offering free delivery worldwide over $20 until May 20!
Celebrating 1 year of A11y Design Bootcamp: Takeaways and tips
A11y Design Bootcamp is a live educational program that consists of exercises, discussions, and knowledge shares to raise awareness of web accessibility best practices, the role designers play in creating accessible products, and how to advocate for accessibility with cross-functional partners.