Software Freedom Conservancy, a not-for-profit organization that provides support and legal services for open source software projects, has called on the open source community to ditch GitHub after ...

The open source funding problem is very real, but a slew of initiatives have emerged of late, with startups, corporations, and venture capitalists launching various programs to support some of the ...

GitHub has put the final touches on its Arctic Code Vault with a nearly 1.5 tonne steel box covered in AI-generated etchings that aim to entice future generations to explore it. GitHub initially ...

A surge in supply chain attacks has put open-source software risk, prompting GitHub to strengthen security across its npm ecosystem. The company, which operates the world’s largest code repository, is ...

Homebrew is the best source for open source software yet, and makes installation easy. Here's what Homebrew is, how it works, ...

If you've spent money on a piece of software, and then watched it fail to do the one task you paid money for, open-source ...

GitHub has introduced an automated alert mechanism to enable developers to address vulnerabilities in the open source components their code uses. According to GitHub, the new feature, called ...

The Apple ecosystem may be designed to provide streamlined experiences, but these open-source apps show there are other ...

GitHub Inc., an open-source code repository and subsidiary of Microsoft Corp., today announced an expansion of the GitHub Archive Program by which the company sought to preserve open-source software ...

In October, Microsoft announced that it is shutting down its business social network, LinkedIn, in China. Having to comply with Chinese state restrictions has become increasingly challenging, it said.

Why it matters: What if companies and independent software developers could spot security flaws in their programs before releasing them to the public? GitHub now has a tool that can help them do just ...