Home dashboard update [Public preview feedback]

[ebndev]

We made improvements to the content and layout of the home dashboard, designed to enable users to see, understand, and take action on their most important work in a single view. The default view of the home dashboard now displays short, customizable lists of recent agent tasks, pull requests, and issues. The feed view has moved to its own page at github.com/feed when the preview is enabled.

You can access the dashboard update by enabling New Dashboard Experience in Feature preview.

What's new

• A new agent module shows the status of all your agent tasks and provides links to the task session.
• Pull request and issue modules list your most recent pull requests and issues for quick navigation to your in-progress work. Each module has filtering options to customize the lists.
• The new Feed tab is the new home for the feed. It can also be found at github.com/feed. The feed's content and filters have not changed. When using the site on a mobile device, you can find a link to the feed in the hamburger navigation.
• We've applied fresh visual and UI updates to the dashboard.
• Action menus enable you to kick-off your work from any of the new modules. You can assign issues to Copilot coding agent or open pull requests and issues in Copilot Chat as references, with more shortcuts to come.

We want to hear from you

Let us know what you think in the discussion below! Thanks and happy coding!

[Kreuger]

I dont particularly care much for the Github changelogs that replaced other repos I might be interested in.

[bibi0019]

How to revert to the older version. This is useless

You can click on your avatar at the top-right, then click on "Feature Preview" and scroll down until you see "New Dashboard Experience", where you can disable the preview

[josephdruhan-svg]

The new GitHub dashboard layout feels much more intuitive — having tasks, PRs, and issues visible in one view really streamlines workflow. It’s great to see GitHub focusing on productivity and clarity. I’ve been applying similar principles of simplicity and usability in designing travel project dashboards too at https://bookdublinparking.com

[bulucantik947]

Main di jo.777.help sekarang gampang banget menang

[supervoidcoder]

The new GitHub dashboard layout feels much more intuitive — having tasks, PRs, and issues visible in one view really streamlines workflow. It’s great to see GitHub focusing on productivity and clarity. I’ve been applying similar principles of simplicity and usability in designing travel project dashboards too at https://bookdublinparking.com

haha is this reply ai generated because this ui isn't good

[RobertoDF]

I want feed first

[askpt]

I like the new homepage, I missed when it was first removed! 😄

1. I think we should be able to sort the rows, I mean "Agent sessions", "Pull requests" and "Issues".
2. The repositories on the left is a duplicate of the repositories in the hamburger menu. I think the one in the hamburger menu should be removed.
3. Add extra / commands. I think it is missing a "spaces" slash which would use a specific space as a context.
   4. Add the ability to see the old feed somewhere. It is quite useful to track releases or new first issues of stared repositories for example. It is available in the top left corner. I am just blind! 🙈

[justinbyo]

Thanks for the feedback and I'm happy to re-enable it for the folks that tried to out earlier!

Points 1 and 2 make sense and we've been considering them. I'd love to hear from other people on this as well.

1. Besides re-arranging the modules, are there other types of customization you're expecting?
2. How do you and others navigate to repos – is it primarily using the list on the dashboard, not in the hamburger menu?

On point 3, you can use the dropdown in the Copilot input to select a Space to reference

[pixlwave]

Huge +1 for rearranging the sections.

Besides re-arranging the modules, are there other types of customization you're expecting?

• It would also be great to have the ability to resize the sidebar so that I can make it smaller.
• Please let us add/pin specific repositories in the sidebar rather than having them appear based on some algorithm.

[beingminimal]

What is loops as visible in this image?

[cloudglides]

pretty sick i just dont like the AI chat thingy, it should be optional

[PickleNik]

is it this one?

doesn't look like i can toggle it, it's locked

[p3lim]

You are looking for this:

Or more specifically for the dashboard only:

It's under https://github.com/settings/copilot

[ChristopherJTrent]

I wonder how long it will be before the "Show Copilot" option gets forcibly enabled.

[kendofriendo]

I'd encourage you to play around with it and see how it can help your workflow. I'm curious to hear from you or others what would make it more useful.

Would it surprise you to hear many of us don't want it to be there at all, and are not interested in "playing around with it?"

[aswin-om]

maybe replace it with recent repositories and PRs

[ltrzesniewski]

A few thoughts:

• I have a PR from 2016 which appears in the list (and the most recent activity dates from 2020), that's not exactly what I'd call recent. 😅
• The list items have excessively large paddings, I'd prefer a (much) more compact view.
• Sometimes the conversation continues in closed issues/PRs. It would be nice to continue showing them for some time after they're closed.
• I don't care about agent sessions, so I unchecked both the "open" and "closed" filters, but the list still shows and takes precious space on top of the page.
• An option to view the feed below the lists would be nice.

[justinbyo]

Thanks! This is all great feedback.

The PR from 2016 – that's weird. The pull request and issues lists are ordered by last updated. The item with the newest update will be at the top. So there may have been a recent update (maybe a comment, change in assignment, label?) If it's still not clear, let me know we can connect and figure out what's going on.

Also take a look at the filters, that might help you narrow down your results to your liking.

[ltrzesniewski]

I mean, the previous "recent activity" feature (which showed in the left margin of the homepage, under "repositories") limited the view to issues/PRs which were active in the last 2 weeks. Then, they were removed.

Currently, I have 4 PRs open: 2 recent ones, and 2 very old ones. https://github.com/pulls shows the following:

This is what the new dashboard looks like:

Note the old PRs are both in the list. I left comments/reviews on the additional ones that are added in comparison to github.com/pulls. Only the top 2 are recent.

I know about the filters, but I definitely want the PRs I authored in the list. 🙂

[ptomato]

The "Good morning, {username}!" at the top is too precious for my taste. I come here to review PRs, not to exchange pleasantries with the LLM.

[officel]

I'd love it if I could hide PRs and issues I don't want to see anymore.

[justinbyo]

Got it. I'm assuming that means issues or PRs that aren't really relevant to you but might still be open. Would you want to hide them permanently or until there's new activity?

Also take a look at the filters, that might help you narrow down your results to your liking.

[officel]

Hi! Thanks for info.

In my use case, I'm commenting on issues raised by others that have been left unresolved for a long time.
like this. hashicorp/terraform#16858 (comment)

The current filter cannot resolve this.It would also eliminate the necessary parts...

[ThomasThelen]

[justinbyo]

Thanks for the feedback! A couple questions:

Creating an issue from the home page feels ass backwards

There are a few different ways to create an issue from the dashboard. Are you talking about using the /create-issue command in the Copilot input?

There are some longstanding issues that I watch, but don't want to be at the top of my feed.

Got it. That issue is at the top because it was updated last week it looks like, and the issues are ordered by latest update. Would you want to do something like snooze or hide that issue?

Also, I notice you aren't assigned to that issue. If you turn off the "Involves me" filter and just use the "Assigned to me" filter that might work better for you.

[rasibn]

Why does this appear on hover? Hover is terrible UX for touch inputs. Make it a menu or something always there. I don't want to accidentally click this.

[justinbyo]

Thanks for the feedback. On mobile devices we do use a menu for that reason.

[rasibn]

Thanks for the reply! The menu looks good. Why not make this default for desktop too? Desktops have more space so I don't see a reason to hide it behind a hover action.

Also the copilot icon appearing in middle of two PRs might not be ideal.

[davecom]

I'd like an option for the Feed to be my default view.

[justinbyo]

Thanks for the feedback. For anyone that missed it, you can still find the feed at github.com/feed. The content and algorithm of the feed hasn't changed at all, just the URL.

[nikelborm]

Unfortunately, having this URL available is not enough. When I click on the GitHub logo here, I will still fall into the root domain, where I prefer to have the feed as a default open view.

[tukkek]

@justinbyo can you please confirm that you understood @davecom's request for an option to select which home-view is the default? I imagine the 20 negative-reactions you've received are because you sound entirely-dismissive of this simple request.

The new dash-board seems extremely high-value for people working at big-corporations like you, who probably work on multiple organizations; projects; and issues concurrently or whose tasks change quickly. For others like me, my work-flow is pretty streamlined and doesn't use this site as ground-zero for mission-control; priorities; communication...

As-such the new dash-board's value is nearly-zero for me. I don't need a helper to keep-track of issues and PRs because when I do use those, I can easily manage them in my head or using the site's tools that have existed for so many years now.

OTOH the feed-view is very high-value for me because it allows me to stay up-dated with the tools and libraries I actively-use daily. A change-log with a new library-feature can change the way I approach a task that very-day or I may want to update my tool-chain with new-releases as soon as I'm aware of them for bug-fixes and security-updates.

Having the old-feed still-available is great for that reason and thank you for reassuring-us that it's still there but the extra-friction to get there is a significant UI and UX concern for those of us for-whom the new dash-board doesn't aggregate actionable-value.

Having the option to select a default-view for the home-page would be an objective improvement, especially for those like-me who doesn't have GH's home as their book-marked landing-page on the site, requiring multiple-steps now to get to the feed when it was just one-click away before.

[tukkek]

Having the feed included as a section on the new dash-board, especially given the ability to rearrange the order in which sections are shown; or persistently collapsed and expanded sections would also be a great solution!

Thank you all on Microsoft and GH for the continued work on the site.

[lnlyssg]

Echoing this request, I'm someone that doesn't do a lot with Issues and PRs so my "Home" shows one PR from 2017 and three issues that are not especially important to me. I have no Agent or AI/chat showing so the new Home is of really low value to me and mostly empty. Either integrate the Feed or make it an option to set as the default.

[franklin-tina]

Thanks @ebndev and team, love it 🔥❤️‍🔥

[justinbyo]

Thanks! I'd love to hear more

[stashymane]

Do we really need to have the feed as a separate page? Much less annoying to have it under the home page.
Also, please allow us to remove the chat box. If I want a chat box, I use my IDE.

[ltrzesniewski]

There's an option for the chat box, but it's completely buried in the settings: go to copilot features and disable the "Dashboard entry point" setting.

[justinbyo]

Right, you can disable the chatbox from github.com/settings/copilot. But it sounds like github.com/feed gives you precisely the view you're looking for: the feed without the chat input, without any change in settings.

[tadhglewis]

sounds like github.com/feed gives you precisely the view you're looking for

One issue is now PRs and github issues activity don't show in my sidebar which is a degraded experience from before - even if I turn this preview feature off

[phax]

Is their a way, that I can make the /feed URL my home view?
Edit: even if I have a Copilot subscription

[stashymane]

Right, you can disable the chatbox from github.com/settings/copilot. But it sounds like github.com/feed gives you precisely the view you're looking for: the feed without the chat input, without any change in settings.

I actually do like the issues/PRs/etc. view, would be a lot more comfortable to use if the feed was directly underneath it

[larrasket]

Add me an option to remove the useless AI bullshit or opt-out of it.

[justinbyo]

Visit github.com/settings/copilot/ to manage your Copilot settings

[tadhglewis]

Sure this gets rid of copilot but it just turns your home screen into a full page view of PRs and issues... Whereas previously the home page was activity AND I had "Recent activity" of PRs and issues in the sidebar

[Nagol12344]

A way of setting the default back to the feed, and move the AI to below everything else, more make it moveable.

[nikelborm]

For easier counting of votes, please vote in this comment https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/177902?sort=top#discussioncomment-14807322

[apesoda]

how do i get the normal one back

[apesoda]

https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/177902#discussioncomment-14862009

[apesoda]

never change a winning team guys

[LeXXik]

I like the new layout. It is much cleaner. I see the focus on AI chat, not sure I would use it, but time will tell. I do want to sort the list of repositories on the left, though. At the moment it just shows top list, which is pretty much useless. I'd like to drag sort them, similar to Slack channels, create collapsible groups, add/remove repositories.

[supervoidcoder]

The copilot box is completely useless for me plus half the advertised features and big shiny buttons are locked behind paywalls, so while it's useful, like 5% of the time when you remember it exists and have a need to use it, it's still just... not necessary

[devgauravjatt]

old is gold

[lenhanpham]

I like to see Feed with news and trending RPs whenever I go to github

[vladdoster]

Exactly this. I like seeing new followers/stars and what people I follow are up to.

[supervoidcoder]

Same, no need to separate it

[shushtain]

I don't need a dashboard as a replacement for engagement, exploration and community.

1. Notifications completely fulfill my needs for tracking tasks, and often provide more up to date representation of what's awaiting my involvement, because I keep it Inbox Zero style. If its current state is not enough for power users, improve that. In its current state, it might as well live right beside the feed, above the changelog.
2. I see no benefit in creating issues or tasks before I navigate to the repository, look at the existing issues, read the rules, etc. I wouldn't mind an occasional "Did you forget to mention your software version?" when I'm already there, but that's about it.

Overall, this feels like a regression. Your average page has around 4 navigation panels/menus: left, profile, top, repo-local. You basically kill anything you hide there. Meanwhile, the content of the front page is 720px wide for 1920px display with one focal point (AI) that, I bet, amounts to 5-10% of interactions.

[supervoidcoder]

Exactly, they made the Copilot box bigger for no reason, I don't even use it. I didn't mind that being there when it was first added, it was just an AI box like, every other site nowadays. I mistaked it for the searchbar a few times and led to some awkward moments, but that was it. Now, it's literally a third of my screen in that panel, it did not need to be that big.

[controversial]

the hover effect being delayed/transitioned makes it feel sluggish

[supervoidcoder]

I personally like that, it's just kinda funny how there's a copilot button now, I don't remember that being there XD

[pratikmullick]

The focus should not be on just another AI chatbot that produces worthless slop! The focus should be on how other humans interact with our code, and how we interact with other people's code.

[ArcticWarmth]

It looks visually nice but a option to turn off all the AI stuff on the home page would be welcome. Maybe remove it and put the feed below the cards which should also be able to be toggled.

When viewing a org dashboard, the left side bar is completely empty and could be used to show top repos in that org and the org members statuses instead of being at the bottom of the org feed.

[crackcomm]

I was mentioned in a spam comment on a PR (which is now deleted) and these PRs are displayed in Pull requests section.

[supervoidcoder]

I already saw the new homepage that was, well, normal. It had your feed, copilot, changelog, repos, everything was great.
Today, I noticed it changed into this weird thingy. I noticed everything became rounder and more modern, but... the feed is a separate page now? Why? that's useless? I usually just click on my notifications after going to the homepage anyways. I liked seeing the feed by default because it allowed me to catch of with stuff and just see what's going on with other people before I click on notifications. Also, while I don't mind the Copilot chat box, It's way bigger now, and isn't something you can just ignore, as if it's being shoved down your throat.

In short, there was no need to separate the feed and make the Copilot chat box obnoxiously bigger for no reason. Otherwise, the visual change is pretty good.

[DefinetlyNotAI]

Maybe allow the user to hide a section or change the order, cause in my opinion, agent tasks isnt as important as issues or PR's

[jsoref]

View all doesn't honor the filters selected

This was hinted at in:

• https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/177902#discussioncomment-14832107
• https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/177902#discussioncomment-14818240

Consider:

View all takes me to:
is:open is:pr author:jsoref archived:false

But technically authored:jsoref is the only thing I didn't want to view.

[luis605]

I would make the left panel collapsable, I would add an "X" button to the change log panel and maybe a button on the left panel to show that panel again if needed. This would remove some clutter and make the experience more personalized to the taste of the user. I think the middle panel is good but there are things missing. Maybe below all the AI, issues and PRs stuff, the list of activity and recommendations could be added. Maybe a timeline of repos created or starred by people I follow, new releases of products I follow, maybe even PRs created by repos I own or follow (though this can be quite big, so I would make this a collapsable and scrollable drop down list). I also like the recommendations from the old dashboard and github mobile's dashboard of repos I might like or need. As a rating, the load time is good, the UI is excellent and the UX is good though it can be improved.

[kabirbaidhya]

Very old stale PRs showing up in my dashboard that I cannot hide, which is annoying. It would be great if there's an option to just hide it explicitly, because unsubscribing from those won't still hide them.

[supervoidcoder]

Yeah, there's people saying that decade-old PRs show up on there, I know it's a "Beta Preview" UI, but it should be something people want in the first place rather than changing the UI for the sake of it.

[RadekMocek]

I cannot see my repositories on phone? This is vanilla Chrome, no extensions, latest version.

[thesomewhatyou]

This is normal.
Same boat since the app is horrible

[RadekMocek]

This is normal.

Oh, I forgot that in the old UI it's not in the sidebar but above the Feed. Well... not anymore.

the app is horrible

I'm also not a big fan :D