5 podcast episodes to help you build with confidence in 2026
Looking ahead to the New Year? These GitHub Podcast episodes help you cut through the noise and build with more confidence across AI, open source, and developer tools.
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This year’s most influential open source projects
From Appwrite to Zulip, Universe 2025’s Open Source Zone was stacked with standout projects showing just how far open source can go. Meet the maintainers—and if you want to join them in 2026, you can now apply for next year’s cohort.
MCP joins the Linux Foundation: What this means for developers building the next era of AI tools and agents
MCP is moving to the Linux Foundation. Here’s how that will affect developers.
“The local-first rebellion”: How Home Assistant became the most important project in your house
Learn how one of GitHub’s fastest-growing open source projects is redefining smart homes without the cloud.
From karaoke terminals to AI résumés: The winners of GitHub’s For the Love of Code challenge
This summer, we invited devs to participate in our hackathon for joyful, ridiculous, and wildly creative projects. Here are the winners of For the Love of Code!
Inside the breach that broke the internet: The untold story of Log4Shell
Log4Shell proved that open source security isn’t guaranteed and isn’t just a code problem. It’s about supporting, enabling, and empowering the people behind the projects that build our digital infrastructure.
Spec-driven development with AI: Get started with a new open source toolkit
Developers can use their AI tool of choice for spec-driven development with this open source toolkit.
From first commits to big ships: Tune into our new open source podcast
Introducing the brand new GitHub Podcast: A show dedicated to the topics, trends, stories, and culture in and around the open source developer community on GitHub.
We need a European Sovereign Tech Fund
Open source software is critical infrastructure, but it’s underfunded. With a new feasibility study, GitHub’s developer policy team is building a coalition of policymakers and industry to close the maintenance funding gap.
CVE-2025-53367: An exploitable out-of-bounds write in DjVuLibre
DjVuLibre has a vulnerability that could enable an attacker to gain code execution on a Linux Desktop system when the user tries to open a crafted document.
4 trends shaping open source funding—and what they mean for maintainers
Get insights on the latest trends from GitHub experts while catching up on these exciting new projects.
Our pledge to help improve the accessibility of open source software at scale
GitHub takes the Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) pledge.
Dos and don’ts when sunsetting open source projects
Three maintainers share their tips for gracefully sunsetting open source projects.
Copilot ask, edit, and agent modes: What they do and when to use them
An introduction to the three distinct modes of GitHub Copilot and a practical guide for integrating them effectively into your workflow.
From MCP to multi-agents: The top 10 new open source AI projects on GitHub right now and why they matter
Get insights on the latest trends from GitHub experts while catching up on these exciting new projects.
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