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GitHub Universe 2025

GitHub's annual developer conference, on the SF waterfront.

Dates
October 28–29, 2025
Venue
Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA
Attendees
2,500+
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Universe 2025 leaned hard into agentic developer tooling — Copilot Workspace, autonomous PR agents, and a redesigned code review flow. Fort Mason's waterfront setting kept the vibe closer to a designer offsite than a big-vendor conference.

Why nerds should go

  • Ships the year's roadmap for the tool most engineers use daily.
  • Small enough (2.5k) that hallway conversations are actually possible.
  • Speaker roster consistently strong on OSS maintainers.

Program highlights

  • Copilot agent-mode general availability announcement.
  • New security features around AI-generated code review.
  • Community track curated with the OSS maintainer program.

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Stay-active nerd tips

  • Fort Mason is a 10-minute jog from Crissy Field — one of the best morning runs in the country.
  • Bring a warm layer even in October; the Marina fog cuts through hoodies.
  • Great post-conference walking loop: Fort Mason → Marina Green → Palace of Fine Arts.