Search results for: Ecosystem

What maintainers are telling us, what we’ve shipped, and how to celebrate the people behind open source.

OpenClaw builders will gather at GitHub HQ during Microsoft Build 2026 for demos and conversations. Join in person, or watch the livestream on Twitch.

Agent skills are reshaping how developers work with AI coding agents. Today we’re launching gh skill, a new command in the GitHub CLI that makes it easy to discover, install,…

We’re sharing recent policy updates that developers should know about, updating our Transparency Center with the full year of 2025 data, and looking to what’s ahead.

It’s now easier to configure Dependabot and code scanning for organizations that rely on multiple internal package feeds. Previously, organization-level settings only allowed a single private registry configuration per ecosystem…

Dependabot can now detect and update Swift package dependencies in Xcode projects that manage packages through .xcodeproj bundles, even when no Package.swift file is present. This improvement has been one…

We’ve extended the Credential revocation API to support additional token types, enabling you to programmatically revoke any exposed credentials found on repositories or elsewhere. This helps you quickly limit the…

A look at GitHub Actions’ 2026 roadmap, outlining how secure defaults, policy controls, and CI/CD observability harden the software supply chain end to end.

Reviewed advisories hit a four-year low, malware advisories surged, and CNA publishing grew—here’s what changed and what it means for your triage and response.

CodeQL and AI‑powered detections work together in GitHub Code Security to identify vulnerabilities across more languages and frameworks.

As contribution volume grows, mentorship signals are harder to read. The 3 Cs framework helps maintainers mentor more strategically… without burning out.

You can now receive Dependabot alerts when your repositories depend on npm packages with known malicious versions. When you enable malware alerting, Dependabot matches your npm dependencies against malware advisories…

See how GitHub is investing in open source security funding maintainers, partnering with Alpha-Omega, and expanding access to help reduce burden and strengthen software supply chains.

AI automates triage for accessibility feedback, allowing us to focus on fixing barriers—turning a chaotic backlog into continuous, rapid resolutions.

AI is shifting from prompt-response interactions to programmable execution. See how the GitHub Copilot SDK enables agentic workflows directly inside your applications.

GitHub Dependabot now natively supports automatic dependency updates for pre-commit hooks. By adding pre-commit as a package ecosystem in your dependabot.yml configuration, Dependabot will parse your .pre-commit-config.yaml, check each hook’s…

AI is rewiring developer preferences through convenience loops. Octoverse 2025 reveals how AI compatibility is becoming the new standard for technology choice.

Learn how The GitHub Secure Open Source Fund helped 67 critical AI‑stack projects accelerate fixes, strengthen ecosystems, and advance open source resilience.

Discover GitHub Agentic Workflows, now in technical preview. Build automations using coding agents in GitHub Actions to handle triage, documentation, code quality, and more.

Open source is hitting an “Eternal September.” As contribution friction drops, maintainers are adapting with new trust signals, triage approaches, and community-led solutions.