$100 million for open source: A milestone built by the community
GitHub Sponsors surpasses $100 million in funding for open source maintainers, driven by 280,000 sponsors and 70,000 recipients globally.
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The cost of saying yes has changed
GitHub argues that AI has lowered the cost of writing code but not the cost of reviewing or owning it, shifting engineering decisions from upfront scope debates to faster, evidence-based evaluations of small changes.
GitHub for Beginners: Your roadmap to mastering the GitHub essentials
GitHub has published a beginner’s guide consolidating its ‘GitHub for Beginners’ series, covering version control, repositories, and pull requests to help new users contribute to projects and open source.
Better tools made Copilot code review worse. Here's how we actually improved it.
GitHub improved Copilot code review efficiency by 20% after switching to shared Unix-style tools, but only after refining instructions to match review-specific workflows rather than generic coding tasks.
Automating cross-repo documentation with GitHub Agentic Workflows
GitHub’s Aspire team automated cross-repository documentation using GitHub Agentic Workflows, reducing median time-to-docs to 44.8 hours without additional staff or retraining.
GitHub availability report: June 2026
GitHub reported six service incidents in June 2026, including degraded Copilot code reviews and API authentication failures, while making progress in infrastructure migration and capacity improvements.
How GitHub Copilot enables zero DNS configuration for GitHub Pages
GitHub Copilot CLI automates DNS configuration for GitHub Pages, allowing developers to deploy a custom domain with HTTPS in about 14 minutes without manual DNS edits.
Q1 2026 Innovation Graph update: Open source collaboration is accelerating worldwide
GitHub’s Q1 2026 Innovation Graph shows global open source collaboration rising 16% quarter-over-quarter, with outbound contributions to foreign repositories accelerating since 2020.
How GitHub used secret scanning to reach inbox zero
GitHub reduced 20,000 secret scanning alerts across 15,000 repositories to zero in nine months by prioritizing high-risk issues, automating workflows, and implementing push protection to prevent new exposures.
6 security settings every GitHub maintainer should enable this week
GitHub introduced six free security settings to help maintainers reduce vulnerabilities, including a guided flow called Protect Your Project. The changes aim to automate security checks and improve response to bug...
How GitHub maintains compliance for open source dependencies
GitHub’s Open Source Program Office now uses a new license compliance feature to manage open source dependencies at scale, helping organizations enforce license policies directly in pull requests.
Highlights from Git 2.55
Git 2.55 introduces incremental multi-pack index (MIDX) improvements and a new git history fixup command, enhancing repository maintenance and commit editing workflows.