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| 2017 || {{Dts|22 May}} || 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}} || Survey || 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}} || Survey || 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>
| 2017 || {{Dts|June 28}} || || GitHub declares every friday "Open Source Day" as a new initiative to encourage people and organizations to contribute to open source projects.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kondrat |first1=Tomek |title=GitHub Declares Every Friday Open Source Day And Wants You to Take Part |url=https://www.xda-developers.com/github-declares-every-friday-open-source-day-and-wants-you-to-take-part/ |website=xda-developers.com |accessdate=24 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=FRANK |first1=BLAIR HANLEY |title=GitHub declares every Friday open source day |url=https://venturebeat.com/2017/06/27/github-says-fridays-are-for-open-source-work/ |website=venturebeat.com |accessdate=25 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Verma |first1=Adarsh |title=Open Source Friday: GitHub Declares Friday As “Open Source Day” |url=https://fossbytes.com/open-source-friday-github/ |website=fossbytes.com |accessdate=25 April 2019}}</ref>
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| 2017 || {{Dts|July 7}} || Product || GitHub releases Code Owners, a new feature that makes it easier to identify which people need to review changes that have been made to code in a repository. The feature automatically requests reviews from the code owners when a pull request changes any owned files.<ref>{{cite web |last1=SAWERS |first1=PAUL |title=GitHub now lets you automatically request reviews from code owners when you make a change |url=https://venturebeat.com/2017/07/07/github-now-lets-you-automatically-request-reviews-from-code-owners-when-you-make-a-change/ |website=venturebeat.com |accessdate=25 April 2019}}</ref>
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| 2017 || {{Dts|9 August}} || Product || GitHub releases an upgrade to its “hackable” Atom text editor, adding a native {{w|C++}} buffer and rewriting the DOM interaction layer.<ref>{{cite web |title=GitHub’s Atom editor gets a speed boost |url=https://www.infoworld.com/article/3214432/githubs-atom-editor-gets-a-speed-boost.html |website=infoworld.com |accessdate=25 April 2019}}</ref>
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| 2017 || {{Dts|17 August}} || || GitHub CEO and co-founder {{w|Chris Wanstrath}} announces resignation for the second time and becoming executive chairman of the company.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Novet |first1=Jordan |title=The CEO of $2 billion start-up GitHub is stepping down |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2017/08/17/github-ceo-chris-wanstrath-is-stepping-down.html |website=cnbc.com |accessdate=25 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Peterson |first1=Becky |title=GitHub's CEO is stepping down for the second time |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/github-ceo-chris-wanstrath-to-step-down-become-executive-chairman-2017-8 |website=businessinsider.com |accessdate=25 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=RILEY |first1=DUNCAN |title=Chris Wanstrath to step down as CEO of software code host GitHub |url=https://siliconangle.com/2017/08/17/github-ceo-chris-wanstrath-step-replacement-found/ |website=siliconangle.com |accessdate=25 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Konrad |first1=Alex |title=GitHub CEO Chris Wanstrath To Step Down After Finding His Own Replacement |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexkonrad/2017/08/17/github-ceo-chris-wanstrath-to-step-down/#777ddf169ead |website=forbes.com |accessdate=25 April 2019}}</ref>
| 2018 || {{Dts|9 February}} || || {{w|Apple}} orders GitHub to remove a portion of {{w|iOS}} source code leaked online on the previous day. The leak could allow hackers to discover iOS vulnerabilities more easily and make creating {{w|iPhone}} [[w:iOS jailbreaking|jailbreaks]] simpler.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Liao |first1=Shannon |title=Apple ordered GitHub to remove iOS source code leak |url=https://www.theverge.com/2018/2/8/16992626/apple-github-dmca-request-ios-iboot-source-code |website=theverge.com |accessdate=30 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Apple orders GitHub to takedown iBoot code following leak |url=https://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/3026267/apple-orders-github-to-take-down-iboot-code-following-leak |website=theinquirer.net |accessdate=30 April 2019}}</ref>
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| 2018 || {{Dts|29 February}} || Cybercrime || GitHub suffers and survives a record 1.35-terabit-per-second denial of service attack, which is considered to be the world's largest distributed denial of service attack to date. During the assault, the popular code sharing website's admins notice thousands of systems and devices slamming GitHub's web server. It would later be explained that the attackers hijacked something called “memcaching” — a distributed memory system known for high-performance and demand — to massively amplify the traffic volumes that were being fired at GitHub, resulting in a huge influx of traffic.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Russell |first1=Jon |title=The world’s largest DDoS attack took GitHub offline for fewer than 10 minutes |url=https://techcrunch.com/2018/03/02/the-worlds-largest-ddos-attack-took-github-offline-for-less-than-tens-minutes/ |website=techcrunch.com |accessdate=30 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=GitHub just suffered the world’s biggest DDoS attack—and barely blinked |url=https://www.technologyreview.com/f/610405/github-just-suffered-the-worlds-biggest-ddos-attack-it-barely-blinked/ |website=technologyreview.com |accessdate=30 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Howell O'Neill |first1=Patrick |title=GitHub hit with record 1.35-Tbps denial of service attack, more attacks expected |url=https://www.cyberscoop.com/github-denial-of-service-amplification-attack/ |website=cyberscoop.com |accessdate=30 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Thomson |first1=Iain |title=Gits club GitHub code tub with record-breaking 1.35Tbps DDoS drub |url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/03/01/github_ddos_biggest_ever/ |website=theregister.co.uk |accessdate=30 April 2019}}</ref>
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| 2018 || {{Dts|March 23}} || Survey || Github announces the discovery of mover 4 million vulnerabilities located in 500,000 plus repositories, culminating scanning started in 2017 for known common vulnerabilities and exposures.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Abel |first1=Robert |title=Github announces 4 million vulnerabilities patched in half a million repositories |url=https://www.scmagazine.com/home/network-security/github-announces-4-million-vulnerabilities-patched-in-half-a-million-repositories/ |website=scmagazine.com |accessdate=30 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Abel |first1=Robert |title=Github patches 4 million vulnerabilities in half a million repositories |url=https://www.crn.com.au/news/github-patches-4-million-vulnerabilities-in-half-a-million-repositories-487777 |website=crn.com.au |accessdate=30 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Tung |first1=Liam |title=GitHub: Our dependency scan has found four million security flaws in public repos |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/github-our-dependency-scan-has-found-four-million-security-bugs-in-public-repos/ |website=zdnet.com |accessdate=30 April 2019}}</ref>
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| 2018 || {{Dts|April 19}} || Product || GitHub launches GitHub Learning Lab, an app aimed at giving beginners a learning experience they can actively participate in, without leaving GitHub.<ref>{{cite web |last1=SAWERS |first1=PAUL |title=GitHub launches bot-powered learning lab for budding developers |url=https://venturebeat.com/2018/04/19/github-launches-bot-powered-learning-lab-for-budding-developers/ |website=venturebeat.com |accessdate=30 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Vaughan-Nichols |first1=Steven J. |title=​Learn to use GitHub with GitHub Learning Lab |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/learn-to-use-github-with-github-learning-lab/ |website=zdnet.com |accessdate=30 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=GitHub Learning Labs Now Open For Newbies |url=https://www.i-programmer.info/news/150-training-a-education/11731-github-learning-labs-now-open-for-newbies.html |website=i-programmer.info |accessdate=30 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Schafer |first1=Ian C. |title=GitHub launches learning and training lab for developers |url=https://sdtimes.com/github/github-launches-developer-learning-and-training-lab/ |website=sdtimes.com |accessdate=30 April 2019}}</ref>
| 2019 || {{Dts|6 March}} || || Microsoft makes the source code for its Windows calculator available on GitHub, encouraging developers to participate in the development of Calculator.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Warren |first1=Tom |title=Microsoft open-sources its Windows calculator on GitHub |url=https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/6/18253474/microsoft-windows-calculator-open-source-github |website=theverge.com |accessdate=1 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Speed |first1=Richard |title=Microsoft flings the Windows Calculator source at GitHub |url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/03/07/open_source_windows_calculator/ |website=theregister.co.uk |accessdate=1 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Parrack |first1=Dave |title=Microsoft Open-Sources Windows Calculator on GitHub |url=https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/microsoft-open-sources-windows-calculator-github/ |website=makeuseof.com |accessdate=1 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Foley |first1=Mary Jo |title=Microsoft is open-sourcing Windows Calculator on GitHub |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-is-open-sourcing-windows-calculator-on-github/ |website=zdnet.com |accessdate=1 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Fagioli |first1=Brian |title=Microsoft makes Windows Calculator open source on GitHub |url=https://betanews.com/2019/03/06/microsoft-windows-calculator-open-source-github/ |website=betanews.com |accessdate=1 May 2019}}</ref>
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| 2019 || {{Dts|22 April}} || Censorship/protest || A vocal group of {{w|Microsoft}} employees put forward a petition in defense of a trending GitHub repository they believe could be under threat of Chinese censorship. The repository, called 996.ICU, was established previously in late march by Chinese tech workers protesting extreme overwork under the gruelling {{w|996 working hour system}} commonly practiced in China.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Liao |first1=Shannon |title=Microsoft workers pressure company to stand by embattled Chinese GitHub repo |url=https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/22/18511088/microsoft-github-tech-censorship-996-repository-china |website=theverge.com |accessdate=1 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=O'Donovan |first1=Caroline |title=A Post About China's "996" Workweek Went Viral On GitHub. Now Microsoft Employees Want To Protect It From Censorship. |url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/carolineodonovan/microsoft-petition-996-icu-workweek-china |website=buzzfeednews.com |accessdate=1 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Menegus |first1=Bryan |title=Microsoft and GitHub Workers Take a Stand Against Grueling, Inhumane '996' Culture in China |url=https://gizmodo.com/microsoft-and-github-workers-take-a-stand-against-gruel-1834210579 |website=gizmodo.com |accessdate=1 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Claburn |first1=Thomas |title=Fed up with 72-hour, six-day working weeks, IT workers emit cries for help via GitHub repo |url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/04/23/microsoft_github_china/ |website=theregister.co.uk |accessdate=1 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Banjo |first1=Shelly |title=Microsoft Workers Criticize Block of GitHub Protest in China |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-04-22/microsoft-workers-criticize-block-of-github-protest-in-china |website=bloomberg.com |accessdate=1 May 2019}}</ref>
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