GitHub
Keep developers productive as a distributed team
GitHub is part of Microsoft’s suite of tools for developers. It is designed and optimised for distributed teams, enabling developers to code, collaborate and deliver software remotely.
GitHub provides the distributed version control and source code management (SCM) functionality of Git with additional features. These include access to control and collaboration tools such as bug tracking, feature requests, task management and wikis for your IT projects. GitHub is the part of the DevOps toolset.
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Both Team and Enterprise editions allow you to code, collaborate and ship from anywhere. The Team edition has less functionality and is intended for lower usage levels of GitHub Actions and package storage for private repos. In both cases, these limits are removed for public repos.
GitHub Enterprise allows you to practice well tested and familiar open source methodologies behind your company firewall. It is intended for organisations that want to host their repos on-premises or in the cloud for greater control and self-management. Your internal IT projects will be ‘ring fenced’ in a secure environment. Only developers with appropriate permissions will be able to contribute.
Choose the right level for you
You can code, collaborate and ship from anywhere on either version of GitHub. Choose the right features for you.
Enhanced security
GitHub Enterprise enables you to host your internal IT projects in a secure environment – set the permissions required to access.
Collaborate anywhere
Enable seamless collaboration across distributed teams – tools to work across projects, locations and departments.
Security that moves at the speed of development. GitHub Advanced Security (GHAS) is ideal for secure software development, DevSecOps programmes and compliance-driven organisations, bringing together GitHub Secret Protection and GitHub Code Security for complete protection.
GHAS includes secret scanning, code scanning, dependency vulnerability management and AI-powered security remediation to help your team keep your applications secure, without the hassle of traditional security packages. GHAS makes it easy for your team to find and fix vulnerabilities earlier in the SDLC.
Stay ahead of threats
Built-in security, secret protection, and dependency monitoring
Strengthen your development with AI
Write secure code at scale with AI-driven insights
Native AppSec
Find and fix vulnerabilities in real time with AppSec built into GitHub
Code, command, collaborate. GitHub Copilot gives you AI that works where you do, whether that’s in your editor, on the command line, or anywhere across GitHub.
GitHub Copilot allows you to choose from leading LLMs, use custom agents, or integrate trusted third-party agents. Whether you're generating code, reviewing pull requests or troubleshooting issues, Copilot helps your developers stay focused and productive.
GitHub Copilot offers a range of benefits to developers working on GitHub. GitHub Copilot helps your team:
- Generate code suggestions in real time
- Reduce repetitive development tasks
- Accelerate onboarding for new developers
- Improve code quality through AI-assisted reviews
- Work directly within supported IDEs and GitHub
The benefits of using GitHub Copilot
Choose your LLMs
GitHub Copilot lets you choose from leading LLMs, optimised for speed and accuracy
Bring your agents
You can use your own custom agents, or bring third-party ones you rely on
Work to your own tune
GitHub Copilot works where you do, whether in GitHub, your IDE, the CLI, project tools, chats and more
Automate your workflow from idea to production. GitHub Actions makes code reviews, branch management and issue triaging work the way you want.
Build, test and deploy directly from GitHub. GitHub Actions enables your development teams to automate every stage of the software development lifecycle, helping you deliver applications faster, with greater consistency and fewer manual tasks.
Create custom workflows that trigger automatically when code is pushed, pull requests are raised or issues are updated. Whether you're running automated tests, deploying applications to the cloud or managing routine development processes, GitHub Actions helps your team focus on building great software instead of repetitive administration.
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