GitHub Integration
When you are looking for a software development lifecycle management platform that integrates seamlessly with GitHub, look no further. SpiraPlan integrates with GitHub on multiple levels to provide end to end traceability and a single pane of glass for all development, testing, and project management activities. SpiraPlan integrates the code, pipelines, actions and issue tracking from GitHub into a single dashboard.
GitHub Integration
GitHub is a cloud-based platform that enables developers to store, manage, and collaborate on code using Git, a version control system. It provides a central repository where users can track changes, manage versions, and work together on projects from anywhere in the world. GitHub’s tools—such as branches, pull requests, and issues—allow teams to propose updates, review code, and merge changes seamlessly, ensuring that software development remains organized and transparent. Its web interface and integration with popular developer tools make it easy for individuals and companies to maintain both open-source and private projects.
Beyond code hosting, GitHub supports automation through GitHub Actions, provides basic project management features like Kanban boards and wikis, and integrates with continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD) pipelines. Millions of developers use GitHub to learn, contribute to open-source communities, and build portfolios that showcase their work. Owned by Microsoft since 2018, GitHub has become an essential platform in the software development lifecycle, fostering innovation through open collaboration and shared knowledge.
SpiraPlan integrates with GitHub in three main ways, enabling seamless synchronization between software development and lifecycle management:
- Source Code Integration (GitHub Repositories)
- Issue & Pull Request Synchronization
- Continuous Integration / DevOps Pipelines
Source Code Integration (GitHub Repositories)
SpiraPlan connects directly to GitHub repositories, allowing you to associate commits, branches, and pull requests with requirements, tasks, incidents, and test cases in SpiraPlan. This integration provides full end-to-end traceability — so every code change can be linked back to its originating requirement or defect.
Developers can include artifact IDs (like RQ123 or IN456) in their commit messages, and SpiraPlan automatically updates the corresponding items with commit details.
Issue, Task & Pull Request Synchronization
Using Inflectra’s dedicated GitHub data synchronization plugin, SpiraPlan can automatically synchronize issues, tasks and pull requests with artifacts in SpiraPlan. For example, creating or closing a GitHub issue can update a linked incident or task in SpiraPlan.
This enables real-time collaboration between development and QA teams and ensures consistency across systems.
Continuous Integration / DevOps Pipelines:
SpiraPlan integrates with GitHub Actions (and other CI/CD tools connected to GitHub) to record build results, automated test executions, and deployment statuses. When a build runs in GitHub Actions, the results can be pushed into SpiraPlan’s release and test management modules, maintaining a unified view of code quality, test coverage, and release readiness across the DevOps toolchain.
In addition, a dedicated GitHub SpiraApp lets test managers in SpiraPlan proactively launch GitHub Actions directly from the convenience of SpiraPlan:
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