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AI contributors are already in your queue. AutoGPT maintainer Nicholas Tindle shares the repo instructions, gates, and boundaries that keep maintainers in control.

From Appwrite to Zulip, Universe 2025’s Open Source Zone was stacked with standout projects showing just how far open source can go. Meet the maintainers—and if you want to join them in 2026, you can now apply for next year’s cohort.

This summer, we invited devs to participate in our hackathon for joyful, ridiculous, and wildly creative projects. Here are the winners of For the Love of Code!

Hear about the personal tools we use to improve our workflows (and how to get started building your own) on this episode of the GitHub Podcast.

Open source is aging. We can better support Gen Z contributors through purpose, flexibility, and pathways to leadership.

Introducing the brand new GitHub Podcast: A show dedicated to the topics, trends, stories, and culture in and around the open source developer community on GitHub.

Three maintainers talk about how they fostered their open source communities.

GitHub’s Digital Public Goods Open Source Community Manager Program just wrapped up a second successful year, helping Community Managers gain experience in using open source for good.

Show your appreciation to the open source projects you love. You can help provide much-needed support to the critical but often underfunded projects that keep your infrastructure running smoothly. And remember—every day is a perfect day to support open source! 💖

Three open source experts offer their advice on sharing open source projects with the world.

GitHub Sponsors has partnered with Patreon. We’re also expanding to new regions.

We are open sourcing our own OSPO policies, tools, and guides to help other OSPOs get started.