The latest blogs from GitHub

The open source Git project just released Git 2.51. Here is GitHub’s look at some of the most interesting features and changes introduced since last time.

How GitHub’s new MCP server and GPT-5 are revolutionizing developer workflows — with live build examples.

Discover the latest trends and insights on public software development activity on GitHub with the quarterly release of data for the Innovation Graph, updated through March 2025.

In July, we experienced one incident that resulted in degraded performance across GitHub services.

Learn how the International Telecommunication Union made the switch to open source, and how you can too!

Learn how maintainers are using the GitHub MCP Server and what they are building in this episode of the GitHub Podcast.

Learn how the GitHub Secure Open Source Fund helped 71 open source projects significantly improve their security posture through direct funding, expert guidance, and actionable playbooks.

tl;dr: I am stepping down as GitHub CEO to build my next adventure. GitHub is thriving and has a bright future ahead. The following is the internal post I sent to GitHub employees (Hubbers) this morning announcing my departure.

Discover practical ways GitHub Copilot streamlines code reviews, pull requests, and daily engineering tasks with real prompts, examples, and workflow tips from our engineering team.

The role of junior developer is evolving. If you’re at this stage in your career, here’s how to keep up and stand out.

Learn how to integrate AI features with GitHub Models directly in GitHub Actions workflows.

Learn how to configure Copilot coding agent’s environment, optimize project structure, use custom instructions, and extend its capabilities with MCP servers.

Upgrade from a local MCP Docker image to GitHub’s hosted server and automate pull requests, continuous integration, and security triage in minutes — no tokens required.

Introducing the brand new GitHub Podcast: A show dedicated to the topics, trends, stories, and culture in and around the open source developer community on GitHub.

More context can mean more attack surfaces for your projects. Be prepared for what lies ahead with this guide.

Build a custom Azure DevOps extension that eliminates the complexity of JWT generation and token management, enabling powerful automation and enhanced security controls.

How using GitHub’s free inference API can make your AI-powered open source software more accessible.

Open source software is critical infrastructure, but it’s underfunded. With a new feasibility study, GitHub’s developer policy team is building a coalition of policymakers and industry to close the maintenance funding gap.

Explore how I use agentic tools like GitHub Copilot agent mode and the Playwright MCP server to accelerate troubleshooting and debugging of UI issues, while revisiting the importance of clear requirements.

In June, we experienced three incidents that resulted in degraded performance across GitHub services.