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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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Introducing Agent HQ: Any agent, any way you work

At Universe 2025, GitHub’s next evolution introduces a single, unified workflow for developers to be able to orchestrate any agent, any time, anywhere.

Octoverse: A new developer joins GitHub every second as AI leads TypeScript to #1

In this year’s Octoverse, we uncover how AI, agents, and typed languages are driving the biggest shifts in software development in more than a decade.

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Announcing the 2025 GitHub Partner Award winners 🎉

GitHub celebrates its 2025 Partner Award winners, honoring global, regional, and technology partners for driving innovation, collaboration, and impact across the developer ecosystem.

How to navigate GitHub Universe (or any tech conference) if you’re an introvert

If alone time is your love language—don’t worry, it’s ours too—you can still attend, learn from, and enjoy big events like GitHub Universe. Here are some practical tips on how.

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GitHub Availability Report: September 2025

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

The developer role is evolving. Here’s how to stay ahead.

AI is changing how software gets built. Explore the skills you need to keep up and stand out.

How GitHub protects developers from copyright enforcement overreach

Why the U.S. Supreme Court case Cox v. Sony matters for developers and sharing updates to our Transparency Center and Acceptable Use Policies.

GitHub Copilot gets smarter at finding your code: Inside our new embedding model

Learn about a new Copilot embedding model that makes code search in VS Code faster, lighter on memory, and far more accurate.

GitHub Availability Report: August 2025

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

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.

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.