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

More than meets the pull request: maintainers talk contributions

Creating an open source project can feel a bit like sending out an open invite to a party—will it be a roaring good time, or will you unbegrudginly dine on…

Maintainers

This month on The ReadME Podcast: exploring the fusion of technology and progress

Open source’s impact on nuclear fusion research, adapting to technological change, and mastering GitHub essentials.

Git

Git security vulnerabilities announced

A new set of Git releases were published to address a variety of security vulnerabilities. All users are encouraged to upgrade. Take a look at GitHub’s view of the latest round of releases.

Maintainers

Gearing up for Maintainer Month this May!

Are you looking for ways to support open source maintainers? Maintainer Month is the perfect opportunity!

Gaming

Game Bytes · April 2023

Game Bytes is our monthly series taking a peek at the world of gamedev on GitHub—featuring game engine updates, game jam details, open source games, mods, maps, and more. Game on!

Maintainers

What’s new with GitHub Sponsors

GitHub Sponsors is now generally available for organizations. Also, new tooling for bulk sponsorships and an update on how we’re ensuring sustainability for GitHub Sponsors.

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…