About GitHub Community Exchange
Learn the skills you need to contribute to open source projects and grow your own portfolio, with GitHub Community Exchange.
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About GitHub Community Exchange
GitHub Community Exchange is a student community within the GitHub Education portal. As a student, it's a place where you can get exposure for your project and discover other student repositories in need of collaborators and maintainers.
You can help your peers learn open source skills, become a project maintainer, and grow your GitHub portfolio and network within a safe and verified community platform.
GitHub Community Exchange allows you to:
- Discover student created repositories
- Star repositories of interest
- Submit a repository in need of collaborators
- Submit a repository to teach new skills
- Manage your repository submissions
For more information, see Contribute with GitHub Community Exchange.
To access GitHub Community Exchange, visit your GitHub Education dashboard at https://education.github.com.
If you're a student or faculty member at an accredited educational institution, you can apply for GitHub Education benefits, which includes access to GitHub Community Exchange within GitHub Education.
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If you’re a student and you haven't joined GitHub Education yet, apply using the student application form. For more information, see About GitHub Education for students.
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If you’re an educator and you haven't joined GitHub Education yet, apply using the teacher application form. For more information, see Apply to GitHub Education as a teacher.