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Host and review code, manage projects, and build software collaboratively.

About GitHub

GitHub is the world's leading development platform. Integrating GitHub with your project and communication tools allows you to trigger CI/CD pipelines, sync issue status across Jira or Linear, and deliver real-time code review notifications to Slack—bridging the gap between engineering and the rest of your company.

Integration Capabilities

GitHub has 8 native integrations in its API directory. This page focuses only on guides we publish and maintain.

How GitHub Integrations Usually Work

Start with the implementation model, not the connector. We map each pair by intent so you can decide if native sync is enough or if this workflow needs stronger controls.

GitHub Integrations

11

Focused pages with known intent and use-case data.

Direct Paths

7

Native in at least one direction.

Connector Paths

4

Usually require mapping, retries, or approval gates.

Most GitHub integrations are built for Standard setup use cases. Open any guide below to see the recommended setup path and cost estimate.

Native Integrations from GitHub (7)

These guides cover integrations where GitHub includes a direct native path.

Connector-Based Integrations (4)

These workflows usually need connector logic. Open each setup guide to confirm scope before choosing a platform. If you need a starting point, use the recommendations in the section above.

GitHub — Common Questions

What does GitHub integrate with natively?

GitHub Marketplace has 18,000+ apps and Actions. Deep natives: Slack, Microsoft Teams, Jira, Linear, Asana, Trello, Notion, ClickUp, Codacy, SonarCloud, Snyk, all major CI/CD platforms, and most code review/security tools. GitHub Actions (built-in CI/CD) plus the marketplace effectively cover any workflow.

Does GitHub have an API for custom integrations?

Yes — extensive. GitHub's REST API and GraphQL API cover repositories, issues, pull requests, actions, organizations, and security. Webhooks fire on every event. GitHub Apps (the modern approach) provide scoped, fine-grained permissions vs. legacy OAuth tokens. For low-code use Make or n8n.

How do I notify the right teams when GitHub events fire?

For Slack: GitHub's official Slack app supports per-channel subscriptions with filters (e.g., only PRs ready for review, only failed builds on main). For more complex routing (different teams for different repos or labels), use Make with a webhook router. For PagerDuty/Opsgenie alerts on production-impacting failures, route via the built-in CI integration.

How do I sync GitHub issues with Jira, Linear, or a customer-facing tool?

Jira has a native GitHub integration (Atlassian-built) that links commits, branches, and PRs to issues. Linear has the deepest GitHub link of any PM tool — branch names auto-link, PR merges close issues. For sync to customer-facing tools (Zendesk, Intercom), build via webhook: issue closed → look up linked customer ticket → post resolution comment.