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  Our engineering and security teams do some incredible work. Let’s take a look at how we use GitHub to be more productive, build collaboratively, and shift security left.
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- GitHub recognized as a Leader in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for AI Code Assistants
  Learn why Gartner positioned GitHub as a Leader for the second year in a row.
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  Keep up with what’s new and notable from inside GitHub.
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    The latest on GitHub’s platform, products, and tools.
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    The latest policy and regulatory changes in software.
  - Research
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  - The library
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- Unlocking the power of unstructured data with RAG
  Learn how to use retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) to capture more insights.
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    Explore open source games on GitHub.
- An introduction to innersource
  Organizations worldwide are incorporating open source methodologies into the way they build and ship their own software.
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  - Application security
    Application security, explained.
  - Supply chain security
    Demystifying supply chain security.
  - Vulnerability research
    Updates from the GitHub Security Lab.
  - Web application security
    Helpful tips on securing web applications.
- The enterprise guide to AI-powered DevSecOps
  Learn about core challenges in DevSecOps, and how you can start addressing them with AI and automation.
  Learn more

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AI & ML
- AI & ML
  Learn about artificial intelligence and machine learning across the GitHub ecosystem and the wider industry.
  - Generative AI
    Learn how to build with generative AI.
  - GitHub Copilot
    Change how you work with GitHub Copilot.
  - LLMs
    Everything developers need to know about LLMs.
  - Machine learning
    Machine learning tips, tricks, and best practices.
- How AI code generation works
  Explore the capabilities and benefits of AI code generation and how it can improve your developer experience.
  Learn more
Developer skills
- Developer skills
  Resources for developers to grow in their skills and careers.
  - Application development
    Insights and best practices for building apps.
  - Career growth
    Tips & tricks to grow as a professional developer.
  - GitHub
    Improve how you use GitHub at work.
  - GitHub Education
    Learn how to move into your first professional role.
  - Programming languages & frameworks
    Stay current on what’s new (or new again).
- Get started with GitHub documentation
  Learn how to start building, shipping, and maintaining software with GitHub.
  Learn more
Engineering
- Engineering
  Get an inside look at how we’re building the home for all developers.
  - Architecture & optimization
    Discover how we deliver a performant and highly available experience across the GitHub platform.
  - Engineering principles
    Explore best practices for building software at scale with a majority remote team.
  - Infrastructure
    Get a glimpse at the technology underlying the world’s leading AI-powered developer platform.
  - Platform security
    Learn how we build security into everything we do across the developer lifecycle.
  - User experience
    Find out what goes into making GitHub the home for all developers.
- How we use GitHub to be more productive, collaborative, and secure
  Our engineering and security teams do some incredible work. Let’s take a look at how we use GitHub to be more productive, build collaboratively, and shift security left.
  Learn more
Enterprise software
- Enterprise software
  Explore how to write, build, and deploy enterprise software at scale.
  - Automation
    Automating your way to faster and more secure ships.
  - CI/CD
    Guides on continuous integration and delivery.
  - Collaboration
    Tips, tools, and tricks to improve developer collaboration.
  - DevOps
    DevOps resources for enterprise engineering teams.
  - DevSecOps
    How to integrate security into the SDLC.
  - Governance & compliance
    Ensuring your builds stay clean.
- GitHub recognized as a Leader in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for AI Code Assistants
  Learn why Gartner positioned GitHub as a Leader for the second year in a row.
  Learn more
News & insights
- News & insights
  Keep up with what’s new and notable from inside GitHub.
  - Company news
    An inside look at news and product updates from GitHub.
  - Product
    The latest on GitHub’s platform, products, and tools.
  - Octoverse
    Insights into the state of open source on GitHub.
  - Policy
    The latest policy and regulatory changes in software.
  - Research
    Data-driven insights around the developer ecosystem.
  - The library
    Older news and updates from GitHub.
- Unlocking the power of unstructured data with RAG
  Learn how to use retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) to capture more insights.
  Learn more
Open Source
- Open Source
  Everything open source on GitHub.
  - Git
    The latest Git updates.
  - Maintainers
    Spotlighting open source maintainers.
  - Social impact
    How open source is driving positive change.
  - Gaming
    Explore open source games on GitHub.
- An introduction to innersource
  Organizations worldwide are incorporating open source methodologies into the way they build and ship their own software.
  Learn more
Security
- Security
  Stay up to date on everything security.
  - Application security
    Application security, explained.
  - Supply chain security
    Demystifying supply chain security.
  - Vulnerability research
    Updates from the GitHub Security Lab.
  - Web application security
    Helpful tips on securing web applications.
- The enterprise guide to AI-powered DevSecOps
  Learn about core challenges in DevSecOps, and how you can start addressing them with AI and automation.
  Learn more

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The latest blogs from GitHub

Explore the latest blogs from GitHub on all things software development from the newest capabilities on the GitHub platform to research and insights—and guides to help you level up your engineering skills.

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GitHub Copilot CLI for Beginners: Overview of common slash commands

GitHub Copilot CLI for Beginners: Learn how to use slash commands to control your terminal AI agent.

Accelerating researchers and developers building multilingual AI with a new open dataset

A new repository-level dataset, published on GitHub under CC0-1.0, helps researchers and developers discover multilingual developer content across READMEs, issues, and pull requests.

How we made GitHub Copilot CLI more selective about delegation

Better orchestration, fewer handoffs, faster progress, without a single new knob.

GitHub availability report: May 2026

In May, we experienced nine incidents that resulted in degraded performance across GitHub services.

Making secret scanning more trustworthy: Reducing false positives at scale

Alerts are more trustworthy and actionable when noise is reduced. See how we improved the verification step with context-aware LLM reasoning.

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Give GitHub Copilot CLI real code intelligence with language servers

Install and configure LSP servers for GitHub Copilot CLI, replacing brute-force grep/decompile with real code intelligence.

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From one-off prompts to workflows: How to use custom agents in GitHub Copilot CLI

Custom agents let GitHub Copilot CLI understand your stack and team workflows, turning one-off terminal prompts into repeatable, reviewable processes.

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Developer skills

GitHub for Beginners: Answers to some common questions

Find the answers to some of the most common GitHub-related questions.

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GitHub Universe is back: All together now, in the agentic era

GitHub Universe is back: returning to the historic Fort Mason Center in San Francisco on October 28–29, 2026.

GitHub Copilot app: The agent-native desktop experience

At Microsoft Build 2026, GitHub introduced new tools, updates, and surfaces so agents can work the way you already work.

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Still a developer. Just outside. Our latest GitHub Shop collection is here.

The ESC collection lets you escape the confines of your desk and get out into the sun where good ideas are bound to happen.

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Developer skills

GitHub for Beginners: Getting started with Git and GitHub in VS Code

Discover how to use VS Code to interact with GitHub and maintain your projects.

GitHub recognized as a Leader in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Enterprise AI Coding Agents for the third year in a row

We are committed to empowering every developer by building an open, secure, and AI-powered platform that defines the future of software development.

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Beyond the engine: 10 open source projects shaping how games actually get made

Check out these 10 open source tools that help game developers create art, animation, levels, audio, dialogue, debug UIs, and engine-ready assets.

Building GitHub’s next chapter in accessibility

Explore our update on GitHub’s accessibility strategy, and learn how you can join us in building a culture of accessibility.

Investigation update: GitHub Enterprise Server signing key rotation

GitHub Enterprise Server customers need to take immediate action.

Take your local GitHub sessions anywhere

Kick off work in VS Code or the CLI, finish it from your phone. Remote control for GitHub Copilot sessions is now generally available on github.com and GitHub Mobile.

Building a general-purpose accessibility agent—and what we learned in the process

Learn about the experimental general-purpose accessibility agent that GitHub is piloting.

Raising the bar: Quality, shared responsibility, and the future of GitHub’s bug bounty program

We’re updating our bug bounty program standards to prioritize quality submissions, clarify shared responsibility boundaries, and evolve how we reward low-risk findings.

GitHub availability report: April 2026

In April, we experienced 10 incidents that resulted in degraded performance across GitHub services.

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Architecture & optimization

From latency to instant: Modernizing GitHub Issues navigation performance

How the GitHub Issues team used client-side caching, smart prefetching, and service workers to make navigation feel instant.

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