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Copy as Markdown In this article * About supported languages * Core languages supported in GitHub.com and GitHub Enterprise Cloud * Footnotes 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 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 . 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-party 1 Composer Composer ✓ ✗ Python ✓ ✓ ✓ pip pip ✓ ✗ Ruby ✓ ✓ ✓ RubyGems RubyGems ✓ RubyGems Rust ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✗ Scala ✓ ✓ third-party 1 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. Footnotes * PHP and Scala are supported for code scanning by third-party actions, but not by CodeQL. ↩ ↩ 2 Help and support Did you find what you needed? Yes No Privacy policy Help us make these docs great! All GitHub docs are open source. See something that's wrong or unclear? Submit a pull request. Make a contribution Learn how to contribute Still need help? Ask the GitHub community Contact support Legal * © 2026 GitHub, Inc. * Terms * Privacy * Status * Pricing * Expert services * Blog