# Importing GitHub repositories

Once the integration of SonarQube with GitHub has been [Introduction](/sonarqube-server/10.6/devops-platform-integration/github-integration/setting-up-at-global-level/introduction.md), you can import a GitHub repository to create the corresponding project in SonarQube. The so-created SonarQube project is "bound" to its GitHub repository. With a bound project:

* You can see in the SonarQube UI with which repository the project is associated.
* The quality gate status report to GitHub on pull requests is automatically set up.
* The [Setting up the report of security alerts](/sonarqube-server/10.6/devops-platform-integration/github-integration/setting-up-at-global-level/report-security-alerts.md) can be set up.

To import a GitHub repository into SonarQube, do one of the following:

* Import the GitHub repository from the SonarQube UI: see below.\
  You need access to the GitHub repository and you need the **Create Projects** permission in SonarQube.
* Analyze a repository from a GitHub action. SonarQube will create the corresponding project in SonarQube and will automatically bind it to the GitHub repository if it finds a matching GitHub integration configuration in its database. See [Adding analysis to GitHub Actions workflow](/sonarqube-server/10.6/devops-platform-integration/github-integration/adding-analysis-to-github-actions-workflow.md).

## Importing GitHub repositories <a href="#repositories" id="repositories"></a>

To import GitHub repositories into SonarQube:

1. In the SonarQube UI, go to the **Projects** page and select the **Create project > From GitHub** command in the top right corner.
2. In the **GitHub project onboarding** page, select the GitHub organization and then the repository(ies) you want to import.
3. Select the **Import** button. The Clean as You Code setting page opens.
4. Select the new code definition option.
5. Select the **Create projects** button.

## Importing a GitHub monorepo <a href="#monorepo" id="monorepo"></a>

See [Managing monorepo projects](/sonarqube-server/10.6/project-administration/monorepos.md).


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