---
title: Working with forks
intro: 'Forks are often used in open source development on {% data variables.product.github %}.'
redirect_from:
  - /github/collaborating-with-issues-and-pull-requests/working-with-forks
  - /articles/working-with-forks
  - /github/collaborating-with-pull-requests/working-with-forks
versions:
  fpt: '*'
  ghes: '*'
  ghec: '*'
topics:
  - Pull requests
children:
  - /about-forks
  - /fork-a-repo
  - /about-permissions-and-visibility-of-forks
  - /configuring-a-remote-repository-for-a-fork
  - /syncing-a-fork
  - /allowing-changes-to-a-pull-request-branch-created-from-a-fork
  - /what-happens-to-forks-when-a-repository-is-deleted-or-changes-visibility
  - /detaching-a-fork
---