GitHub Copilot is moving to usage-based billing
Starting June 1, your Copilot usage will consume GitHub AI Credits.
Changes to GitHub Copilot Individual plans
We’re making these changes to ensure a reliable and predictable experience for existing customers.
Highlights from Git 2.54
The open source Git project just released Git 2.54. Here is GitHub’s look at some of the most interesting features and changes introduced since last time.
Building an emoji list generator with the GitHub Copilot CLI
See how we created an emoji list generator during the Rubber Duck Thursday stream.
Bringing more transparency to GitHub’s status page
Changes to the status page will provide more specific data, so you’ll have better insight into the overall health of the platform.
How GitHub uses eBPF to improve deployment safety
Learn how Github uses eBPF to detect and prevent circular dependencies in its deployment tooling.
Build a personal organization command center with GitHub Copilot CLI
Learn about the productivity tool one GitHub engineer built, and how AI supported the development process.
Developer policy update: Intermediary liability, copyright, and transparency
We’re sharing recent policy updates that developers should know about, updating our Transparency Center with the full year of 2025 data, and looking to what’s ahead.
Hack the AI agent: Build agentic AI security skills with the GitHub Secure Code Game
Learn to find and exploit real-world agentic AI vulnerabilities through five progressive challenges in this free, open source game that over 10,000 developers have already used to sharpen their security skills.
How exposed is your code? Find out in minutes—for free
The new Code Security Risk Assessment gives you a one-click view of vulnerabilities across your organization, at no cost.
GitHub for Beginners: Getting started with GitHub Pages
Learn how to create a free website for any repository on GitHub Pages.
GitHub Copilot CLI for Beginners: Getting started with GitHub Copilot CLI
GitHub for Beginners: Getting started with the GitHub Copilot CLI, a step-by-step tutorial.
GitHub availability report: March 2026
In March, we experienced four incidents that resulted in degraded performance across GitHub services.
GitHub Universe is back: We want you to take the stage
Get inspired by five of the most memorable, magical, and quirky Universe sessions to date.
GitHub Copilot CLI combines model families for a second opinion
Discover how Rubber Duck provides a different perspective to GitHub Copilot CLI.
The uphill climb of making diff lines performant
The path to better performance is often found in simplicity.
Securing the open source supply chain across GitHub
Recent attacks on open source focus on exfiltrating secrets; here are the prevention steps you can take today, plus a look at the security capabilities GitHub is working on.
Run multiple agents at once with /fleet in Copilot CLI
/fleet lets Copilot CLI dispatch multiple agents in parallel. Learn how to write prompts that split work across files, declare dependencies, and avoid common pitfalls.
Agent-driven development in Copilot Applied Science
I used coding agents to build agents that automated part of my job. Here’s what I learned about working better with coding agents.
GitHub for Beginners: Getting started with GitHub security
Learn how to secure your projects and keep them safe with GitHub Advanced Security.
What’s coming to our GitHub Actions 2026 security roadmap
A look at GitHub Actions’ 2026 roadmap, outlining how secure defaults, policy controls, and CI/CD observability harden the software supply chain end to end.
A year of open source vulnerability trends: CVEs, advisories, and malware
Reviewed advisories hit a four-year low, malware advisories surged, and CNA publishing grew—here’s what changed and what it means for your triage and response.
Updates to GitHub Copilot interaction data usage policy
From April 24 onward, interaction data—specifically inputs, outputs, code snippets, and associated context—from Copilot Free, Pro, and Pro+ users will be used to train and improve our AI models unless they opt out.
Building AI-powered GitHub issue triage with the Copilot SDK
Learn how to integrate the Copilot SDK into a React Native app to generate AI-powered issue summaries, with production patterns for graceful degradation and caching.
GitHub expands application security coverage with AI‑powered detections
CodeQL and AI‑powered detections work together in GitHub Code Security to identify vulnerabilities across more languages and frameworks.
Rethinking open source mentorship in the AI era
As contribution volume grows, mentorship signals are harder to read. The 3 Cs framework helps maintainers mentor more strategically… without burning out.
How Squad runs coordinated AI agents inside your repository
An inside look at repository-native orchestration with GitHub Copilot and the design patterns behind multi-agent workflows that stay inspectable, predictable, and collaborative.
Investing in the people shaping open source and securing the future together
See how GitHub is investing in open source security funding maintainers, partnering with Alpha-Omega, and expanding access to help reduce burden and strengthen software supply chains.
GitHub for Beginners: Getting started with GitHub Actions
Set up your first GitHub Actions workflow in this how-to guide.
Continuous AI for accessibility: How GitHub transforms feedback into inclusion
AI automates triage for accessibility feedback, allowing us to focus on fixing barriers—turning a chaotic backlog into continuous, rapid resolutions.
GitHub availability report: February 2026
In February, we experienced six incidents that resulted in degraded performance across GitHub services.
Addressing GitHub’s recent availability issues
GitHub recently experienced several availability incidents. We understand the impact these outages have on our customers and are sharing details on the stabilization work we’re prioritizing right now.
The era of “AI as text” is over. Execution is the new interface.
AI is shifting from prompt-response interactions to programmable execution. See how the GitHub Copilot SDK enables agentic workflows directly inside your applications.
Under the hood: Security architecture of GitHub Agentic Workflows
GitHub Agentic Workflows are built with isolation, constrained outputs, and comprehensive logging. Learn how our threat model and security architecture help teams run agents safely in GitHub Actions.
How to scan for vulnerabilities with GitHub Security Lab’s open source AI-powered framework
GitHub Security Lab Taskflow Agent is very effective at finding Auth Bypasses, IDORs, Token Leaks, and other high-impact vulnerabilities.
60 million Copilot code reviews and counting
How Copilot code review helps teams keep up with AI-accelerated code changes.
Scaling AI opportunity across the globe: Learnings from GitHub and Andela
Developers connected to Andela share how they’re learning AI tools inside real production workflows.
How we rebuilt the search architecture for high availability in GitHub Enterprise Server
Here’s how we made the search experience better, faster, and more resilient for GHES customers.
Join or host a GitHub Copilot Dev Days event near you
GitHub Copilot Dev Days is a global series of hands-on, in-person, community-led events designed to help developers explore real-world, AI-assisted coding.
GitHub for Beginners: Getting started with GitHub Issues and Projects
Learn how to get organized and collaborate more efficiently with this step-by-step tutorial.
From idea to pull request: A practical guide to building with GitHub Copilot CLI
A hands-on guide to using GitHub Copilot CLI to move from intent to reviewable changes, and how that work flows naturally into your IDE and GitHub.
What’s new with GitHub Copilot coding agent
GitHub Copilot coding agent now includes a model picker, self-review, built-in security scanning, custom agents, and CLI handoff. Here’s what’s new and how to use it.
Multi-agent workflows often fail. Here’s how to engineer ones that don’t.
Most multi-agent workflow failures come down to missing structure, not model capability. Learn the three engineering patterns that make agent systems reliable.
How AI is reshaping developer choice (and Octoverse data proves it)
AI is rewiring developer preferences through convenience loops. Octoverse 2025 reveals how AI compatibility is becoming the new standard for technology choice.
What to expect for open source in 2026
Let’s dig into the 2025’s open source data on GitHub to see what we can learn about the future.
Securing the AI software supply chain: Security results across 67 open source projects
Learn how The GitHub Secure Open Source Fund helped 67 critical AI‑stack projects accelerate fixes, strengthen ecosystems, and advance open source resilience.
Automate repository tasks with GitHub Agentic Workflows
Discover GitHub Agentic Workflows, now in technical preview. Build automations using coding agents in GitHub Actions to handle triage, documentation, code quality, and more.
Welcome to the Eternal September of open source. Here’s what we plan to do for maintainers.
Open source is hitting an “Eternal September.” As contribution friction drops, maintainers are adapting with new trust signals, triage approaches, and community-led solutions.
GitHub availability report: January 2026
In January, we experienced two incidents that resulted in degraded performance across GitHub services.
Continuous AI in practice: What developers can automate today with agentic CI
Think of Continuous AI as background agents that operate in your repository for tasks that require reasoning.
Pick your agent: Use Claude and Codex on Agent HQ
Claude by Anthropic and OpenAI Codex are now available in public preview on GitHub and VS Code with a Copilot Pro+ or Copilot Enterprise subscription. Here’s what you need to know and how to get started today.
What the fastest-growing tools reveal about how software is being built
What languages are growing fastest, and why? What about the projects that people are interested in the most? Where are new developers cutting their teeth? Let’s take a look at Octoverse data to find out.
How to maximize GitHub Copilot’s agentic capabilities
A senior engineer’s guide to architecting and extending Copilot’s real-world applications.
From pixels to characters: The engineering behind GitHub Copilot CLI’s animated ASCII banner
Learn how GitHub built an accessible, multi-terminal-safe ASCII animation for the Copilot CLI using custom tooling, ANSI color roles, and advanced terminal engineering.
Year recap and future goals for the GitHub Innovation Graph
Discover the latest trends and insights on public software development activity on GitHub with data from the Innovation Graph through Q3 2025.
7 learnings from Anders Hejlsberg: The architect behind C# and TypeScript
Anders Hejlsberg shares lessons from C# and TypeScript on fast feedback loops, scaling software, open source visibility, and building tools that last.
Help shape the future of open source in Europe
Read GitHub’s position on the European Open Digital Ecosystem Strategy and learn how to participate.
Power agentic workflows in your terminal with GitHub Copilot CLI
Explore the GitHub Copilot CLI and try interacting with Copilot directly from your terminal.
Build an agent into any app with the GitHub Copilot SDK
Now in technical preview, the GitHub Copilot SDK can plan, invoke tools, edit files, and run commands as a programmable layer you can use in any application.
A cheat sheet to slash commands in GitHub Copilot CLI
Run tests, fix code, and get support—right in your workflow. Stay focused and let Copilot handle the busywork.
