GitHub repositories and workflow
Code hosting, review and automation in one place — and the platform most developers you hire will already know.
Code hosting
Chosen per project
Maintainable handover
GitHub is the default for a practical reason: almost every developer already works this way, so onboarding a new person costs nothing in tooling. Repositories, review, issues and CI live together, which keeps the discussion attached to the change.
Set up carelessly it is just a place to push code. Configured properly — branch protection, required reviews, secret scanning, dependency alerts — it enforces most of a sensible engineering process without anyone policing it.
What we build with GitHub
Hosting a project where the client keeps ownership of the account
Code review as a standing process rather than an occasional favour
Automated tests and deployment through Actions
Tracking issues and releases alongside the code
Where it fits — and where it does not
Good fit when
Teams of any size, including one developer plus a reviewer
Open-source dependencies and community tooling
Projects that will change hands or add people over time
Consider something else when
Organisations with a policy requiring self-hosted code storage
Very large binary repositories without LFS
What we turn on before the first commit
All of it is free configuration. All of it prevents a class of problem.
Branch protection
Main cannot be pushed to directly.
Required reviews
Nothing merges unseen.
Status checks
Tests must pass before merge is possible.
Secret scanning
Committed credentials flagged immediately.
Dependency alerts
Vulnerable packages reported as they are disclosed.
How we work with GitHub
Protection on main
No direct pushes; merges require review and passing checks.
Templates that ask the right questions
Pull request and issue templates so context is captured while it is fresh.
Security features on
Secret scanning, Dependabot alerts and required status checks enabled from the start.
Environments and approvals
Production deployment behind an environment gate with a named approver.
Our typical GitHub setup
| Concern | What we use |
|---|---|
| Ownership | Repositories in the client organisation |
| Review | Pull requests with required approvals and CODEOWNERS |
| Automation | GitHub Actions for tests, builds and deployment |
| Security | Secret scanning, Dependabot, protected environments |
| Releases | Tagged releases with generated notes |
Frequently asked questions
Private, unless you are deliberately open-sourcing something. Private repositories on a paid plan still get the security features that matter.
Nothing moves. The repository is already yours; our access is simply removed.
Yes. Git is the same underneath, and we work with whichever platform you already have rather than pushing a migration you did not ask for.
Topics people search for
Services built with GitHub
Custom Software Development
Software shaped around the way your business already works, instead of a packaged product you have to reorganise around.
Software Maintenance
Keeping working systems working — including ones built by somebody else.
SaaS Development
Building a software product means building a business system around it too — tenancy, billing, onboarding and support tooling.
Enterprise Software Development
Systems for organisations where several departments, sites and approval chains all have to work from the same data.
Tell us what you are trying to build
Describe the problem in plain language and we will tell you what it would take to solve it — the approach, the moving parts and the sensible order to build them in. No obligation either way.