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.
Dylan Birtolo
Dylan Birtolo is a senior content writer at GitHub, where he works on sharing all the good things that GitHub has to offer. He’s been a technical writer for almost 20 years, a large portion of which was working on various teams across Microsoft. In his off time, he works with animals, plays a lot of games, and professionally jousts.
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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.
Power agentic workflows in your terminal with GitHub Copilot CLI
Explore the GitHub Copilot CLI and try interacting with Copilot directly from your terminal.
How to catch GitHub Actions workflow injections before attackers do
Strengthen your repositories against actions workflow injections — one of the most common vulnerabilities.
How to use GitHub Copilot: What it can do and real-world examples
How Copilot can generate unit tests, refactor code, create documentation, perform multi-file edits, and much more.