Top security researcher shares their bug bounty process
For this year’s Cybersecurity Awareness Month, the GitHub Bug Bounty team is excited to put the spotlight on a talented security researcher—@dev-bio!
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How to update community health files with AI
Have you ever thought about using AI to update community health files for your repositories? This blog shares actionable next steps for doing just that, including a starter kit with a checklist and tutorials on how to create three useful files.
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Inside the breach that broke the internet: The untold story of Log4Shell
Log4Shell proved that open source security isn’t guaranteed and isn’t just a code problem. It’s about supporting, enabling, and empowering the people behind the projects that build our digital infrastructure.
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Accelerate developer productivity with these 9 open source AI and MCP projects
GitHub Copilot and VS Code teams, along with the Microsoft Open Source Program Office (OSPO), sponsored these nine open source MCP projects that provide new frameworks, tools, and assistants to unlock AI-native workflows, agentic tooling, and innovation.
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How to navigate GitHub Universe (or any tech conference) if you’re an introvert
If alone time is your love language—don’t worry, it’s ours too—you can still attend, learn from, and enjoy big events like GitHub Universe. Here are some practical tips on how.
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Copilot: Faster, smarter, and built for how you work now
Discover how GitHub Copilot has evolved from a high-powered autocomplete tool to a powerful, multi-model agentic assistant.
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How GitHub Copilot and AI agents are saving legacy systems
GitHub Copilot and AI agents are making legacy COBOL systems accessible to modern developers.
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GitHub Copilot CLI: How to get started
Discover how to use GitHub Copilot directly in the terminal. From cloning a repository to opening a pull request, here’s how to streamline your workflow with Copilot CLI.
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Spec-driven development with AI: Get started with a new open source toolkit
Developers can use their AI tool of choice for spec-driven development with this open source toolkit.
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Inside the breach that broke the internet: The untold story of Log4Shell
Log4Shell proved that open source security isn’t guaranteed and isn’t just a code problem. It’s about supporting, enabling, and empowering the people behind the projects that build our digital infrastructure.
Engineering
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Post-quantum security for SSH access on GitHub
GitHub is introducing post-quantum secure key exchange methods for SSH access to better protect Git data in transit.
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How GitHub engineers tackle platform problems
Our best practices for quickly identifying, resolving, and preventing issues at scale.
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GitHub Issues search now supports nested queries and boolean operators: Here’s how we (re)built it
Plus, considerations in updating one of GitHub’s oldest and most heavily used features.
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Design system annotations, part 2: Advanced methods of annotating components
How to build custom annotations for your design system components or use Figma’s Code Connect to help capture important accessibility details before development.
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Design system annotations, part 1: How accessibility gets left out of components
The Accessibility Design team created a set of annotations to bridge the gaps that design systems alone can’t fix and proactively addresses accessibility issues within Primer components.
Spotlight
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 candid interview, Linus Torvalds discusses Git’s unexpected journey.
Using GitHub Copilot Free: What to know
Find out what you can do with the free tier of GitHub Copilot, the AI editor for everyone, and start building what’s next today.
Octoverse 2024: The rise of Python and AI
Find out how AI and a rapidly growing global developer community defined this past year on GitHub across public and open source projects.
News & insights
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GitHub Availability Report: September 2025
In September, we experienced three incidents that resulted in degraded performance across GitHub services.
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The developer role is evolving. Here’s how to stay ahead.
AI is changing how software gets built. Explore the skills you need to keep up and stand out.
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How GitHub protects developers from copyright enforcement overreach
Why the U.S. Supreme Court case Cox v. Sony matters for developers and sharing updates to our Transparency Center and Acceptable Use Policies.
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GitHub Copilot gets smarter at finding your code: Inside our new embedding model
Learn about a new Copilot embedding model that makes code search in VS Code faster, lighter on memory, and far more accurate.
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GitHub Availability Report: August 2025
In August, we experienced three incidents that resulted in degraded performance across GitHub services.
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Your guide to GitHub Universe 2025: The schedule just launched!
Create your own agenda of favorites, sign up for one-on-on mentoring sessions, and register if you haven’t already. We’ll see you there!
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