Our new Early Access program is here! Introducing Integrations and the GitHub GraphQL API.
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Build your app on the GitHub platform

Not sure where to start? We’ve put together some handy guides and libraries you can use to start building.

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Getting started

Let's walk through core API concepts as we tackle some everyday use cases.

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Basics of authentication

In this section, we're going to focus on the basics of authentication.

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Discovering resources for a user

Applications often need to fetch the current user's repositories and organizations.

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Libraries

Use the official Octokit library, or choose between any of the available third party libraries.


Explore popular integrations

Whatever your needs—whether it’s mobile apps or continuous integration—you can build it with the GitHub API.

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