diff --git a/modules/github/__init__.py b/modules/github/__init__.py
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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# Copyright(C) 2013      Vincent A
+#
+# This file is part of weboob.
+#
+# weboob is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# weboob is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+# GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+# along with weboob. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+
+from .backend import GithubBackend
+
+
+__all__ = ['GithubBackend']
diff --git a/modules/github/backend.py b/modules/github/backend.py
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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# Copyright(C) 2013      Vincent A
+#
+# This file is part of weboob.
+#
+# weboob is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# weboob is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+# GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+# along with weboob. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+
+from weboob.tools.backend import BaseBackend, BackendConfig
+from weboob.tools.value import Value, ValueBackendPassword
+from weboob.capabilities.bugtracker import ICapBugTracker, Issue
+
+from .browser import GithubBrowser
+
+
+__all__ = ['GithubBackend']
+
+
+class GithubBackend(BaseBackend, ICapBugTracker):
+    NAME = 'github'
+    DESCRIPTION = u'GitHub issues tracking'
+    MAINTAINER = u'Vincent A'
+    EMAIL = 'dev@indigo.re'
+    LICENSE = 'AGPLv3+'
+    VERSION = '0.h'
+    CONFIG = BackendConfig(Value('username', label='Username', default=''),
+                           ValueBackendPassword('password', label='Password', default=''))
+
+    BROWSER = GithubBrowser
+
+    def create_default_browser(self):
+        username = self.config['username'].get()
+        if username:
+            password = self.config['password'].get()
+        else:
+            password = None
+        return self.create_browser(username, password)
+
+    def get_project(self, _id):
+        return self.browser.get_project(_id)
+
+    def get_issue(self, _id):
+        return self.browser.get_issue(_id)
+
+    def iter_issues(self, query):
+        for issue in self.browser.iter_issues(query):
+            yield issue
+
+    def create_issue(self, project_id):
+        issue = Issue(0)
+        issue.project = self.browser.get_project(project_id)
+        return issue
+
+    def post_issue(self, issue):
+        assert not issue.attachments
+        self.browser.post_issue(issue)
+
+    def update_issue(self, issue_id, update):
+        assert not update.attachments
+        self.browser.post_comment(issue_id, update.message)
+
+    # iter_projects, remove_issue are impossible
+
diff --git a/modules/github/browser.py b/modules/github/browser.py
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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# Copyright(C) 2013      Vincent A
+#
+# This file is part of weboob.
+#
+# weboob is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# weboob is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+# GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+# along with weboob. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+
+from weboob.tools.browser import BaseBrowser
+from weboob.capabilities.bugtracker import Issue, Project, User, Version, Status, Update, Attachment
+from weboob.tools.json import json as json_module
+from base64 import b64encode
+import datetime
+import re
+import os
+from urllib import quote_plus
+
+
+__all__ = ['GithubBrowser']
+
+
+STATUSES = {'open': Status('open', u'Open', Status.VALUE_NEW),
+            'closed': Status('closed', u'closed', Status.VALUE_RESOLVED)}
+# TODO tentatively parse github "labels"?
+
+class GithubBrowser(BaseBrowser):
+    PROTOCOL = 'https'
+    DOMAIN = 'api.github.com'
+    ENCODING = 'utf-8'
+
+    def __init__(self, *a, **kw):
+        kw['parser'] = 'json'
+        BaseBrowser.__init__(self, *a, **kw)
+        self.fewer_requests = not bool(self.username)
+
+    def home(self):
+        pass
+
+    def get_project(self, _id):
+        json = self.do_get('https://api.github.com/repos/%s' % _id)
+
+        project = Project(_id, json['name'])
+        project.members = list(self.iter_members(_id))
+        project.statuses = list(STATUSES.values())
+        project.categories = []
+        project.versions = list(self._get_milestones(_id))
+        return project
+
+    def get_issue(self, _id, fetch_project=True):
+        project_id, issue_number = _id.rsplit('/', 1)
+        json = self.do_get('https://api.github.com/repos/%s/issues/%s' % (project_id, issue_number))
+        return self.make_issue(_id, json, fetch_project)
+
+    def iter_issues(self, query):
+        qsparts = ['repo:%s' % query.project]
+        if query.assignee:
+            qsparts.append('assignee:%s' % query.assignee)
+        if query.author:
+            qsparts.append('author:%s' % query.author)
+        if query.status:
+            qsparts.append('state:%s' % query.status)
+        if query.title:
+            qsparts.append('%s in:title' % query.title)
+        
+        qs = quote_plus(' '.join(qsparts))
+
+        base_url = 'https://api.github.com/search/issues?q=%s' % qs
+        for json in self._paginated(base_url):
+            for jissue in json['items']:
+                issue_id = '%s/%s' % (query.project, jissue['number'])
+                yield self.make_issue(issue_id, jissue)
+            if not len(json['items']):
+                break
+
+    def post_issue(self, issue):
+        data = {'title': issue.title, 'body': issue.body}
+        if issue.assignee:
+            data['assignee'] = issue.assignee.id
+        if issue.version:
+            data['milestone'] = issue.version.id
+        base_data = json_module.dumps(data)
+        url = 'https://api.github.com/repos/%s/issues' % issue.project.id
+        json = self.do_post(url, base_data)
+        issue_id = '%s/%s' % (issue.project.id, json['id'])
+        return self.make_issue(issue_id, json)
+
+    def post_comment(self, issue_id, comment):
+        project_id, issue_number = issue_id.rsplit('/', 1)
+        url = 'https://api.github.com/repos/%s/issues/%s/comments' % (project_id, issue_number)
+        data = json_module.dumps({'body': comment})
+        self.do_post(url, data)
+
+    # helpers
+    def make_issue(self, _id, json, fetch_project=True):
+        project_id, issue_number = _id.rsplit('/', 1)
+        issue = Issue(_id)
+        issue.title = json['title']
+        issue.body = json['body']
+        issue.category = None
+        issue.creation = parse_date(json['created_at'])
+        issue.updated = parse_date(json['updated_at'])
+        issue.attachments = list(self._get_attachments(issue.body))
+        if fetch_project:
+            issue.project = self.get_project(project_id)
+        issue.author = self.get_user(json['user']['login'])
+        if json['assignee']:
+            issue.assignee = self.get_user(json['assignee']['login'])
+        else:
+            issue.assignee = None
+        issue.status = STATUSES[json['state']]
+        if json['milestone']:
+            issue.version = self.make_milestone(json['milestone'])
+        if json['comments'] > 0:
+            issue.history = [comment for comment in self.get_comments(project_id, issue_number)]
+        else:
+            issue.history = []
+        # TODO fetch other updates?
+        return issue
+
+    def _get_milestones(self, project_id):
+        for jmilestone in self.do_get('https://api.github.com/repos/%s/milestones' % project_id):
+            yield self.make_milestone(jmilestone)
+
+    def make_milestone(self, json):
+        return Version(json['number'], json['title'])
+
+    def get_comments(self, project_id, issue_number):
+        json = self.do_get('https://api.github.com/repos/%s/issues/%s/comments' % (project_id, issue_number))
+        for jcomment in json:
+            comment = Update(jcomment['id'])
+            comment.message = jcomment['body']
+            comment.author = self.make_user(jcomment['user']['login'])
+            comment.date = parse_date(jcomment['created_at'])
+            comment.changes = []
+            comment.attachments = list(self._get_attachments(comment.message))
+            yield comment
+
+    def _get_attachments(self, message):
+        for attach_url in re.findall(r'https://f.cloud.github.com/assets/[\w/.-]+', message):
+            attach = Attachment(attach_url)
+            attach.url = attach_url
+            attach.filename = os.path.basename(attach_url)
+            yield attach
+
+    def _paginated(self, url, start_at=1):
+        while True:
+            if '?' in url:
+                page_url = '%s&per_page=100&page=%s' % (url, start_at)
+            else:
+                page_url = '%s?per_page=100&page=%s' % (url, start_at)
+            yield self.do_get(page_url)
+            start_at += 1
+
+    def get_user(self, _id):
+        json = self.do_get('https://api.github.com/users/%s' % _id)
+        if 'name' in json:
+            name = json['name']
+        else:
+            name = _id # wasted one request...
+        return User(_id, name)
+    
+    def make_user(self, name):
+        return User(name, name)
+
+    def iter_members(self, project_id):
+        for json in self._paginated('https://api.github.com/repos/%s/assignees' % project_id):
+            for jmember in json:
+                user = self.make_user(jmember['login']) # no request, no name
+                yield user
+            if len(json) < 100:
+                break
+
+    def do_get(self, url):
+        headers = self.auth_headers()
+        headers.update({'Accept': 'application/vnd.github.preview'})
+        req = self.request_class(url, None, headers=headers)
+        return self.get_document(self.openurl(req))
+
+    def do_post(self, url, data):
+        headers = self.auth_headers()
+        headers.update({'Accept': 'application/vnd.github.preview'})
+        req = self.request_class(url, data, headers=headers)
+        return self.get_document(self.openurl(req))
+
+    def auth_headers(self):
+        if self.username:
+            return {'Authorization': 'Basic %s' % b64encode('%s:%s' % (self.username, self.password))}
+        else:
+            return {}
+
+# TODO use a cache for objects and/or pages?
+# TODO use an api-key?
+
+def parse_date(s):
+    if s.endswith('Z'):
+        s = s[:-1]
+
+    return datetime.datetime.strptime(s, '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S')
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diff --git a/modules/github/test.py b/modules/github/test.py
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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# Copyright(C) 2013      Vincent A
+#
+# This file is part of weboob.
+#
+# weboob is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# weboob is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+# GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+# along with weboob. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+
+from weboob.tools.test import BackendTest
+from weboob.capabilities.bugtracker import Query
+
+
+class GithubTest(BackendTest):
+    BACKEND = 'github'
+
+    def test_project(self):
+        project = self.backend.get_project('github/hubot')
+        assert project
+        assert project.name
+        assert project.members
+
+    def test_issue(self):
+        issue = self.backend.get_issue('github/hubot/1')
+        assert issue
+        assert issue.title
+        assert issue.body
+        assert issue.creation
+        assert issue.history
+
+    def test_search(self):
+        query = Query()
+        query.project = u'github/hubot'
+        query.status = u'closed'
+        query.title = u'fix'
+        issues = self.backend.iter_issues(query)
+        issue = issues.next()
+        assert issue.status.name == 'closed'