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 # Grafana GitHub data source
 
 The GitHub data source plugin for Grafana lets you to query the GitHub API in Grafana so you can visualize your GitHub repositories and projects.
 
 ## Documentation
 
-For the plugin documentation, visit [plugin documentation website](https://grafana.com/docs/plugins/grafana-github-datasource).
+For the plugin documentation, visit <a href="https://grafana.com/docs/plugins/grafana-github-datasource" target="_blank">plugin documentation website</a>
 
 ## Video Tutorial