GitHub language support

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, see Understanding GitHub Code Search syntax or Creating and highlighting code blocks.

Some GitHub products have features that are currently only supported for a subset of programming languages.

Core languages supported by GitHub features

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, visit GitHub Community discussions.

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-party	Composer	Composer
Python				pip	pip
Ruby				RubyGems	RubyGems		RubyGems
Rust			third-party
Scala			third-party	Maven	Maven, Gradle
Swift							Swift Package Manager
TypeScript				npm, Yarn	npm		npm