GitHub language support
An overview of the programming languages supported by GitHub features.
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About supported languages
Most GitHub features work regardless of which languages your code is written in. You can search for code or enable syntax highlighting based on any language known to GitHub. For more information, seeUnderstanding GitHub Code Search syntax orCreating and highlighting code blocks.
Some GitHub products have features that are currently only supported for a subset of programming languages.
Core languages for GitHub features include C, C++, C#, Go, Java, JavaScript, Kotlin, PHP, Python, Ruby, Rust, Scala, and TypeScript. For features that support package managers, the currently supported package managers are included in the table with their relevant languages.
Some features are supported for additional languages or package managers. If you want to know whether another language is supported for a feature or to request support for a language, visitGitHub Community discussions.
Core languages supported in GitHub.com and GitHub Enterprise Cloud
| Language | GitHub Copilot | Code navigation | Code scanning | Dependency graph, Dependabot alerts | Dependabot version updates, Dependabot security updates | GitHub Actions | GitHub Packages |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
| C++ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
| C# | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | dotnet CLI | dotnet CLI | ✓ | dotnet CLI |
| Go | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Go modules | Go modules | ✓ | ✗ |
| Java | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Maven, Gradle | Maven, Gradle | ✓ | Maven, Gradle |
| JavaScript | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | npm, Yarn | npm | ✓ | npm |
| Kotlin | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Maven, Gradle | Maven, Gradle | ✓ | Maven, Gradle |
| PHP | ✓ | ✓ | third-party1 | Composer | Composer | ✓ | ✗ |
| Python | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | pip | pip | ✓ | ✗ |
| Ruby | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | RubyGems | RubyGems | ✓ | RubyGems |
| Rust | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Scala | ✓ | ✗ | third-party1 | Maven | Maven, Gradle | ✓ | ✗ |
| Swift | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Swift Package Manager |
| TypeScript | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | npm, Yarn | npm | ✓ | npm |
Note
The language support for GitHub Copilot varies depending on the volume and diversity of training data for that language.The support of Gradle for the dependency graph and Dependabot alerts is limited to the upload of data obtained using the dependency submission API.