The latest blogs from GitHub

 Rails Summit Latin America 2008

 I’ve converted our participation graphs (as seen above) to use Canvas instead of Flash. Linux users rejoice! This means the graphs should load quite a bit faster and not…

The secret is out! Today Google released the entire Android stack as open source software and guess what version control system they are using? That’s right, it’s Git. I say…

 It’s hard to imagine, but just one year ago today we made the first commit to the GitHub repository. We don’t have a baby book for GitHub, so we’ll…

 The 2008 Rails Rumble is set to start tonight at midnight and we’ll be sponsoring the competition in two ways. First, we’re providing free private repositories for each of…

Economies around the world have hit a serious rough patch, and some folks may be looking for work elsewhere. What better way to impress your new employer than to include…

 It’s been almost 6 months since we released the network graph and since then it has become an indispensable part of the GitHub experience. Over that period I’ve been…

Here’s our latest feature: Did ya spot it? It’s the delete button! No, we’re not crazy. Prior to today, if you had a project that had been forked, you were…

With awesome tools like GitNub and GitX adding GitHub integration, it would be great if you didn’t have to keep re-entering you username and API token. So let’s settle on…

Scott Chacon is now officially a GitHubber. Read his blog post about it.  From running git-scm.com to writing the Git Peepcode to creating GitCasts to all his open source…

technoweenie and kneath teamed up to create the “Calendar About Nothing.” Visually track your open source contributions over time. Try not to break your streak! Just PM calendaraboutnothing on GitHub…

James Smith wants you to know if your gem has built yet.  It’s open source, too. Thanks James!

Are you a Prototype coder? If so, you might want your code pimped by the guys behind the framework. The idea: I’m an avid reader of the blog of Wil…

It’s true, GitHub goes down. But this is not centralized version control land – GitHub going down does not have to stop you from committing to or deploying your code…

Last week’s Git Down was great. Thanks to all who came out, and sorry to all who missed it.   I’ve posted a few pictures on my Flickr account.

The Code Search feature will be taking a brief vacation as we try to iron out some kinks with it. 

If you swing by you may possibly learn about any of the following: code_swarm git-sh magit GitHub on the iPhone You will definitely get some free beer and a chance…


We’ve just added site-wide token based authentication. You can find your API token in your account page, front and center. Simply pass login and token to any URL which requires…

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