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| 2017 || {{Dts|1 April}} || Competition || Microsoft shuts down {{w|CodePlex}} and recommends migration to GitHub. Brian Harry, the corporate vice president of Microsoft announces: “Over the years, we’ve seen a lot of amazing options come and go but at this point, GitHub is the de facto place for open source sharing and most open source projects have migrated there.”<ref>{{cite web |last1=Westlake |first1=Adam |title=Microsoft shuttering CodePlex, its own GitHub alternative |url=https://www.slashgear.com/microsoft-shuttering-codeplex-its-own-github-alternative-01480528/ |website=slashgear.com |accessdate=24 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Avram |first1=Abel |title=CodePlex Shuts Down; Migration to GitHub Recommended |url=https://www.infoq.com/news/2017/04/codeplex-github |website=infoq.com |accessdate=24 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Broersma |first1=Matthew |title=Microsoft To Shut Down CodePlex & Tells Users To Migrate To GitHub |url=https://www.silicon.co.uk/software/microsoft-codeplex-github-208427 |website=silicon.co.uk |accessdate=24 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=WILKINSON |first1=JACK |title=Microsoft announces it is shutting down CodePlex, recommends GitHub for open source projects |url=https://www.onmsft.com/news/microsoft-announces-it-is-shutting-down-codeplex-recommends-github-for-open-source-projects |website=onmsft.com |accessdate=24 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Bodnarescu |first1=Florin |title=Microsoft starts shutting down CodePlex, GitHub welcomes the contributors to its platform |url=https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-starts-shutting-down-codeplex-github-welcomes-the-contributors-to-its-platform/ |website=neowin.net |accessdate=24 April 2019}}</ref>
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| 2017 || {{Dts|16 May 16}} || Product || GitHub launches new GitHub Desktop Beta and GitHub package for [[w:Atom (text editor)|Atom text editor]]. Both releases provide developers with new ways of working with the GitHub software development platform and the open source Git distributed version control system, beyond the traditional command-line interface (CLI) and browser-based experience.<ref>{{cite web |title=New for GitHub: Atom Integration and a Desktop Client Beta |url=https://adtmag.com/articles/2017/05/16/github-atom.aspx |website=adtmag.com |accessdate=24 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Announcing Git Integration for Atom and GitHub Desktop Beta |url=https://github.blog/2017-05-16-announcing-git-integration-for-atom-and-github-desktop-beta/ |website=github.blog |accessdate=24 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Wagner |first1=Janet |title=GitHub Launches New GitHub Desktop Beta and Expands Atom's Git Functionality |url=https://www.programmableweb.com/news/github-launches-new-github-desktop-beta-and-expands-atoms-git-functionality/2017/05/16 |website=programmableweb.com |accessdate=24 April 2019}}</ref>
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| 2017 || {{Dts|22 May 22}} || Product || GitHub announces GitHub Marketplace, a store for development tools that assist with tasks like continuous integration, code reviews, and project management. The purpose is to help developers easily find the right tools to improve and fine-tune their existing workflows.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Krill |first1=Paul |title=GitHub sets up a developer tools store, releases GraphQL API |url=https://www.infoworld.com/article/3197848/github-sets-up-a-developer-tools-store-releases-graphql-api.html |website=infoworld.com |accessdate=24 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=GitHub launches Marketplace to help developers find the tools they need |url=https://thenextweb.com/apps/2017/05/22/github-launches-developer-marketplace/ |website=thenextweb.com |accessdate=24 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=GitHub throws open doors on 'app' souk |url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/05/22/github_opens_app_market/ |website=theregister.co.uk |accessdate=24 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Moore |first1=Madison |title=GitHub Marketplace, Tails reaches RC status, and block.one’s open-source software for EOS |url=https://sdtimes.com/block-one/github-marketplace-tails-rc-status-block-one-open-source-news-digest/ |website=sdtimes.com |accessdate=24 April 2019}}</ref>
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| 2017 || {{Dts|2 June}} || || GitHub publishes its 2017 Open Source Survey, an open set of data designed to help researchers, data enthusiasts and open-source members comprehend the overall needs of the community.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Moore |first1=Madison |title=GitHub releases 2017 Open Source Survey |url=https://sdtimes.com/code/github-releases-2017-open-source-survey/ |website=sdtimes.com |accessdate=25 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=HUGHES |first1=MATTHEW |title=Free software is suffering because coders don’t know how to write documentation |url=https://thenextweb.com/dd/2017/06/02/free-software-is-suffering-because-coders-dont-know-how-to-write-documentation/ |website=thenextweb.com |accessdate=25 April 2019}}</ref>
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| 2017 || {{Dts|5 June}} || || Large GitHub survey of {{w|open source}} projects finds open-source software development is almost completely dominated by men, and that most programmers neglect to write [[w:Software documentation|documentation]]. The Survey of about 6,000 contributors also finds widespread harassment.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Tung |first1=Liam |title=GitHub: Open source is dominated by men who just can't communicate |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/github-open-source-is-dominated-by-men-who-just-cant-communicate/ |website=zdnet.com |accessdate=25 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Brown |first1=Justine |title=Just 3% of open source contributors are women, report finds |url=https://www.ciodive.com/news/just-3-of-open-source-contributors-are-women-report-finds/444174/ |website=ciodive.com |accessdate=25 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Sharwood |first1=Simon |title=The open source community is nasty and that's just the docs |url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/06/05/open_source_developer_survey_2017/ |website=theregister.co.uk |accessdate=25 April 2019}}</ref>
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| 2017 || {{Dts|19 June}} || || The United States {{w|National Security Agency}} (NSA) launches an official GitHub page, sharing code depositories under its NSA Technology Transfer Program.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Allen |first1=Tom |title=The NSA is sharing 32 open source projects on GitHub |url=https://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/3012269/the-nsa-is-sharing-32-projects-on-github |website=theinquirer.net |accessdate=25 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Leghari |first1=Ali |title=National Security Agency has now a Github account |url=https://www.techjuice.pk/national-security-agency-has-now-a-github-account/ |website=techjuice.pk |accessdate=25 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=HUGHES |first1=MATTHEW |title=The NSA (yes, that NSA) has a Github account now |url=https://thenextweb.com/dd/2017/06/19/nsa-yes-nsa-github-account-now/ |website=thenextweb.com |accessdate=25 April 2019}}</ref>
