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So many of us here at GitHub have benefited from early exposure to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics that we’re always looking for ways to help young people develop a…

Our traffic graphs tab shows you a lot of information about who’s visiting your repository on the web. We’ve added a new graph to this tab, showing git clone activity.…

… and stickier than ever! Now in the GitHub Shop: sticker packs with never-before-seen Octocats! Share them with your friends, and bring your laptop one Octocat sticker closer to greatness.

We’re happy to announce a Patchwork hack night at GitHub’s new Boulder office. No coding experience required! Patchwork is a hands-on workshop for learning Git and GitHub. We’d love for…

We’ve changed the process for adding new GitHub users to your organization. Starting today, users you add will be sent an email invitation. Once they accept this invitation, they’ll become…

We’ve upgraded GitHub Pages to support the latest version of Jekyll, the open source static site generator. Whether you’re a new user or a savvy veteran, here are a few…

We’ve rebuilt GitHub Issues to be smarter: search smarter, filter smarter, and manage your issues and pull requests smarter. If you want to see it in action, check out Bootstrap’s…

After we shipped the ability to view GeoJSON & TopoJSON, users have put tons of cool maps on GitHub, but sometimes you still need to see the underlying GeoJSON. Now…

GitHub’s annual data challenge is back, and we can’t wait to see what you’ll build this year, be it beautiful generative art or full blown, third-party activity dashboards. Check out…

We’ll be at OSCON next week and you’re invited to join us on Wednesday, July 23 at 6:30pm for Pub Quiz Night at Spirit of 77 in Portland, OR, co-hosted…

Following the recent release of GitHub for Windows 2.0, we’ve been working hard to bring our two desktop apps closer together. We’ve just shipped a significant new update to GitHub…

GitHub is now accepting PayPal, in addition to credit cards, to pay for personal plans and organization accounts. We’ve been working closely with Braintree to deliver PayPal payments using their…

GitHub Enterprise releases are all about offering large companies more of GitHub to deploy in their own environments, and today’s release is no exception. We’ve added a number of features…

It’s time for another Patchwork night at GitHub HQ, next Thursday, July 10th! Patchwork nights are hands-on help sessions for people new to Git and GitHub. You’ll leave with a…

If you’re a fan of animated GIFs and GitHub, then you may have seen this one on the internet: At long last, you can now get your very own Octocat…