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GitHub Next

GitHub Next investigates the future of software development.

We are a team of researchers and engineers at GitHub, exploring things beyond the adjacent possible. We prototype tools and technologies that will change our craft. We identify new approaches to building healthy, productive software engineering teams.

Projects

Active research areas

Vitale

August 1, 2024
Research prototype
Live notebooks in VS Code for JavaScript/TypeScript, web development, and AI experimentation

Copilot Workspace

April 29, 2024
Research prototype
A Copilot-native dev environment, designed for everyday tasks.

Monaspace

November 9, 2023
Product
An innovative superfamily of fonts for code. How can we make code more expressive in any editor?

Copilot Next Edit Suggestions

November 9, 2023
Research prototype
Can we improve Copilot code completion by suggesting the next logical change, wherever it is in your project?

Realtime GitHub

November 9, 2023
Research prototype
Multiplayer collaboration for your whole repo.

Previous research areas

SpecLang

November 9, 2023
Research prototype
Can we develop software entirely in natural language, and an AI-powered toolchain manage the implementation?

Code Atlas

June 28, 2023
Napkin sketch
How can we make LLM responses more robust and easier to understand by combining their fluid reasoning with rigid structure?

GPT-4 with Calc

May 11, 2023
Completed
An exploration of using calculation generation to improve GPT-4's capabilities for numeric reasoning.

Copilot for Docs

March 22, 2023
Product
How would it feel to have an expert on hand at all times? We built a tool that uses relevant information from a project’s documentation to answer questions or explain concepts.

Copilot for Pull Requests

March 22, 2023
Product
Pull requests are a central part of the GitHub user experience. Copilot for PRs brings the power of Copilot to the PR experience, to help you write better PR descriptions, and to help your team review and merge PRs faster.

Copilot for CLI

March 22, 2023
Product
Ever having trouble remembering that shell command or this obscure flag? Don't worry: we're building GitHub Copilot assistance right into your terminal

Copilot Voice

March 22, 2023
Completed
Write code without the keyboard. Difficulty typing? Use your voice to code without spelling things out by talking with GitHub Copilot.

Code Brushes

January 11, 2023
Completed
Can editing code feel more tactile, like painting with Photoshop brushes? We added a toolbox of brushes to our Visual Studio Code extension that can modify your code.

GitHub Blocks

November 9, 2022
Completed
Reimagine repositories with custom, interactive blocks. Build rich documentation, enhance your workflows, and bring your codebase to life.

Collaborative Workspaces

October 14, 2022
Napkin sketch
As we increasingly work together remotely, how might we unify our workflows to enable remote collaboration for developers? GitHub Next explores what "working together" means, beyond multiple cursors and a shared code editor.

GitHub Copilot Radar

October 13, 2022
WIP
GitHub Copilot Radar is a code navigation tool that shows developers the most relevant line to their position in the code. It’s jump-to-definition on (neural) steroids.

GitHub Copilot for *Your* Codebase

October 13, 2022
Completed
We want to let Copilot see the code in your entire repo to make suggestions even better.

Incremental CodeQL

October 11, 2022
Research prototype
Faster feedback about security vulnerabilities on your PRs.

TestPilot

October 11, 2022
Open sourced
TestPilot helps you craft readable unit tests based on your code and documentation.

GitHub Copilot Labs

March 30, 2022
Completed
A VS Code extension for experimental applications of GitHub Copilot.

React Webview UI Toolkit for VS Code

February 11, 2022
Product
An ongoing collaboration with Microsoft to bring React to their library Webview UI Toolkit for Visual Studio Code

Visualizing a Codebase

August 4, 2021
Usable prototype
How can we “fingerprint” a codebase to see its structure at a glance? Let’s explore ways to automatically visualize a GitHub repo, and how that could be useful.

GitHub Copilot

June 29, 2021
Product
A new way to build software

Flat Data

May 18, 2021
Product
Flat explores how to make it easy to work with data in git and GitHub, offering a simple pattern for bringing working datasets into your repositories and versioning them.

Team

Our team spans time zones, languages, and fields of expertise.

Events

Our team members speak at a variety of conferences, meetups, and other events across the world.

Past

Speaker Series 2020

We invite experts from Industry, Academia, and Open-Source technologies to share their experience and wisdom with us.

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Melody Meckfessel

Observable

April 20, 2021

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Sumana Harihareswara

Changeset Consulting

March 30, 2021

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swyx

Temporal.io

March 18, 2021

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Peter van Hardenberg

Ink & Switch

February 26, 2021

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Fred K. Schott

Skypack.dev, Snowpack.dev

January 21, 2021

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Amir Shevat

Reshuffle

December 2, 2020

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Simon Willison

Python, Django & Datasette

November 12, 2020

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Simon Peyton-Jones

Microsoft Research

October 22, 2020

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John Hughes

Chalmers University and Quviq AB, Gothenburg

October 8, 2020

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Dr. Denae Ford Robinson

Microsoft Research

August 19, 2020