GitHub Links for Confluence lets you embed live GitHub data directly on any Confluence page - no switching tabs, no copying and pasting stale screenshots.
What you can embed
Paste any GitHub URL and it automatically converts to a real-time card. Supported entity types include:
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Issues and issue lists
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Pull requests and PR lists
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Repositories
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Branches
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Source files and source file line ranges
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Accounts and profiles
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Releases and release lists
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Milestones
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Tags
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Commits and commit lists
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Compare views (branch diffs)
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Discussions and discussion lists
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Gists (with line range support)
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Blame views
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Projects
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Wiki pages
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Dependabot alerts, Code Scanning alerts, and Security Advisories
Both GitHub.com and GitHub Enterprise Cloud (*.ghe.com) URLs are supported. See Supported GitHub link types for the full reference.
How to add a GitHub link to a page
Option 1: Paste directly (recommended)
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Copy a GitHub URL from your browser.
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Open a Confluence page in edit mode.
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Paste the URL - it converts automatically.
To keep the plain URL without converting, press Ctrl+Z / Cmd+Z immediately after pasting.
Option 2: Use the macro editor
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In the Confluence editor, type
/GitHub linksor click + and search for GitHub links.
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Paste your GitHub URL into the GitHub Link field.
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Configure display options as needed.
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Click Submit.
Use cases
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