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GitHub () is a proprietary developer platform that allows developers to create, store, manage, and share their code. It uses Git to provide distributed version control and GitHub itself provides access control, bug tracking, software feature requests, task management, continuous integration, and wikis for every project. GitHub is operated by Github, Inc., a subsidiary of Microsoft since 2018 which is headquartered in San Francisco.

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Website.employees
5,595
Website.ipv6
No
Website.name
GitHub
Website.logo
GitHub Invertocat Logo.svgclass=skin-invert
Website.logo_size
140
Website.logo_caption
GitHub Invertocat logo
Website.screenshot
File:Github Docs repository screenshot.png
Website.screenshot_alt
files of the "github/docs" repository, with a readme file, contributor, committed date, etc.
Website.caption
Repository of the website's official documentation, storing its source code
Website.company_type
Subsidiary
Website.founded
(as Logical Awesome LLC)
Website.location
San Francisco, California, U.S.
Website.area_served
Worldwide
Website.revenue
$1 billion (2022)
Website.margin
$200 million (2022)
Website.international
Yes https://p01-catalog1-html.jimdofree.com/
Website.website_type
Collaborative version control
Website.registration
Optional (required for creating and joining repositories)

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Encyclopedic overview

30 sections
Contents
  • About
  • Founding
  • Structure of the organization
  • Finance
  • History
  • Acquisition by Microsoft
  • Mascot
  • Services
  • Scope
  • GitHub Enterprise
  • GitHub Pages
  • GitHub Actions
  • Gist
  • Education program
  • GitHub Marketplace service
  • GitHub Mobile
  • GitHub Sponsors
  • GitHub Copilot
  • GitHub Archive Program
  • Controversies
  • Harassment allegations
  • Sanctions
  • Censorship
  • ICE contract
  • Capitol riot comments and employee firing
  • Twitter source code leak
  • Reception
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

GitHub () is a proprietary developer platform that allows developers to create, store, manage, and share their code. It uses Git to provide distributed version control and GitHub itself provides access control, bug tracking, software feature requests, task management, continuous integration, and wikis for every project. GitHub is operated by Github, Inc., a subsidiary of Microsoft since 2018 which is headquartered in San Francisco.

It is commonly used to host open source software development projects. GitHub reported having over 100 million developers and more than 420 million repositories, including at least 28 million public repositories. It is the world's largest source code host Over five billion developer contributions were made to more than 500 million open source projects in 2024.

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