GitHub offers products for storing and collaborating on source code.
The World Health Organization's verified GitHub organisation can be viewed at github.com/WorldHealthOrganization.
📖 Read more: about enterprise accounts.
A personal GitHub account is needed to contribute code, open issues, or participate in discussion on GitHub repositories.
Go to github.com and sign up for a personal GitHub account using your email.
ℹ Note: You can use your personal email address together with your work email, especially if you would like to maintain a history of your GitHub activity beyond your current organization.
Two-factor authentication (2FA) adds an important layer of protection to make your account more secure.
📖 Read more: Configuring two-factor authentication
For WHO members, you may require an additional step to link your GitHub account using single sign on. See instructions.
ℹ Note: Collaborators without a WHO account can still be invited as collaborators.
WHO members can request a new repository using the self service portal.
- Use lower case words connected with hyphens for your repository name
- The repository name should be short but descriptive (<50 characters)
- Avoid special characters or spaces in a repository name
- Add a brief description of the purpose for the repository
- Add topics to your repository details
If you have questions, would like to make an existing project open source, or start a new project that you would like to be open source, please reach out on Discussions.