GitHub has many features that help you improve and maintain the quality of your code. Some of these are included in all plans, such as dependency graph and Dependabot alerts. Other security features require a GitHub Advanced Security (GHAS).
For information about buying a license for GitHub Advanced Security, see "
About billing for GitHub Advanced Security
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A GitHub Advanced Security license provides the following additional features:
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Code scanning
- Search for potential security vulnerabilities and coding errors in your code using CodeQL or a third-party tool. For more information, see "
About code scanning
" and "
About code scanning with CodeQL
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CodeQL CLI
- Run CodeQL processes locally on software projects or to generate code scanning results for upload to GitHub Enterprise Server. For more information, see "
About the CodeQL CLI
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Secret scanning
- Detect secrets, for example keys and tokens, that have been checked into the repository. If push protection is enabled, GitHub also detects secrets when they are pushed to your repository. For more information, see "
About secret scanning
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Push protection for repositories and organizations
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Custom auto-triage rules
- Help you manage your Dependabot alerts at scale. With custom auto-triage rules you have control over the alerts you want to ignore, snooze, or trigger a Dependabot security update for. For more information, see "
About Dependabot alerts
" and "
Customizing auto-triage rules to prioritize Dependabot alerts
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Dependency review
- Show the full impact of changes to dependencies and see details of any vulnerable versions before you merge a pull request. For more information, see "
About dependency review
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For information about Advanced Security features that are in development, see "
GitHub public roadmap
." For an overview of all security features, see "
GitHub security features
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