Supporting the student hacker community
To stimulate the growth and show our support of the student hacker community, we've partnered with Major League Hacking (MLH) to provide each new member hackathon with a $1,000 grant…
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Udacity joins the Student Developer Pack
Following up on the release of the Ruby Nanodegree program that we co-created with Udacity, we've extended our partnership to offer GitHub Student Developer Pack members one month of free…
CodeConf LA tickets are now on sale
CodeConf LA will converge June 27-29, 2016 in sunny Los Angeles for three days of unforgettable discussions. This year’s event will focus on systems engineering projects, practices, and programs in…
Doubling Down on ConnectHome
Today GitHub is proud to host the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Julián Castro, at our SF office. We are thrilled to welcome him, his senior staff, community organizations,…
Learn From the Experts at GitHub Universe
Interested in polishing your GitHub skills this week? Many GitHub Universe speakers will be offering tips, tricks, and case studies on everything from pull requests to workflow strategy. Don’t miss…
Teachers, manage your courses with Classroom for GitHub
Classroom for GitHub is available now, making it easier than ever to teach with GitHub. Thousands of teachers use GitHub in their courses every day. They distribute starter repositories, give…
GitHub is a Proud ConnectHome Partner
We are excited to announce GitHub’s partnership with the White House and the Department of Housing and Urban Development that will equip low-income homes with affordable and free broadband wireless…
Diversity Partners for CodeConf 2015
When a diverse set of presenters and participants comes together for a conference, everyone benefits from the variety of experiences, perspectives and voices in the room. We realize, however, that…
GitHub Enterprise, now on AWS GovCloud
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…
Eight lessons learned hacking on GitHub Pages for six months
Believe it or not, just over a year ago, GitHub Pages, the documentation hosting service that powers nearly three-quarters of a million sites, was little more than a 100-line shell…
The Dodgeball Tournament Returns!
The GitHub Charity Dodgeball tournament is back, and better than ever. Details Where? SoMa Recreaton Center 270 6th Street San Francisco, CA When? Sunday, March 22, 1:00pm until 6:30pm 1:00…
The best developer tools, now free for students
There's no substitute for hands-on experience, but for most students, real world tools can be cost prohibitive. That's why we created the GitHub Student Developer Pack with some of our…
Join GitHub in support of the open Internet
Our open and free Internet fuels some of the most incredible innovation in history. It provides new opportunities for billions of people to communicate and collaborate, contributes to economic growth…
Improving GitHub for science
GitHub is being used today to build scientific software that's helping find Earth-like planets in other solar systems, analyze DNA, and build open source rockets. Seeing these projects and all…
OctoTales • UC Berkeley
Computer science professor, Armando Fox, is one of the thousands of teachers who use GitHub to give their students hands-on experience writing software in teams. On a recent trip to…
Atlanta Workshop, Meetup and More
GitHub is coming to Atlanta, GA this week for the Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE) conference. Attendees can stop by our booth (#502) and join our conference…
GitHub goes to school
Today, we're excited to announce the launch of education.github.com, a site dedicated to using GitHub at school. Students, teachers, and schools all over the world use GitHub to teach and…
Passion Projects with Jen Myers
Join us on Tuesday, October 29th, for the next event in our Passion Projects talk series with designer Jen Myers. Jen is a web designer and developer and part of…
2013 Dodgeball Tournament
Last year, 20 teams faced off on the dodgeball court, (in the name of charity, of course). It was a ton of fun, and we were able to raise over…
GitHub Training in Non-Traditional Schools
At GitHub, we're big fans of traditional computer science education, and we're also happy to see some alternative models emerging for training new programmers. There are the Massively Open Online…
GitHub Game Off
Here at GitHub, we're no strangers to hosting or sponsoring hackathons. With the growing number of games and game development resources on GitHub, we thought it was about time to…