Behold, the end of year developer. An unflinching look at the survival period of "working" during the holidays. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ps06...

Looking for a festive Yule log to brighten up your terminal? You’ll love this GitHub CLI extension that gives you a cozy, animated Git log. 🔥 🪵 https://github.com/leereilly/gh-yule-log

What’s one “obvious in hindsight” security process you wish you’d learned earlier? Sometimes security isn’t about more tools, it’s about learning what you didn’t know you didn’t know. Listen to our latest GitHub Podcast episode with a group of maintainers talking all things open source and security.

It was the closest race yet when it came to the top programming language of the year. 👀 So, which are you using more often: TypeScript or Python?

CodeQL lets you query your code to find logic errors and security issues that standard text search completely misses. It allows you to take one bug and automatically find every other place that same pattern exists—so you can fix them all at once. Ready to try it out yourself? Here's how. ⬇️

Revealing the Coder Color of the Year…

That’s a lot of pushes. 👀 How many total contributions do you think we’ll reach in 2026? 🔮

Your future holiday photos will thank you. 🤩 📸 Our GitHub ugly sweater, hat, and socks are officially on sale, just in time to level up your festive season. https://thegithubshop.com/collections/sale?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=holiday

If you believe in home devices that respect privacy, give you freedom and still play nice together, then you should probably read this. https://github.blog/open-source/maintainers/the-local-first-rebellion-how-home-assistant-became-the-most-important-project-in-your-house/

Take a break and listen to our latest GitHub Podcast episode where we talk to Angie Jones about Goose, Block’s open source AI agent and reference implementation of the Model Context Protocol (MCP). ☕️🎧

You can give back to the open source projects that power your world. Support the developers who keep your favorite tools running with GitHub Sponsors. https://github.com/sponsors/explore

Struggling to find the perfect gift for your favorite developer? We’ve cracked the code. From cozy wool beanies to the GitHub Copilot Amazeball, check out our ultimate gift guide. 🎁 Plus, our Black Friday sale runs Nov 26 – Dec 7!

From its Monty Python origins to its dominance in the age of AI. Yes, we're talking about Python. 🐍 We sat down with creator Guido van Rossum to discuss its incredible trajectory in the 2025 Octoverse report. 📊 Learn how community and stability shaped a global powerhouse. 🚀 https://gh.io/AAyvkm9

The U.S. PTO has proposed rules that would make it harder to challenge junk patents. 🛑 This puts the startups, developers, and open source organizations that power innovation at risk. Speak up and share your concerns before the comment period closes on December 2. ⏳

Have you checked out this new feature for pull requests? No more switching back and forth between tabs during a review. 🎉 The more you know 💫 https://github.blog/changelog/2025-11-20-pull-request-files-changed-public-preview-november-20-updates/

Today on Open Source Friday, we’re spotlighting @cilium.io! Powered by eBPF, it brings modern networking, security, and observability to your cloud-native environments. 🐝 Set a reminder for when we go live. 🔔 https://gh.io/cilium

We discovered that 48% of accessibility audit issues could be prevented with better design documentation. 📉 So our internal team built a solution to bridge the gap—and now we’ve open sourced it. Meet the Annotation Toolkit. Level up your design-to-code collaboration. ✨ https://gh.io/AAyr2l0

BRB, just adding weight sensors to the couch 💡 In our latest episode of the GitHub Podcast we talked to Franck Nijhof about Home Assistant: from intriguing use cases to its mission to build privacy-first, open-source smart home technology, powered by a passionate community.

Take a guess. 💭 In 2025, which country delivered the most GitHub open source contributors? • Brazil • Germany • India • United States

Git 2.52 is here with support for tree-level blames, new repository maintenance strategies, performance enhancements, and much more. ✨ Check out highlights from the latest release.👇 https://github.blog/open-source/git/highlights-from-git-2-52/

If your weekend ritual includes ☕ and a good listen, make it the Octoverse GitHub podcast episode. TypeScript dethroning Python, vibe coding, 70M new repos, and one new dev joining GitHub every second—all unpacked with Andrea, Kedasha, and special guest Jeff Luszcz.

It’s beanie season. Naturally, we came prepared. Keep warm from head to toe with our new GitHub Shop collection https://thegithubshop.com/collections/new-arrivals?utm_source=social&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=beanie

Today on Open Source Friday, we'll chat with Laurent Cozic, the creator of @joplinapp.bsky.social! 📝 Learn about the powerful, private, open-source note-taking app with: ✨ End-to-end encryption ✨ Capabilities on desktop & mobile ✨ A community-driven plugin ecosystem Set a reminder! 👇 gh.io/joplin

When your dad breaks Minecraft. And the internet. Watch the full interview about the biggest security vulnerability of all time 👉 https://github.blog/open-source/inside-the-breach-that-broke-the-internet-the-untold-story-of-log4shell/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=minecraft

❗ Breaking: notifications from @ mentions in commit messages will be removed next month. 👀 https://github.blog/changelog/2025-11-07-removing-notifications-for-mentions-in-commit-messages/

Nearly a billion commits later, the way we ship code has changed for good. 🚀 But it's more than just speed. Here's what the 2025 Octoverse data reveals about how devs really work now. @cassidoo.co explains.👇

TODAY: We're live with Jelle Raaijmakers of Ladybird Browser! Learn how their team is building a brand-new web engine from scratch. 🛠️ Join the stream at 12 p.m. PT. ▶️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6_79RzntEQ h

Typescript became the #1 programming language on GitHub. Who better to talk about this new ranking than creator, Anders Hejlsberg? 👀 Get his thoughts on this year’s Octoverse findings. 💭 ⬇️ github.blog/company/type...

A new theme. A blank repo. Endless possibilities. The #GitHubGameOff challenge has begun: https://github.blog/company/github-game-off-2025-theme-announcement

New fear unlocked (just in time for Halloween): sentient Furbies 👀 #GitHubUniverse

🎃 Trick or treat (yourself) to some open source horror! We dug through the GitHub Blog archives for the spookiest games to play or hack this Halloween.👇 https://github.blog/tag/halloween/

Write your developer horror story in 5 words or less. 🎃 We'll go first: Remote code execution. https://github.blog/open-source/inside-the-breach-that-broke-the-internet-the-untold-story-of-log4shell/

Sometimes you catch nearly all the bugs but miss that really significant one. 🐛 Here's how one top security researcher finds those critical vulnerabilities. 🔍 https://github.blog/security/top-security-researcher-shares-their-bug-bounty-process/

And that's a wrap for #GitHubUniverse: Two days of creativity, learning, and collaboration with developers from around the world. Let's do it all again next year Oct 28-29, 2026! Missed it? Catch up on-demand 👉 https://githubuniverse.com/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=wrap_car

1.12 billion contributions. Over 180 million developers. This year, GitHub saw record growth, surging uses in AI, and significant shifts in programming languages. What other stories do the numbers tell? Let’s dive into the data. This is Octoverse. 👇 https://gh.io/AAy5upr

Yes, you can in fact hack a Furby with Copilot

Take a little tour around #GitHubUniverse ✨

Today’s #GitHubUniverse keynote focused on the spark behind the magic— you, the developers. Some highlights: 🧑‍💻 Hacking a beloved 90s toy 💫 Developers, from open source to enterprise 🤝 Empowering students through partnerships with Hack Club and Major League Hacking to build what’s next

Join the day 2 #GitHubUniverse keynote with GitHub VP of Developer Relations @martin.social as he highlights developer creativity and the work that truly moves the world forward. Watch it now githubuniverse.com?utm_source=B...

Catching up on #GitHubUniverse? Here’s a roundup of what shipped 🚀

Welcome to your Agent HQ 📍Orchestrate any agent, any time, anywhere. Coding agents from Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Cognition, xAI and more will become available in GitHub as part of your paid Copilot subscription. github.blog/news-insight...

Can't wait to see you all at #GitHubUniverse 👋

Sneak peek at what we're cooking up at #GitHubUniverse 👀

Mona's ready for #GitHubUniverse, are you? 🌁 Sign up to join us virtually 🔗 https://githubuniverse.com/?utm_source=Bluesky&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=mona_bts

From hardware hacks to AI side projects, these developers built for fun (and nailed it). Meet our For the Love of Code winners → https://github.blog/open-source/from-karaoke-terminals-to-ai-resumes-the-winners-of-githubs-for-the-love-of-code-challenge/

How do you become a top bug bounty hunter? 🧐 Find out from a top researcher. Here's how they got started, their process, and their favorite bugs to uncover. 🔍 https://github.blog/security/how-a-top-bug-bounty-researcher-got-their-start-in-security/

Only one week until we reveal the secret theme for #GitHubGameOff 2025 👀 What do you think it’ll be this year?
Drop your guesses below 👇 https://itch.io/jam/game-off-2025

GitHub Universe is for everyone—including the introverts. Here's how to navigate #GitHubUniverse (or any event) on your own terms, from finding recharge spaces to just watching the livestream. Get the guide.👇

Can you guess what’s about to hit the GitHub Shop? 👀

Can you spot Mona? 👀 We’re cooking up something fun for #GitHubUniverse 🖍️