Highlights from Git 2.40
The first Git release of the year is here! Take a look at some of our highlights on what's new in Git 2.40.
An open source project to empower OSPOs everywhere
We are open sourcing our own OSPO policies, tools, and guides to help other OSPOs get started.
Introducing Activating Developers and the new Digital Public Goods Open Source Community Manager Program
The Social Impact, Tech for Social Good team is launching a new Open Source Community Manager Program to support digital public goods. This is part of their new Activating Developers initiative.
Introducing GitHub vulnerability management integrations for security professionals
Learn about using GitHub Advanced Security alerts with vulnerability management tools. Check out the integrations and learn about how to get started.
Don’t leave developers behind in the Section 230 debate
Developers are at the heart of our online world and at the forefront of creating solutions for global challenges, working to make the software that underpins our digital infrastructure more secure, reliable, and safe.
How GitHub accelerates development for embedded systems
In a world where software and hardware is ubiquitous, GitHub can help enable secure development for mission-critical embedded systems.
Latest posts
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.
How GitHub Docs’ new search works
GitHub Docs recently changed its site-search to Elasticsearch. Here’s how it was implemented.
Multi-repository variant analysis: a powerful new way to perform security research across GitHub
Multi-repository variant analysis lets you scale security research across thousands of repositories, giving you a powerful tool to find and respond to newly discovered vulnerabilities.
Application security orchestration with GitHub Advanced Security
Learn how teams can leverage the power of GitHub Advanced Security’s code scanning and GitHub Actions to integrate the right security testing tools at the right time.
Engineering
Highlights from Git 2.40
The first Git release of the year is here! Take a look at some of our highlights on what's new in Git 2.40.
How GitHub Docs’ new search works
GitHub Docs recently changed its site-search to Elasticsearch. Here’s how it was implemented.
How to automate your dev environment with dev containers and GitHub Codespaces
GitHub Codespaces enables you to start coding faster when coupled with dev containers. Learn how to automate a portion of your development environment by adding a dev container to an open source project using GitHub Codespaces.
Why Python keeps growing, explained
A deep dive into why more people are using Python than ever, its key use cases, and why it’s still so popular 30-plus years after it was first released.
Community
Release Radar · February 2023 Edition
Our community—along with ourselves—took a much needed break over the festive season. Now everyone is back into the full swing of work, and the open source community is showing us…
See you at SCaLE! 🐧
SCaLE is the largest community-run open-source and free software conference in North America. It takes place next week in Pasadena, CA from March 9-12, 2023 and we’ll be there!
A beginner's guide to learning to code with GitHub Codespaces
When you’re new to coding, it’s easy to get stuck completing endless tutorials. You can apply what you’ve learned (and learn even more) through GitHub Codespaces. The best part is you don’t need a powerful computer to get started.
Release Radar, Festive Edition · December 2022 - January 2023
Welcome to our special edition of the Release Radar 🎄. Between Christmas festivities, end of the year parties, Chinese New Year, or simply enjoying some time off, almost everyone has…
Trending stories
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Sunsetting Atom
We are archiving Atom and all projects under the Atom organization for an official sunset on December 15, 2022.
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Highlights from Git 2.40
The first Git release of the year is here! Take a look at some of our highlights on what's new in Git 2.40.
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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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An open source project to empower OSPOs everywhere
We are open sourcing our own OSPO policies, tools, and guides to help other OSPOs get started.
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How to automate your dev environment with dev containers and GitHub Codespaces
GitHub Codespaces enables you to start coding faster when coupled with dev containers. Learn how to automate a portion of your development environment by adding a dev container to an open source project using GitHub Codespaces.
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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.
Product
Introducing GitHub vulnerability management integrations for security professionals
Learn about using GitHub Advanced Security alerts with vulnerability management tools. Check out the integrations and learn about how to get started.
GitHub Enterprise Server 3.8 is now generally available
With updates to GitHub Actions, repositories, and GitHub Advanced Security, this new version of GitHub Enterprise Server is focused on bringing the best developer experience to companies.
File editing on GitHub Mobile keeps leveling up
Commit an update to a pull request, or start a new branch to squash a bug at any time, wherever you are using the GitHub Mobile apps.
How to automate your dev environment with dev containers and GitHub Codespaces
GitHub Codespaces enables you to start coding faster when coupled with dev containers. Learn how to automate a portion of your development environment by adding a dev container to an open source project using GitHub Codespaces.
GitHub Desktop 3.2: Preview your pull request
GitHub Desktop helps you feel confident in your Git and GitHub workflows.
GitHub Actions Importer is now generally available
We’re excited to announce the general availability of GitHub Actions Importer. GitHub Actions Importer helps you plan, forecast, and automate…
GitHub Actions: Introducing faster GitHub-hosted x64 macOS runners
Speed up your GitHub Actions jobs on macOS with all new, faster GitHub-hosted macOS runners for x64.
Security
Introducing GitHub vulnerability management integrations for security professionals
Learn about using GitHub Advanced Security alerts with vulnerability management tools. Check out the integrations and learn about how to get started.
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.
Multi-repository variant analysis: a powerful new way to perform security research across GitHub
Multi-repository variant analysis lets you scale security research across thousands of repositories, giving you a powerful tool to find and respond to newly discovered vulnerabilities.
Application security orchestration with GitHub Advanced Security
Learn how teams can leverage the power of GitHub Advanced Security’s code scanning and GitHub Actions to integrate the right security testing tools at the right time.
GitHub Security Lab audited DataHub: Here's what they found
The GitHub Security Lab audited DataHub, an open source metadata platform, and discovered several vulnerabilities in the platform's authentication and authorization modules. These vulnerabilities could have enabled an attacker to bypass authentication and gain access to sensitive data stored on the platform.
Secret scanning alerts are now available (and free) for all public repositories
Secret scanning alerts are now generally available for all public repositories. Admins can now turn on the alert experience with one click.
3 ways to meet compliance needs without slowing down agility
Learn how to enable developer productivity and collaboration while staying secure and compliant. Stay compliant without slowing down your business. From security to CI/CD, automate every step of your software workflow—so your developers can stay focused on what matters most: building.
Open Source
Highlights from Git 2.40
The first Git release of the year is here! Take a look at some of our highlights on what's new in Git 2.40.
An open source project to empower OSPOs everywhere
We are open sourcing our own OSPO policies, tools, and guides to help other OSPOs get started.
Introducing Activating Developers and the new Digital Public Goods Open Source Community Manager Program
The Social Impact, Tech for Social Good team is launching a new Open Source Community Manager Program to support digital public goods. This is part of their new Activating Developers initiative.
How GitHub Docs’ new search works
GitHub Docs recently changed its site-search to Elasticsearch. Here’s how it was implemented.
Release Radar · February 2023 Edition
Our community—along with ourselves—took a much needed break over the festive season. Now everyone is back into the full swing of work, and the open source community is showing us…
Enterprise
How GitHub accelerates development for embedded systems
In a world where software and hardware is ubiquitous, GitHub can help enable secure development for mission-critical embedded systems.
GitHub Galaxy 2023: your guide to building a more flexible and productive software development cycle
Join us virtually on March 28-31 for GitHub Galaxy, a global enterprise event focused on improving efficiency, security, and developer productivity.
GitHub Enterprise Server 3.8 is now generally available
With updates to GitHub Actions, repositories, and GitHub Advanced Security, this new version of GitHub Enterprise Server is focused on bringing the best developer experience to companies.
Education
Unleash your potential with GitHub Octernships: a path to a thriving tech career
Empowering the next generation of students in tech with real-world industry experience.
Skilling for the future: How GitHub is advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion within open source communities
In the coming months, we’re scaling, expanding, and launching new programming to further DEI within open source communities.
Git Commit Uruguay: Lowering barriers to make software development more inclusive and diverse
We delivered two different courses specifically designed to help students in the lowest-income neighborhood of Montevideo, Uruguay learn how to use GitHub and understand the value of open source.
Policy
Don’t leave developers behind in the Section 230 debate
Developers are at the heart of our online world and at the forefront of creating solutions for global challenges, working to make the software that underpins our digital infrastructure more secure, reliable, and safe.
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.
Measuring government policy on open source with a new dataset
Policymakers around the world are developing policies that impact how software gets built and who gets to build it, see the latest now.
Company
GitHub Galaxy 2023: your guide to building a more flexible and productive software development cycle
Join us virtually on March 28-31 for GitHub Galaxy, a global enterprise event focused on improving efficiency, security, and developer productivity.
Responsible AI pair programming with GitHub Copilot
GitHub Copilot boosts developer productivity, but using it responsibly still requires good developer and DevSecOps practices.
100 million developers and counting
There are now 100 million developers around the world using GitHub. Here’s what this means—and why it’s just the beginning.