Release Radar · January 2022 Edition
Here's January's top staff picks on projects that shipped major version releases.
Michelle Mannering
February 4, 2022
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New sponsors-only repositories, custom amounts, and more
Along with the release of sponsors-only repositories, here’s a look at what’s new and what’s next for Sponsors.
Jessica Lord
February 2, 2022
Thinking beyond SQL injection: OWASP tips for secure database access
When it comes to secure database access, there's more to consider than SQL injections. OWASP Top 10 Proactive Control C3 offers guidance.
Alvaro Munoz
January 27, 2022
Release Radar · December 2021 Edition
Our community has been hard at work through December shipping updates. Here's our staff picks for open source projects with major version releases.
Michelle Mannering
January 21, 2022
How open source is supporting NASA’s new eyes in space
With the successful liftoff of the James Webb Space Telescope, we ask our very own Arfon Smith about the history of open source and space science.
Nicole Numrich
January 18, 2022
Top-rated entries from Game Off 2021
Here are the top games created in our annual game jam as rated and reviewed by the developers that made them. Game On! 🤘🏻
Lee Reilly
January 13, 2022
How five open source communities are using GitHub Discussions
From answering questions about a new release to fielding feature requests, here’s how five open source communities use GitHub Discussions.
Evi Liu
January 13, 2022
How the community powers GitHub Advanced Security with CodeQL queries
The GitHub Security Lab’s CodeQL bounty program fuels GitHub Advanced Security with queries written by the open source community.
Xavier René-Corail
January 5, 2022
How to leverage security frameworks and libraries for secure code
In this post, I’ll discuss how to apply OWASP Proactive Control C2: Leverage security frameworks and libraries.
Alvaro Munoz
December 20, 2021
5 automations every developer should be running
Looking to avoid security vulnerabilities, buttons that don’t work, slow site speeds, or manually writing release notes? This one's for you.
Brian Douglas
December 16, 2021
Write more secure code with the OWASP Top 10 Proactive Controls
This lesser-known OWASP project aims to help developers prevent vulnerabilities from being introduced in the first place.
Alvaro Munoz
December 6, 2021
Release Radar · November 2021 Edition
The end of the year is getting closer, and our communities are busy working away on their projects. While you’ve all been busy maintaining open source projects and shipping releases, we’ve created a new open source repository too! More about that at the end, but for now, let’s check out our top staff picks from […]
Michelle Mannering
December 3, 2021
Blue-teaming for Exiv2: how to squash bugs by enrolling in OSS-Fuzz
OSS-Fuzz is Google’s awesome fuzzing service for open source projects. GitHub Security Lab's @kevinbackhouse describes enrolling a project.
Kevin Backhouse
November 23, 2021
Blue-teaming for Exiv2: adding custom CodeQL queries to code scanning
The Exiv2 team tightened our security by enabling GitHub’s code scanning feature and adding custom queries tailored to the Exiv2 code base.
Kevin Backhouse
November 16, 2021
The 2021 State of the Octoverse
The State of the Octoverse analyzes data from millions of developers & repos to share trends across working habits, productivity, and career satisfaction.
Eirini Kalliamvakou
November 16, 2021
Release Radar · October 2021 Edition
What an incredible month it’s been for GitHub and our communities. Whilst we’ve been busy with GitHub Universe, our communities have been busy coding. It’s been a successful year for Hacktoberfest, with many first-time contributors to the open source ecosystem. It wouldn’t be open source without contributors, and there wouldn’t be anything to contribute to […]
Michelle Mannering
November 12, 2021