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# GitHub Trigger

[GitHub](https://github.com/) provides hosting for software development and version control using Git. It offers the distributed version control and source code management (SCM) functionality of Git, access control and several collaboration features such as bug tracking, feature requests, task management, and wikis for every project.

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**Credentials**

You can find authentication information for this node [here](/integrations/builtin/credentials/github.md).
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**Examples and templates**

For usage examples and templates to help you get started, refer to n8n's [GitHub Trigger integrations](https://n8n.io/integrations/github-trigger/) page.
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## Events <a href="#events" id="events"></a>

* Check run
* Check suite
* Commit comment
* Create
* Delete
* Deploy key
* Deployment
* Deployment status
* Fork
* GitHub app authorization
* Gollum
* Installation
* Installation repositories
* Issue comment
* Label
* Marketplace purchase
* Member
* Membership
* Meta
* Milestone
* Org block
* Organization
* Page build
* Project
* Project card
* Project column
* Public
* Pull request
* Pull request review
* Pull request review comment
* Push
* Release
* Repository
* Repository import
* Repository vulnerability alert
* Security advisory
* Star
* Status
* Team
* Team add
* Watch

## Related resources <a href="#related-resources" id="related-resources"></a>

n8n provides an app node for GitHub. You can find the node docs [here](/integrations/builtin/app-nodes/n8n-nodes-base.github.md).

View [example workflows and related content](https://n8n.io/integrations/github-trigger/) on n8n's website.

Refer to [GitHub's documentation](https://docs.github.com/en/rest) for details about their API.