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

Calling all open source maintainers

We are building a private space for maintainers to connect with peers, preview features, and learn from each other!

Git

Highlights from Git 2.40

The first Git release of the year is here! Take a look at some of our highlights on what’s new in Git 2.40.

Maintainers

An open source project to empower OSPOs everywhere

We are open sourcing our own OSPO policies, tools, and guides to help other OSPOs get started.

Open Source

Introducing Activating Developers and the new Digital Public Goods Open Source Community Manager Program

The Social Impact, Tech for Social Good team is launching a new Open Source Community Manager Program to support digital public goods. This is part of their new Activating Developers initiative.

Open Source

Release Radar · February 2023 Edition

Our community—along with ourselves—took a much needed break over the festive season. Now everyone is back into the full swing of work, and the open source community is showing us…

Git

Update on the future stability of source code archives and hashes

A look at what happened on January 30, what measures we’re putting in place to prevent surprises, and how we’ll handle future changes.

Git

Git security vulnerabilities announced

Git users are encouraged to upgrade to the latest version, especially if they use `git apply` or `git clone` against untrusted patches or repositories.

Open Source

Release Radar, Festive Edition · December 2022 – January 2023

Welcome to our special edition of the Release Radar 🎄. Between Christmas festivities, end of the year parties, Chinese New Year, or simply enjoying some time off, almost everyone has…

Gaming

Ludum Dare 52 staff picks 🕹

We’ve got ten top games from the latest Ludum Dare game jam plus source code for you to check out. Pun intended.

Open Source

Announcing the launch of the All In for Maintainers DEI Resource Hub

The DEI Resource Hub is a vetted collection of resources, tools, and best practices designed to help open source maintainers create and maintain inclusive and diverse open source communities.

Maintainers

Open source’s impact on the world’s 100 million developers

We’re taking a look at how open source software has evolved on GitHub, and how the role of a maintainer and contributor has changed alongside the massive growth in open source software.

Open Source

Skilling for the future: How GitHub is advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion within open source communities

In the coming months, we’re scaling, expanding, and launching new programming to further DEI within open source communities.

Maintainers

Unpacking the value of open source and code collaboration

We’re more excited than ever about what the future holds and the role open source will continue to play in solving critical societal challenges.

Git

Git security vulnerabilities announced

Git users are encouraged to upgrade to the latest version, especially if they use `git archive`, work in untrusted repositories, or use Git GUI on Windows.