GitHub Next

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GitHub's research lab exploring the future of software development

Free·All audiences·Powered by GitHub Copilot / OpenAI·Open source

Key strengths

Research prototyping of future software development toolsAgentic and LLM-powered workflowsMultiplayer/collaborative coding environmentsCodebase understanding for humans and AI agents

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San Francisco, USA

Founded 2021

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GitHub Next is GitHub's research and prototyping division focused on investigating the future of software development. It explores emerging paradigms such as agentic and LLM-powered workflows, multiplayer/collaborative coding environments, and AI-assisted codebase understanding for both humans and AI agents. Projects integrate tightly with the GitHub ecosystem, including GitHub, GitHub Actions, and GitHub Copilot, serving as an early signal of where developer tooling is headed.

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