GitHub Universe 2026: Evolving every layer of the stack
Today, we laid out our vision for GitHub as the most comprehensive, end-to-end software delivery system in the world.
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Octoverse: Commits, pushes, reach new highs in 2026 as developers build with agents
See how a record year of growth reached every industry, every field, and every kind of builder in the 2026 Octoverse report.
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How bug bounty sharpens one researcher’s security skills
As Cybersecurity Awareness Month continues, the GitHub Bug Bounty team spotlights @r31n, diving into their research approach, favorite bug classes, and advice for aspiring hackers.
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The bridge to agent-scale Git infrastructure
We moved a copy of 99.99999% of GitHub’s repositories to Azure. Here’s how per-reference quorums will bring over the rest, and how object storage lets reads scale independently.
Latest
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How 3 Java Champions are using GitHub Copilot for increased productivity
Three Java Champions share how they use GitHub Copilot to solve problems, accelerate development, and keep humans responsible for the results.
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How to continue a GitHub Copilot app session in VS Code
Learn how to move an agent session from the GitHub Copilot app into VS Code without losing the conversation, code changes, or working context.
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The next developer interface is ambient intelligence
AI, agents, voice, and physical controls are shifting software development from operating tools to expressing intent—and helping developers stay focused on building.
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GitHub Universe 2026: Evolving every layer of the stack
Today, we laid out our vision for GitHub as the most comprehensive, end-to-end software delivery system in the world.
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The bridge to agent-scale Git infrastructure
We moved a copy of 99.99999% of GitHub’s repositories to Azure. Here’s how per-reference quorums will bring over the rest, and how object storage lets reads scale independently.
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Octoverse: Commits, pushes, reach new highs in 2026 as developers build with agents
See how a record year of growth reached every industry, every field, and every kind of builder in the 2026 Octoverse report.
Engineering
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Staying Evergreen: How we automated secure access and repo hygiene in a shared org
Put native GitHub features to work to review outside collaborator access and archive stale repositories.
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From 2,500 requests to 24: Rebuilding star history without the stargazers
Our new repo star history API now provides trends without returning individual identities or requiring unbounded database work. These are the engineering tradeoffs we made.
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Building Git infrastructure for agent-scale development
We’re rebuilding GitHub’s Git infrastructure while GitHub keeps running, creating a foundation for agent-scale software development.
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Improving site performance by shipping more CSS
How we fully migrated github.com away from CSS-in-JS.
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Rendering huge pull requests in the GitHub Copilot app
How we rebuilt the diff surface in the GitHub Copilot app to open a million-line pull request with hundreds of inline review comments.
Spotlight
Octoverse 2025: AI, India, and the new #1 programming language
Dive into the key findings from Octoverse 2025! This year saw record-breaking growth with over 180 million developers now on GitHub. We explore three big shifts: generative AI becoming ordinary engineering, TypeScript’s rise to the #1 language, and how AI is influencing developer choices. See how the developer map is redrawing itself faster than ever.
The untold story of Log4j and Log4Shell
In late 2021, the Log4Shell vulnerability sent shockwaves through the global tech community. Hear the untold, inside story from Christian Grobmeier, a maintainer of the Log4j project.
Two decades of Git: A conversation with creator Linus Torvalds
Twenty years ago, Linus Torvalds created the basis for Git in just 10 days, forever changing how developers collaborate on code. In this interview, Linus Torvalds discusses Git’s unexpected journey.
News & insights
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GitHub availability report: September 2026
In September, we experienced two incidents that resulted in degraded performance across GitHub services.
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10 technical talks I’m excited about at GitHub Universe 2026
From verifying AI-written code to securing npm dependencies, these are the sessions I’m building my Universe agenda around.
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Developer policy update: Transparency, state policy, and what’s ahead
Explore GitHub’s latest transparency data and learn more about policy updates affecting developers and open source.
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Developers want more efficient software. Here’s what over 1,000 GitHub users told us they need.
New research from GitHub and Yale Program on Climate Change Communication finds strong demand for tools, measurement, and practical guidance that can help developers reduce wasted compute.
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GitHub availability report: August 2026
In August, we experienced five incidents that resulted in degraded performance across GitHub services.
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The August 17 outage, and the work ahead
An update on the August 17 outage and the steps we’re taking to improve reliability.
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GitHub Universe 2026
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