Open Source

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Open Source

For Good First Issue: Introducing a new way to contribute

For Good First Issue is a curated list of open source projects that are also digital public goods and need the help of developers.

Git

Highlights from Git 2.43

The last Git release of 2023 is here! Take a look at some of our highlights on what’s new in Git 2.43.

Gaming

GitHub Game Off 2023 theme announcement

It’s the moment you’ve all been waiting for. Are you ready?

Open Source

Release Radar · Hacktoberfest 2023 Edition

As Hacktoberfest comes to a close, you still have a day or so left to complete and submit your pull requests. If you’re struggling to think of projects to contribute…

Gaming

Hackable Halloween games MMXXIII

13 spooktacular games plus source code for readers to jam on.

Maintainers

How to gain insight into your project contributors

We’re excited to share with you the contributors Action! At GitHub, we maintain several open source repositories and have developed this Action to empower maintainers to measure how many new and returning contributors and contributions have occurred over any given time period.

Gaming

js13kGames 2023 winners 🏆

The twelfth annual js13kGames coding competition, challenging participants to create games in 13kB or less of JavaScript in a month, just wrapped up. This post highlights the top thirteen entries.

Open Source

Skilling African developers through All In Africa

All In Africa is a gateway to growth, learning, and meaningful connections within the African open source ecosystem and beyond.

Gaming

Game Bytes · September 2023

Game Bytes is our monthly series taking a peek at the world of gamedev on GitHub—featuring game engine updates, game jam details, open source games, mods, maps, and more. Game on!

Gaming

Game Bytes · August 2023

Game Bytes is our monthly series taking a peek at the world of gamedev on GitHub—featuring game engine updates, game jam details, open source games, mods, maps, and more. Game on!

Open Source

AI-powered impact: GitHub Social Impact’s year ahead

How GitHub Social Impact is working with nonprofit organizations, employees, and more to create positive, lasting change in global communities.

Git

Highlights from Git 2.42

Another new release of Git is here! Take a look at some of our highlights on what’s new in Git 2.42.

Open Source

Release Radar · July 2023 Edition

After the last Release Radar, I promised the next one wouldn’t be far away, so here it is. This is the low down on some of the best open source…

Gaming

Game Bytes · July 2023

Game Bytes is our monthly series taking a peek at the world of gamedev on GitHub—featuring game engine updates, game jam details, open source games, mods, maps, and more. Game on!

Maintainers

Metrics for issues, pull requests, and discussions

With the new Issue Metrics GitHub Action, you can now track and monitor important metrics related to issues, pull requests, and discussions, such as time to first response, time to close, and more!