The State of the Octoverse: communicating with emoji on GitHub
To get a sense of how our community expresses themselves with emoji, we looked at which ones they use in (and in reaction to) issue and pull request comments.
To get a sense of how our community expresses themselves with emoji, we looked at which ones they use in (and in reaction to) issue and pull request comments.
Since releasing the ability to suggest changes to code in a pull request, we’ve received lots of positive feedback—see what we’ve learned!
With the release of GitHub for Visual Studio 2.5.5, pull requests now support checks and statuses.
GitHub for Visual Studio 2.5.4 introduces new pull request improvements and easier navigation between GitHub.com and Visual Studio.
Archive any issue, pull request, or note from your project board without losing its history.
Automate settings in your project boards for more workflow control with issues and pull requests.
We’re making it easier for maintainers to grow healthy open source communities on GitHub with minimized comments, retired namespaces for popular projects, and new pull request requirements.
GitHub had 20,000+ secret scanning alerts across 15,000 repositories. Here’s how we separated signal from noise, built remediation workflows, and reached inbox zero in nine months.
Issue fields are now generally available for all GitHub organizations on Free, Team, Enterprise, and GitHub Enterprise Cloud with data residency plans and will ship in GitHub Enterprise Server 3.23.…
GitHub is committed to empowering the developer community by helping organizations recognize and address the risks of secret leaks wherever they happen. We believe every enterprise should know the moment…
These six free settings will not make your project unhackable. Nothing will. What they will do is close the easy doors. Turn these on, and your project will be meaningfully harder to attack than it was before.
Explore how the Open Source Program Office uses GitHub’s new license compliance product to manage open source dependencies at scale.
Enterprises can now manage their dependencies’ licenses at scale with sophisticated, ruleset-based checks that enforce a centralized policy. Open source license compliance is in public preview, letting you block noncompliant…
The GitHub Advisory Database is processing more vulnerability reports than ever before. Here’s what’s driving the surge, how we’re responding, and how the community can help.
Repository admins can now restrict issue creation to collaborators with write access. This gives you more control over who can open issues and helps reduce unwanted issue creation, while keeping…
Building on the AI adoption phase cohorts added to the Copilot usage metrics API, organization and enterprise reports now report the total number of pull requests merged by each adoption…
How GitHub’s culture and benefits helped me be the best version of myself.
Copilot code review now uses the built-in file exploration tools available in the Copilot CLI and SDK, significantly improving review cost efficiency with no change to your existing workflow. If…
GitHub Copilot for Jira is now generally available. Since launching the public preview in March 2026, we have shipped a series of enhancements based on your feedback, including model selection,…
The redesigned terminal interface for GitHub Copilot CLI that we previewed at Microsoft Build 2026 is now generally available. You get a tabbed layout for working with GitHub directly from…
Explore how my day as a senior leader looks now that I use 40 automations to help, and learn more about some of my favorites.
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