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GitHub Pages, our static site hosting service, has always had a very simple architecture. From launch up until around the beginning of 2015, the entire service ran on a single…

CodeConf 2015 will take place in Nashville on June 25 and 26. Ariel Waldman is one of many incredible speakers that will take the stage at the Bell Tower to…

With the new billing manager role, you can invite individuals to manage the billing details of your organization without giving them access to code. The new role enables a user…

We thought you’d like a preview of what we have in store for CodeConf 2015 in June before discounted ticket sales end on May 25th. We’re beyond excited to be…

Pride week is coming early to GitHub! We’re throwing two LGBTQ-focused events on Tuesday June 2nd and Wednesday June 3rd, and will also be launching our 2015 Pridetocat shirt. Patchwork…

GitHub is used by government agencies to collaborate on all sorts of interesting things, from software that aids first responders to White House policy, but sometimes agencies require a level…

Prepare yourself for the future with the new Atom shirt and Atom Coasters. Available in the GitHub Shop

Most large-scale web applications incorporate at least some browser monitoring, collecting metrics about the user experience with JavaScript in the browser, but, as a community, we don’t talk much about…

What does it take to run and build GitHub? On our new Engineering Blog we’ll show you how it’s done. Through the writings of our engineers you’ll gain insight into…

We are happy to introduce GitHub’s Engineering Blog to the world. Starting today, you can read details about our infrastructure, learn about our development practices, and hear about the knowledge…

On April 8-9, Git Merge returned to Europe, this time to La Gaite Lyrique in Paris. Over 200 people attended to celebrate ten years of Git, and with your help…

We love all the awesome little Octicons. Now you can wear Octicons…tons of Octicons! Available in the GitHub Shop

For the past year, GitHub has hosted small, informal events for beginners to Git and GitHub. We call them Patchwork events, and we’ve held them all over the world. We’re…

Communicating ideas that combine code, data and visualizations can be hard, especially if you’re trying to collaborate in realtime with your colleagues. Whether you’re a researcher studying Wikipedia, an astronomer…

One year ago today, Atom went from private alpha to open source software in hopes that the sunshine would help it reach its true potential. Thanks to you, our users…