First OctoGala a Success!
We hosted our first OctoGala here in San Francisco at Brick and Mortar. Not only did we have a night of glitz and glamor, but we were able to raise…
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The First OctoGala
We're hosting our first ever OctoGala the evening of July 22nd. Join us for a night of Golden Gate Glamour, and help a worthy cause! Put on your top hats,…
Investing in GitHub
Today we are partnering with Andreessen Horowitz and announcing our first ever outside investment. Why now? In four short years we've done a lot we're really proud of. We've shipped…
Twitter + GitHub = TwUI
GitHub for Mac is powered by TwUI, Twitter's open source, Core Animation-based UI framework for Mac. It's the same framework that drives Twitter for Mac. TwUI lets us create fast,…
Data at GitHub
There are over 1.5 million people working on over 2.5 million repositories on GitHub these days. Here are a few more fun stats I grabbed recently: Exploring GitHub Data The…
Credential Caching for Wrist-Friendly Git Usage
Smart HTTP is The Future™ A while back, we launched Smart HTTP support for GitHub; this transport for pushing changes to GitHub has a number of benefits over the SSH-based…
Ten Years of farbrausch Productions on GitHub
Fabian "ryg" Giesen (@rygorous), one of the coders of the legendary demoscene group farbrausch, has open-sourced on GitHub a repository with some of the group's work from 2001 to 2011.…
Take Over The Galaxy with GitHub
Notch is at it again, and we couldn't be more excited. You may have heard of Minecraft, the award-winning game Notch released a few years ago that has recently marked…
Spring Cleaning
Spring is in the air. At GitHub we're busting out the mops and hosing down the site. Today we're removing two features. They've been gathering dust for a while and…
Nodeload Metrics
Nodeload 2 has been rocking since August, so I thought I'd give a quick report of its performance. Nodeload is the system responsible for dynamically building and delivering your Git…
The Creation Of An Octocat
If you're curious about what the octocreation process looks like, today is your lucky day. Check out this ten minute video of the creation of the Codercat.
About This Week’s Availability
It hasn't exactly been a good week for GitHub's nines. Just under an hour of total downtime over the past week comes to 99.46% uptime - far below our standards.…
GitHub in Cape Town, South Africa
Almost four years and hundreds of drinkups and conferences later, GitHub was sorely missing in action from one entire continent: Africa. So, let's fix that. (Photo credit: capetowndailyphoto.com) I'm here…
SpreeConf After Party
We are hosting the SpreeConf After Party. Come mingle with us and the Spree Team. If you don't have your ticket yet, use the promo code 'GITHUB' to receive a…
Git Events in Pittsburgh on February 21st & 22nd
GitHub is helping me bring Git training to a variety of cities across the globe this year, and next up is "The City of Bridges," Pittsburgh, PA, USA. In partnership…