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Today we are announcing the open source release of gh-ost: GitHub’s triggerless online schema migration tool for MySQL. gh-ost has been developed at GitHub in recent months to answer a…

In May, 600 developers converged in Amsterdam for GitHub Satellite, the first-ever international conference in the GitHub Universe event series. GitHub CEO Chris Wanstrath began the day by sharing some…

GitHub Universe is more than just a conference or a festival, although it feels like both. On September 13-15, you can experience advanced trainings, deep-dives on open source projects, keynotes…

Organization owners can send an email invitation to invite members, billing managers, and owners to their organization. This helps organization administrators invite members without a GitHub account or with unknown…

For this edition of Patchwork, we’re teaming up with our friends at Code for Philly for an evening of food, hacking, and meeting some new faces. You do not need…

The GitHub Universe 2016 call for proposals is open until July 31st, and we’re looking for 24 speakers to share their ideas in breakout sessions on September 14-15th. We encourage…

We’re bringing Patchwork to Seattle on July 21. If you’re in town for Open Source and Feelings, or if you’re local, we hope you can join us for a relaxing…

Last week, 300 open source enthusiasts gathered in Los Angeles for CodeConf LA, and more than 500 people tuned in from around the world via live stream. The event opened…

GitHub Universe is the event for people making the future of software. Immerse yourself in three days of creativity and curiosity with the largest software community in the world. Join…

Milestones and labels are a handy way to group and organize your issues, but sometimes it’s helpful to indicate which ones you or your team want to focus on first.…

We’re coming back to Amsterdam to help celebrate PRIDE with our friends in the LGBTQ community. Join us as we team up with Q42 to host a Patchwork event on…

When you enable email notifications, GitHub sends you messages about everyone’s issues, pull requests, comments, and commits except your own. For many people that leaves email threads feeling incomplete. For…

Data gives us insight into how people build software, and the activities of open source communities on GitHub represent one of the richest datasets ever created of people working together…

Last year, we wrote up our 2014 Transparency Report, the first report of its kind we’ve been able to do. It’s important to continue to update our community on the…

The student developer community is thriving thanks to hardworking student leaders like Josh Simpson. They organize tech talks, write tutorials, plan meetups, teach workshops, host office hours, produce hackathons, and…