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Resources for developers seeking to stay informed about the latest industry trends, research, and updates from GitHub. Explore research and surveys that delve into various aspects of software development and open source communities—and Octoverse, which provides detailed annual analyses of open source and public projects across GitHub.

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Your guide to GitHub Universe 2025: The schedule just launched!

Create your own agenda of favorites, sign up for one-on-on mentoring sessions, and register if you haven’t already. We’ll see you there!

Explore the best of GitHub Universe: 9 spaces built to spark creativity, connection, and joy

See what’s happening at Universe 2025, from experimental dev tools and career coaching to community-powered spaces. Save $400 on your pass with Early Bird pricing.

Agents panel: Launch Copilot coding agent tasks anywhere on GitHub

Delegate coding tasks to Copilot and track progress wherever you are on GitHub. Copilot works in the background, creates a pull request, and tags you for review when finished.

Q1 2025 Innovation Graph update: Bar chart races, data visualization on the rise, and key research

Discover the latest trends and insights on public software development activity on GitHub with the quarterly release of data for the Innovation Graph, updated through March 2025.

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GitHub Availability Report: August 2025

In August, we experienced three incidents that resulted in degraded performance across GitHub services.

GitHub Availability Report: July 2025

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

Auf Wiedersehen, GitHub ♥️

tl;dr: I am stepping down as GitHub CEO to build my next adventure. GitHub is thriving and has a bright future ahead. The following is the internal post I sent to GitHub employees (Hubbers) this morning announcing my departure.

We need a European Sovereign Tech Fund

Open source software is critical infrastructure, but it’s underfunded. With a new feasibility study, GitHub’s developer policy team is building a coalition of policymakers and industry to close the maintenance funding gap.

GitHub Availability Report: June 2025

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

From pair to peer programmer: Our vision for agentic workflows in GitHub Copilot

AI agents in GitHub Copilot don’t just assist developers but actively solve problems through multi-step reasoning and execution. Here’s what that means.

GitHub Availability Report: May 2025

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

GitHub Universe 2025: Here’s what’s in store at this year’s developer wonderland

Sharpen your skills, test out new tools, and connect with people who build like you.

GitHub Copilot: Meet the new coding agent

Implementing features has never been easier: Just assign a task or issue to Copilot. It runs in the background with GitHub Actions and submits its work as a pull request.

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Code. Create. Commit. Welcome to dev/core

The new GitHub Shop collection is here. We’re celebrating you.

GitHub Availability Report: April 2025

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

From MCP to multi-agents: The top 10 new open source AI projects on GitHub right now and why they matter

Get insights on the latest trends from GitHub experts while catching up on these exciting new projects.

Racing into 2025 with new GitHub Innovation Graph data

Discover the latest trends and insights on public software development activity on GitHub with the quarterly release of data for the Innovation Graph, updated through December 2024.

GitHub Availability Report: March 2025

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

Vibe coding with GitHub Copilot: Agent mode and MCP support rolling out to all VS Code users

In celebration of MSFT’s 50th anniversary, we’re rolling out Agent Mode with MCP support to all VS Code users. We are also announcing the new GitHub Copilot Pro+ plan w/ premium requests, the general availability of models from Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI, next edit suggestions for code completions & the Copilot code review agent.