Perspectives
Articles written by the Social Impact team and guest contributors.
Explore the best of GitHub Universe: 9 spaces built to spark creativity, connection, and joy
SkililngAugust 22, 2025 / Jeimy Ruiz @ruizjeimy
From private to public: How a United Nations organization open sourced its tech in four steps
DevelopersAugust 13, 2025 / Joshua Ku @therealkujo
Scaling for impact: How GitHub Copilot supercharges smallholder farmers
Environmental SustainabilityJuly 28, 2025 / Paull Young @paullyoung
How to take climate action with your code
Environmental SustainabilityApril 21, 2025 / Paull Young @paullyoung
World Water Day: how GitHub Copilot is helping bring clean water to communities
Environmental SustainabilityMarch 22, 2025 / Paull Young @paullyoung
Community managers in action: Leading a developer community for good
DevelopersFebruary 25, 2025 / Cynthia Lo @csmlo
Introducing the “Sustainability” category on GitHub Marketplace
Environmental SustainabilityFebruary 5, 2025 / GitHub Staff
4 steps to building a natural language search tool
DevelopersJanuary 30, 2025 / Ryan Fallon @ryano0oceros
Social Impact at GitHub Universe 2024
DevelopersNovember 19, 2024 / Camaley Jennings @camaleyjennings1
Diversity, inclusion, and belonging at GitHub in 2024
DevelopersOctober 23, 2024 / Justin Thenutai @jt-githubhr
GitHub for Nonprofits: Drive social impact one commit at a time
DevelopersOctober 17, 2024 / Sidney Espinosa @sidespinosa
The 10 best tools to green your software
Environmental SustainabilitySeptember 18, 2024 / Paull Young @paullyoung
How to build an open source metrics dashboard
DevelopersSeptember 3, 2024 / Ian Candy, Liliana Torres, Andrew Henry
Automating open source - How Ersilia distributes AI models to advance global health equity
DevelopersAugust 15, 2024 / Nicole Choi @nicchoi29
Leveraging technology on the frontlines of emergency - How communities of developers are taking action
Humanitarian ResponseJune 12, 2024 / Camaley Jennings @camaleyjennings1
Just launched - Second cohort of the DPG Open Source Community Manager Program!
DevelopersMay 8, 2024 / Cynthia Lo @csmlo
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