The latest blogs from GitHub

In November, we experienced one incident that resulted in degraded performance across GitHub services.

We released a new open source byte-pair tokenizer that is faster and more flexible than popular alternatives.

Learn how I discovered 11 new vulnerabilities by writing CodeQL models for Gradio framework and how you can do it, too.

The EU Cyber Resilience Act will introduce new cybersecurity requirements for software released in the EU. Learn what it means for your open source projects and what GitHub is doing to ensure the law will be a net win for open source maintainers.

Whether you’re hunting for the perfect gift for your significant other, the colleague you drew in the office gift exchange, or maybe (just maybe) even for yourself, we’ve got you covered with our top 10 gifts that any developer would love.

Learn how to generate unit tests with GitHub Copilot and get specific examples, a tutorial, and best practices.

The Gaady Awards are like the Emmy Awards for the field of digital accessibility. And, just like the Emmys, the Gaadys are a reason to celebrate! On November 21, GitHub was honored to roll out the red carpet for the accessibility community at our San Francisco headquarters.

The Performance Engineering team at GitHub assessed how CPU performance degrades as utilization increases and how this relates to capacity.

The GitHub Foundations Certification exam fee is now waived for all students verified through GitHub Education.

With this custom addon, you can ensure your workplace remains accessible to users with motion sensitivities while benefiting from Storybook’s Interactions.

Applications for the new GitHub Secure Open Source Fund are now open! Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until they close on January 7 at 11:59 pm PT. Programming and funding will begin in early 2025.

Microsoft and GitHub are committed to empowering developers around the world to innovate, collaborate, and create solutions that’ll shape the next generation of technology.

Findings in our latest study show that the quality of code written with GitHub Copilot is significantly more functional, readable, reliable, maintainable, and concise.

In October, we experienced one incident that resulted in degraded performance across GitHub services.

Developers tell us how GitHub Copilot and other AI coding tools are transforming their work and changing how they spend their days.

GitHub’s annual month-long game jam, where creativity knows no limits! Throughout November, dive into your favorite game engines, libraries, and programming languages to bring your wildest game ideas to life. Whether you’re a seasoned dev or just getting started, it’s all about having fun and making something awesome!

The GitHub Awards celebrates the outstanding contributions and achievements in the developer community by honoring individuals, projects, and organizations for creating an outsized positive impact on the community.

Find out how we’re evolving GitHub and GitHub Copilot—and get access to the latest previews and GA releases.

At GitHub Universe, we announced Anthropic’s Claude 3.5 Sonnet, Google’s Gemini 1.5 Pro, and OpenAI’s o1-preview and o1-mini are coming to GitHub Copilot—bringing a new level of choice to every developer.

In this year’s Octoverse report, we study how public and open source activity on GitHub shows how AI is expanding as the global developer community surges in size.

Learn about browser extension security and secure your extensions with the help of CodeQL.