New to the GitHub Copilot app? Learn how to start projects, work with AI agents, explore canvases, and streamline your development workflow.

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A new default three-day cooldown delays version update pull requests so maintainers and security researchers can address findings in a release before it gets into your code.

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Copilot now bills usage at listed API rates. Compare direct model access with the coding workflow, policy, and harness work around it.

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GitHub is making some significant changes to its bug bounty program, shifting its focus to give researchers a better experience working with the GitHub team.

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Canvases turn AI into interactive workspaces where you can visualize information, explore workflows, and take action across complex tasks.

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Celebrating $100 million contributed by the community to the people who build and sustain open source every day.

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The cost of writing code dropped; the cost of owning it didn't. A framework for deciding which changes are actually cheap in the AI era.

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New to GitHub? This beginner's guide explains version control, repositories, and pull requests—plus everything else you need to start working confidently on GitHub.

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How migrating Copilot code review to shared Unix-style code exploration tools reduced review cost by reshaping agent workflows around pull request evidence.

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GitHub had over 14,000 repositories. Fewer than half had clear ownership. Here's how we gave every active repository a validated owner in under 45 days, archived the rest, and made ownership the foundation for everything that followed.

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Explore how the Aspire team turns merged product changes into SME-reviewed docs pull requests, closing the gap between release and documentation.

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In June, we experienced six incidents that resulted in degraded performance across GitHub services.

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Go from an empty repository to a live custom domain with HTTPS in about 14 minutes, without manually editing a single DNS record.

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New Innovation Graph data shows global developer communities growing faster than ever, with collaboration reaching new highs across many economies.

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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.

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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.

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Explore how the Open Source Program Office uses GitHub’s new license compliance product to manage open source dependencies at scale.

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The open source Git project just released Git 2.55. Here is GitHub’s look at some of the most interesting features and changes introduced since last time.

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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.

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GitHub joined the United Nations Development Programme in Ghana to explore how open source governance can support one of West Africa's most ambitious digital reform efforts.

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