Public repositories

Host open source projects in public GitHub repositories, accessible via web or command line. Public repositories are accessible to anyone at GitHub.com.

Private repositories

Host code in private GitHub repositories, accessible via appliance, web, and command line. Private repositories are only accessible to you and people you share them with.

GitHub Actions

Get execution minutes for hosted runners to automate your software development workflows. Write tasks and combine them to build, test, and deploy any code project on GitHub. Minutes are free for public repositories.

GitHub Packages

Host your own software packages or use them as dependencies in other projects. Both private and public hosting available. Packages are free for public repositories.

Code reviews

Review new code, see visual code changes, and confidently merge code changes with automated status checks.

Pull requests

Allow contributors to easily notify you of changes they've pushed to a repository – with access limited to the contributors you specify. Easily merge changes you accept.

Protected branches

Enforce restrictions on how code branches are merged, including requiring reviews by selected collaborators, or allowing only specific contributors to work on a particular branch.

Code owners

Automatically request reviews – or require approval – by selected contributors when changes are made to sections of code that they own.

Draft pull requests

Easily discuss and collaborate on pull requests before submitting to formal review.

Multiple pull request assignees

Assign more than one person to a pull request.

Multiple pull request reviewers

Assign multiple users or a team to review a pull request.

Scheduled reminders

Send scheduled messages to you or your team listing open pull requests.

Automatic code review assignment

Automatically assign code reviews to members of your team based on one of two algorithms.

Collaborators for public repositories

Invite any GitHub member, or all GitHub members, to work with you on code in a public repository you control – including making changes and opening issues.

Collaborators for private repositories

Invite any GitHub member, or all GitHub members, to work with you on code in a private repository you control – including making changes and opening issues.

Issues

Track bugs, enhancements, and other requests, prioritize work, and communicate with stakeholders as changes are proposed and merged.

Project boards

Visually track issues, pull requests, and notes as cards that you can arrange to suit your workflow.

Milestones

Track progress on groups of issues or pull requests in a repository, and map groups to overall project goals.

Team discussions

Discuss any topic, unattached to a specific project or issue. Control who has access, notify discussion participants with updates, and link from anywhere.

Organization and team management

Manage access to projects on a team-by-team, or individual user, basis.

Pages and wikis

Host documentation and simple websites for your project in a wiki format that contributors can easily edit either on the web or command line.

Repository insights

See data about activity and contributions within your repositories, including trends. You can use this data to improve collaboration and make development faster and more effective.

Multiple issue assignees

Assign more than one person to an issue.

Code scanning

Automatically find and fix vulnerabilities before they are put into production. Powered by the security research community and the world's most advanced semantic code analysis engine.

Secret scanning

Get notified if your secrets have been exposed in your codebase.

Dependency review

Understand the security impact of newly introduced dependencies during pull requests, before they get merged.

Dependabot alerts

Get notified when there are new vulnerabilities affecting dependencies in your repositories.

Dependabot security updates

Keep projects secure by automatically opening pull requests that update vulnerable dependencies to secure versions.

Dependabot version updates

Keep projects up-to-date by automatically opening pull requests that update out-of-date dependencies.

Required reviews

Ensure that pull requests have a specific number of approving reviews before collaborators can make changes to a protected branch.

Required status checks

Ensure that all required CI tests are passing before collaborators can make changes to a protected branch.

GitHub Security Advisories

Privately discuss, fix, and publish information about security vulnerabilities found in your repository.

Role-based access control

Define users' level of access to your code, data and settings.

Required 2FA

Use an extra layer of security with two factor authentication (2FA) when logging into GitHub.

Audit log

Quickly review the actions performed by members of your organization.

Audit log API

Keep copies of audit log data to ensure secure IP and maintain compliance for your organization.

GitHub Connect

Share features and workflows between your GitHub Enterprise Server instance and GitHub Enterprise Cloud.

SAML single sign-on (SSO)

Use an identity provider to manage the identities of GitHub users and applications.

LDAP

Access GitHub Enterprise Server using your existing accounts and centrally manage repository access.

IP allow list

Limit access to known allowed IP addresses.

GitHub Apps

Install apps that integrate directly with GitHub's API to improve development workflows – or build your own for private use or publication in the GitHub Marketplace.

Status checks

Define tests that GitHub automatically runs against code being committed to your repository, and get details about failures and what is causing them.

Pre-receive hooks

Create requirements for automatically accepting or rejecting a push based on the contents of the push.

Community Support

Get help with most of your GitHub questions and issues in our Community Forum.

Standard Support

GitHub Support can help you troubleshoot issues you run into while using GitHub. Get support via email.

Premium and Premium Plus Support

With Premium, get a 30-minute SLA and 24/7 web and phone support. With Premium Plus, get everything in Premium plus your own Support Account Manager and more.

Phone Support

GitHub Support can help you troubleshoot issues you run into while using GitHub. Get support via phone.

Invoice billing

Pay bills via invoice, rather than using your credit card.

Self-hosted deployment

Self-hosted GitHub for on-prem appliances or self-managed cloud tenants.