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What an incredible month it’s been for GitHub and our communities. Whilst we’ve been busy with GitHub Universe, our communities have been busy coding. It’s been a successful year for Hacktoberfest, with many first-time contributors

When you’re fixing a bug, especially a security vulnerability, you should add a regression test, fix the bug, and find & fix variants.

This blog post is the first in a series about hardening the security of the Exiv2 project. My goal is to share tips that will help you harden the security of your own project.

The theme for this year’s Game Off is… …BUG! Your challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to create a game between now and December 1 incorporating the theme somehow, and submit it to

We’re excited to highlight another top contributing researcher to GitHub’s Bug Bounty Program: @yvvdwf

It’s that time of year again where I like to share seasonally spooktacular games plus source code—a goldmine of material for (a) those looking for coffee-break entertainment, (b) those interested in learning more about game

The 49th Ludum Dare game jam just wrapped up with almost 3000 entries. Here’s a peek at some of the highest-rated entries that you can play, plus their source code that you can poke around

GitHub Marketplace just passed 10,000 published actions! Learn about contributing to this growing open source ecosystem.

Game Off is an annual game jam (or “hackathon for building games”) that’s a little different from most—it lasts for the entire month of November—not just a weekend or a few days. It’s the perfect