June 2026

How GitHub maintains compliance for open source dependencies

Explore how the Open Source Program Office uses GitHub’s new license compliance product to manage open source dependencies at scale.

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Git

Highlights from Git 2.55

The open source Git project just released Git 2.55. Here is GitHub’s look at some of the most interesting features and changes introduced since last time.

Security

Inside the Advisory Database and what happens when vulnerability volume breaks records

The GitHub Advisory Database is processing more vulnerability reports than ever before. Here’s what’s driving the surge, how we’re responding, and how the community can help.

Open Source

GitHub and UNDP team up to advance development priorities in Ghana with open source

GitHub joined the United Nations Development Programme in Ghana to explore how open source governance can support one of West Africa’s most ambitious digital reform efforts.

Career growth

Transitioning as a Hubber

How GitHub’s culture and benefits helped me be the best version of myself.

AI & ML

Evaluating performance and efficiency of the GitHub Copilot agentic harness across models and tasks

Explore how the GitHub Copilot agentic harness delivers strong results across multiple benchmarks and leading token efficiency, while maintaining flexibility to choose among more than 20 models.

AI & ML

I automated my job (and it made me a better leader)

Explore how my day as a senior leader looks now that I use 40 automations to help, and learn more about some of my favorites.

News & insights

GitHub joins coalition advocating for fixes to California AI Transparency Act to protect open source

We’re calling for targeted amendments to resolve conflicts with open source licensing and align with international transparency frameworks while preserving regulatory intent.

Open Source

From pledge to practice: Building a more inclusive open source ecosystem

Learn about the progress we’ve made toward our accessibility goals and how you can help make open source more inclusive.

AI & ML

How we built an internal data analytics agent

Qubot, our internal Copilot-powered analytics agent, allows any GitHub employee to ask questions about our data in plain language. Here’s what we learned as we built it.

Maintainers

How pull request limits are cutting down the noise

Learn how pull request limits can help manage contribution volume in your repositories, and see what’s next on the roadmap.

AI & ML

Getting more from each token: How Copilot improves context handling and model routing

How GitHub Copilot is making more of each session go toward useful work, so your credits go further.

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AI & ML

What are git worktrees, and why should I use them?

Git worktrees have been around since 2015, but it wasn’t until recently they became popular. Learn what they are, how to use them, and why you might.

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AI & ML

GitHub Copilot CLI for Beginners: Overview of common slash commands

GitHub Copilot CLI for Beginners: Learn how to use slash commands to control your terminal AI agent.

AI & ML

Accelerating researchers and developers building multilingual AI with a new open dataset

A new repository-level dataset, published on GitHub under CC0-1.0, helps researchers and developers discover multilingual developer content across READMEs, issues, and pull requests.