Open Source

The vast majority of businesses today rely on open source, making it an essential part of the software industry. And millions of those projects are on GitHub. Learn about documentation, maintainers, gaming Git, licenses, and how open source positively impacts the world. You can also find information in our documentation about how to build and foster sustainable open source communities.

Maintainers

How we built the good first issues feature

We’ve recently launched good first issues recommendations to help new contributors find easy gateways into open source projects. Read about the machine learning engine behind these recommendations.

Git

Bring your monorepo down to size with sparse-checkout

Git 2.25.0 includes a new experimental git sparse-checkout command that makes the existing feature easier to use, along with some important performance benefits for large repositories.

Gaming

Game Off 2019 Winners

Thousands of game developers from all over the world participated in Game Off, our annual game jam celebrating open source. Let’s take a look at 2019’s winners.

Git

Highlights from Git 2.25

Take a look at some of the new features in the latest Git release.

Git

Multiple Git vulnerabilities in 2.24 and older

Learn more about the security vulnerabilities in Git 2.24 and older.

Git

Highlights from Git 2.24

Take a look at some of the new features in the latest Git release.

Gaming

Game Off 2019 theme announcement

The 2019 theme for Game Off, our annual month-long game jam and hackathon for building games is LEAPS AND BOUNDS. Join now!

Gaming

Thirteen spooktacular games to play, hack, and slash this Halloween 🧙🏻‍♀️

Make a pillow fort and grab some candy (and a friend) before you play and hack your way through 13 of the spookiest game jam games.

Gaming

Get ready for Game Off

Join us for Game Off on November 1, where you can create your own game, learn a new technology, and even collaborate on something over the weekends with friends.

Gaming

Highlights from the js13kGames 2019 competition

We take a look at the top 10 games as voted on by the community in the 8th annual JS13K competition.

Git

Highlights from Git 2.23

Take a look at some of the new features in the latest Git release.

Open Source

GitHub Maintainer Scholarships are now available for GitHub Universe

Apply for a maintainer scholarship—and join us at GitHub Universe 2019 in San Francisco, November 13-14.

Maintainers

Maintainer spotlight: Chrissy LeMaire

We’re sharing interviews from several open source contributors about their projects, challenges, and what a GitHub sponsorship means to them. This week, hear from Chrissy LeMaire.

Maintainers

Maintainer spotlight: Daniel Stenberg

We’re sharing interviews from several open source contributors about their projects, challenges, and what a GitHub sponsorship means to them. This week, hear from Daniel Stenberg.

Maintainers

FAQ with the GitHub Sponsors team

Hello, this is Devon from the GitHub Sponsors Team! It’s been incredibly motivating for us to see the outpouring of enthusiasm for the launch and to hear your ideas for where you’d like to see it go from here. We’re just getting started, and your input is important to keep us going in the right direction.