---
id: apache-airflow-providers-github
version: "2.11.3"
license: Apache-2.0
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: active
---

# apache-airflow-providers-github — Provider package apache-airflow-providers-github for Apache Airflow

License: permissive · Maintenance: active · Downloads: 488.6K/mo

## What it is and what it does

This is an Apache Airflow provider package that adds GitHub integration capabilities to Airflow workflows. It supplies operators and hooks that allow Airflow DAGs to interact with GitHub repositories, issues, pull requests, and other GitHub resources as part of orchestrated data pipelines or CI/CD automation.

The package depends on apache-airflow (>=2.11.0), apache-airflow-providers-common-compat (>=1.10.1), and PyGithub (>=2.1.1) to handle GitHub API communication. It is actively maintained as part of the official Apache Airflow ecosystem, supports Python 3.10 through 3.14, and carries no known security vulnerabilities. Installation is straightforward on top of an existing Airflow setup.

Use it for:

- Trigger Airflow workflows when GitHub events occur (push, PR, issue creation) or poll repositories for changes.
- Automate GitHub operations like creating issues, updating pull requests, or managing repository settings from Airflow DAGs.
- Orchestrate CI/CD pipelines that need to coordinate GitHub actions with other data processing or deployment tasks.
- Monitor GitHub repositories and report metrics or status changes to downstream systems via Airflow.
- Sync GitHub data (commits, issues, PRs) into data warehouses or analytics platforms as part of scheduled pipelines.

## Worth the install?

AI-flagged interpretation of the facts above — verify before relying.

Provides GitHub integration operators and hooks for Apache Airflow, enabling workflows to interact with GitHub repositories, issues, pull requests, and other resources.

Yes. This is a production-stable, actively maintained Apache Airflow provider with no known vulnerabilities, permissive licensing, and low install friction. Install it if you need to integrate GitHub into Airflow workflows; skip it if you have no Airflow deployment or no GitHub integration requirements.

## Install

pip install apache-airflow-providers-github
uv add apache-airflow-providers-github
poetry add apache-airflow-providers-github

## Installing apache-airflow-providers-github

Before you install: Low friction install on top of an existing Airflow deployment (>=2.11.0). Actively maintained with recent releases; the project is part of the Apache Airflow ecosystem and receives regular updates.

License in practice: Apache-2.0 permissive license allows commercial use, modification, and distribution with minimal restrictions; suitable for most organizational and open-source contexts.

Quickstart:

pip install apache-airflow-providers-github

from airflow.providers.github.operators.github import GithubOperator
from airflow import DAG

with DAG('github_task') as dag:
    task = GithubOperator(task_id='github_op')

Requires apache-airflow >=2.11.0 and Python >=3.10 to be already installed.

Verify before relying:

- Specific list of available operators, hooks, and GitHub API operations supported by this provider version.
- Whether authentication methods (token, OAuth, SSH keys) and their setup are documented.
- Performance characteristics when working with large repositories or high-volume GitHub API calls.

## Package facts

- License: Apache-2.0 (permissive)
- Python support: supports_current
- Install friction: low
- Maintenance: active
- Downloads: 488.6K/month (top 15,000 on PyPI)
- Known vulnerabilities: none known

## Tags

airflow github integration, github operators airflow, airflow github provider, github workflow automation, airflow github tasks, github api airflow, orchestrate github actions, airflow-provider, github-integration, workflow-orchestration

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