Open source license descriptions and metadata
Back in September we added open source licenses to repository overview pages. Now, when you view a repository's license, we'll tell you a bit more about it. If a project…
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Bug Bounty third anniversary wrap-up
In honor of our Bug Bounty Program's third birthday, we kicked off a promotional bounty period in January and February. In addition to bonus payouts, the scope of the bug…
Git 2.10 has been released
The open source Git project has just released Git 2.10.0, with features and bugfixes from over 70 contributors. Here's our look at some of the most interesting new features: Progress…
Building your first Atom plugin
Authored by GitHub Campus Expert @NickTikhonov. This tutorial will teach you how to write your first package for the Atom text editor. We'll be building a clone of Sourcerer, a…
The 2016 Dodgeball Tournament raised $50,045
On Sunday, June 5th, nine companies showed up at Palega Recreation Center in hopes of bringing home the Octotrophy which—since 2013—had been with the long-standing champions, Heroku. Thanks to Constanza…
Meet Richard Davey, creator of Phaser
To highlight the people behind projects we admire, we bring you the GitHub Developer Profile blog series. Meet Richard Davey, the game developer behind Phaser — a free open source…
Organizations can now block abusive users
Community is one of the most important aspects of open source, but sometimes a few bad actors can ruin the experience for the group. To help address the problem, organization…
Atom reaches one million active users
We have reached an exciting milestone: one million people have launched some version of Atom in the last month. That's three times the number of active users we had under…
Delivering Octicons with SVG
GitHub.com no longer delivers its icons via icon font. Instead, we’ve replaced all the Octicons throughout our codebase with SVG alternatives. While the changes are mostly under-the-hood, you’ll immediately feel…
Meet Judy Gichoya, Doctor and Developer
To highlight the people behind projects we admire, we bring you the GitHub Developer Profile blog series. Judy Gichoya is a medical doctor specializing in radiology, but she’s also an…
Git 2.6, including flexible fsck and improved status
The open source Git project has just released Git 2.6.0. Here's our take on its most useful new features: git fsck flexibility If you're tired of having git fsck remind…
Subresource Integrity
Like many sites, GitHub uses a content delivery network (CDN) to serve static assets such as JavaScript, CSS, and images to our users. The CDN makes web browsing faster by…
Linking merged pull requests from commits
We've been including the containing branches and tags on commit pages to give you more context around changes. Now, commits in a repository's default branch will also show you the…
Introducing split diffs
Diffs now come in two flavors, unified and split. Switch between them on pull request, commit, and compare pages using the toggle in the top right of the page. The…
Wikis: now with more love
Documenting the code you share on GitHub can contribute tremendously to the success of your project. When your documentation is easy to access and read, people can better understand how…
10 Million Repositories
What an incredible and productive year! A few days ago the 10 millionth repository was created on GitHub.com, just in time for the new year. The first million repositories were…
Repository Next
Today we’re proud to announce a redesigned repository experience focused on your content, built for everyday use. We’ll be slowly rolling out the ability to opt-in to this new design…
There’s a map for that
Not long ago, we began rendering 3D models on GitHub. Today we're excited to announce the latest addition to the visualization family - geographic data. Any .geojson file in a…
Introducing Contributions
Today we're happy to release Contributions: a new addition to profile pages that lets you see what everyone has been up to on GitHub. Popular Repositories Show off the fancy…
Searching and Filtering Stars
You can already see all the repositories you’ve starred at github.com/stars, but today your Stars page just got a whole lot better. Search Looking for a repository you starred? Search…
The RefLog – July 2012
In this edition of The RefLog, we talk with Bryan Helmkamp. A Rubyist, GitHub User #19, and creator of Code Climate. Matthew McCullough sat down with him to talk about…