Social impact

Discover initiatives where developers and organizations leverage open source technologies to tackle challenges in areas such as healthcare, education, environmental sustainability, and more. With stories, technical explorations, and case studies, see how open source contributions are being put to work to drive global impact.

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Contributing to open source at GitHub

A software engineer’s personal journey to becoming an open source contributor.

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Announcing the summer 2022 MLH Fellowship GitHub Contributors

Meet the 2022 MLH Fellowship cohort! This 12-week internship alternative is for aspiring software engineers, and powered by GitHub.

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Announcing recipients of the GitHub Open Source Grants and GitHub Sponsors now open in India

Announcing recipients of the GitHub Open Source Grants and opening of GitHub Sponsors in India.

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Github Social Impact: How we’re driving change with social sector organizations

We’re proud to share the new and improved Social Impact at GitHub website, and we’re really excited to share what our team has been working on! GitHub’s mission is to…

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The Social Sector is Contributing to the Broader OSS Ecosystem

As the world becomes more interconnected and complicated, so too does the expanse of open source ecosystems. While the majority of open source software (OSS) lies with corporate technology companies,…

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What we learned from building an industry coalition

Securing the open source supply chain is critically important for developer communities and the entire software ecosystem. In recent years, the industry has seen an uptick in the adoption of…

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Learn about open source in the social sector from our latest report

Learn more about open source’s impact in the social sector from the Open Source for Good research paper.

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GitHub Maintainer Scholarships are now available for GitHub Universe

Apply for a maintainer scholarship—and join us at GitHub Universe 2019 in San Francisco, November 13-14.

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XPRIZE awards $15M for open source, scalable education software

The XPRIZE Foundation challenged teams to develop open source software to help children learn basic reading, writing, and arithmetic—learn more about the challenge and who won.