Open Source

Upgrade your local installation of Git, especially if you are using Git for Windows, or you use Git on a multi-user machine.

Each month, we highlight open source projects that have shipped major updates. These include everything from world-changing technology to developer tooling, and weekend projects. Here are our top staff picks…

Our community has shipped lots of open source project updates in the last month. Here’s a few of our staff picks.

Here’s January’s top staff picks on projects that shipped major version releases.

Along with the release of sponsors-only repositories, here’s a look at what’s new and what’s next for Sponsors.

The open source Git project just released Git 2.35. Here’s GitHub’s look at some of the most interesting features and changes introduced since last time.

Our community has been hard at work through December shipping updates. Here’s our staff picks for open source projects with major version releases.

We’re excited to announce the V4 release of the OpenSSF’s Scorecard project in partnership with Google.

Here are the top games created in our annual game jam as rated and reviewed by the developers that made them. Game On! 🤘🏻

From answering questions about a new release to fielding feature requests, here’s how five open source communities use GitHub Discussions.

My colleague Stormy Peters and I are proud to represent GitHub at the White House’s Open Source Software Security Summit.

Defining your security requirements is the most important proactive control you can implement for your project. Here’s how.

Precise code navigation is powered by stack graphs, a new open source framework that lets you define the name binding rules for a programming language.

Today we’re introducing enhanced login verification to the npm registry, and we will begin a staged rollout to maintainers beginning Dec 7.

This lesser-known OWASP project aims to help developers prevent vulnerabilities from being introduced in the first place.