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GitHub

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Git hosting service offering version control, collaboration, and project management tools. Provides issue tracking, code review through pull requests, wikis, and deployment workflows.

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License model

  • FreemiumProprietary

Country of Origin

  • US flagUnited States

Platforms

  • Mac
  • Windows
  • Online
  • Android
  • iPhone
  • Android Tablet
  • iPad
3.4 / 5 Avg rating (43)
1694likes
32comments

Features

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  1. Git icon  Git integration
  2.  File Versioning
  3.  Unlimited private repos
  4. Git icon  Git Support
  5.  Gist support
  6.  Issue Tracking
  7.  Dark Mode
  8.  Compare Source Code
  9.  Two-factor Authentication
  10.  CI/CD
  11.  Ad-free
  12.  Bug reporting
  13.  Support for MarkDown
  14. IFTTT icon  IFTTT Integration
  15.  REST API
  16.  Distributed
  17.  Colorblind support
  18.  Token-based auth
  19.  Team Collaboration
  20.  Syntax Highlighting
  21.  FIDO U2F (2FA) support
  22.  Git and mercurial support
  23.  Passkey Support

 Tags

  • distributed-version-control
  • source-code-management
  • Software Repository
  • source-code-repository
  • projects
  • project-hosting
  • revision-control-system
  • revision

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  • sredfred, unicornzombi99, FreemiumFrenzy and AudioGibletPanda liked GitHub
    29 minutes ago
  • Arthagam and rolrx liked GitHub
    17 days ago
  • kumex reviewed GitHub  
    25 days ago

    I can connect all my projects in work and home and i can code everywhere the services and tools i found in GitHub is a great help for everyone who works on IT

  • kumex added Team Collaboration as a feature to GitHub
    25 days ago
  • kumex and arc24angel liked GitHub
    25 days ago
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Comments and Reviews

   
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Comment summary: GitHub is well-regarded for its user interface, extensive features, and thriving community, making it a top choice for code collaboration and Git hosting. However, concerns have arisen since Microsoft's acquisition, with some users worried about privacy, data security, and increased restrictions. Critics fear Microsoft's ownership may impact GitHub's open-source nature, prompting some to consider alternatives like GitLab and Codeberg for better security and privacy.
Top Positive Comment
Kumex Ali
May 26, 2025
0

I can connect all my projects in work and home and i can code everywhere the services and tools i found in GitHub is a great help for everyone who works on IT

Top Negative Comment
linuxien
Jun 7, 2018
15

Github used to be good. Now it's bad, because owned by M$. Open Source like Gitlab is better for our privacy and more respectful of our data.

jidoubravsk
Jun 13, 2018

Maybe its ok now, but one day, with another MS CEO this would be weak point of open-source world. I think its time to switch now, gitlab, gitbucket, gitea, ... whatever. Just for more promising future of open software.

Justman10000
Oct 22, 2023

M$?

Asumeh
Dec 19, 2024

@Justman10000 M$ = Microsoft (This reply is a year old, I know)

Navi
Apr 15, 2025
1

I am writing this just as an attempted contributer not as a coder. I created an account to report bugs and make feature requests and suggestions. Everything appeared normal until I noticed in my peripheral some message on account flagged or something. I checked what my submissions were when logged out and they do not appear. My profile is a 404 page. They shadowbanned me with no explanation. When you go to support they expect you to do 2FA to even talk to anyone which I knew would be wasting my time having dealt with Microsoft support before. I made another account thinking maybe it was the email I used they didnt like so I made an Outlook account to sign up with. Things seemed okay at first I posted what I wrote before with word changes but one I did not change enough because there was a link present explaining something better and second account became shadow banned then I found the account was fully suspended, then the Outlook account also became locked soon after claiming I am a malicious bad actor. I looked into things and they also ban users based on the country IP which doesn't apply in my case but it is a blatantly racist hidden policy imposing US government propagandic authority over users treating them like dangerous criminals and wipe their code from existence. Also I should remind people GitHub takes users code to train AI with. Such poor operation is not all compatible with FOSS practices since not everyone can contribute because if not fitting their limited expectations on email provder, browser used and use of any links to explain anything. Please host your projects anywhere else.

NameLessGO
May 20, 2024
3

Tor-hostile; forced execution of non-free software; access granted or denied based on national origin; copious ethical issues

Terms of Service; Didn't Read (ToS;DR):

  • This service gathers information about you through third parties
  • Your personal data is given to third parties
  • This service tracks which web page referred you to it
  • The service can sell or otherwise transfer your personal data as part of a bankruptcy proceeding or other type of financial transaction.
  • Your data may be processed and stored anywhere in the world
  • This service may use your personal information for marketing purposes, with your consent.
  • The service may collect extra data about you through promotions, with your consent.
  • This service assumes no liability for unauthorized access to your personal information
  • The service does not guarantee that software errors will be corrected
  • Instead of asking directly, this Service will assume your consent merely from your usage.
  • Your account can be suspended, and your data deleted any time for any reason
  • This service uses third-party cookies for statistics
  • The service may use tracking pixels, web beacons, browser fingerprinting, and/or device fingerprinting on users.

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kmac42
Jan 31, 2024
-1

Thorough for code management

Justman10000
Oct 22, 2023
3

Dirtiest sh** of all! Sad when 90% of all open source projects globally count on it! Ban times just quickly people who wanted to justify their work, although with insults, yes... Nevertheless only wanted to justify your work! Or would you chill, if your PRs, in which you invested time and efforts, are closed without comment, your work is thus destroyed? Probably not...

Not even starting from the punishment system! One can still log in as a spam-marked person, manage one's own settings, open issues and PRs, comment and create repositories... But none of that is publicly viewable anymore! Try it, and one will see that a 404 Not Found error comes up! Applies to existing repositories, issues and PRs too!!!

Really cool system

Po Ho
Oct 6, 2023
0

recently, i'm thinking github becoming githut (git hunter)...

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What is GitHub?

GitHub is a web-based hosting service for projects that use the Git icon Git revision control system. It is written in Ruby on Rails by Logical Awesome developers Chris Wanstrath, PJ Hyett, and Tom Preston-Werner. GitHub offers both commercial plans and free accounts for open source projects.

The site provides social networking functionality like feeds, followers and the network graph to display how developers work on their versions of a repository.

GitHub also operates a pastebin-style site at gist.github.com, wikis for the individual repositories and web pages that can be edited through a git repository.

GitHub has a built-in, highly functional Issue Tracker.

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    US flagGithub Inc.
  • Licensing

    Proprietary and Freemium product.
  • Pricing

    Subscription ranging between $4 and $21 per month + free version with limited functionality.
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    Average rating of 3.4 (43 ratings)
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  • Supported Languages

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