Projects can be used to create customized workflows to suit your needs, like tracking and prioritizing specific feature work, comprehensive roadmaps, or even release checklists.

Once you've created your project, you can add issues, pull requests, and notes to it. For more information, see "Adding issues and pull requests to a project" and "Adding notes to a project."

Creating a repository project

  1. On GitHub, navigate to the main page of the repository.

  2. Under your repository name, click Projects. Project tab

  3. Click New Project. New Project button

  4. Type a project name and a description of the project and click Save Project. Save Project button
  5. Click Add column to add your first column to your project. Add column button
  6. Type the column name and click Create column. Create column button

  7. Add additional columns to best suit your workflow.

    Tip: To edit or remove a column from your project, click .

Creating an organization-wide project

  1. In the top right corner of GitHub, click your profile photo, then click Your profile. Profile photo

  2. On the left side of your profile page, under "Organizations", click the icon for your organization. organization icons

  3. Under your organization name, click Projects. Projects tab for your organization

  4. Click New Project. New Project button

  5. Type a project name and a description of the project and click Save Project. Save Project button
  6. Click Add column to add your first column to your project. Add column button
  7. Type the column name and click Create column. Create column button

  8. Add additional columns to best suit your workflow.

    Tip: To edit or remove a column from your project, click .

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