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GitHub (/ˈɡɪthʌb/) 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.1 GitHub, headquartered in San Francisco, is operated by Github, Inc., a subsidiary of Microsoft since 2018.2
It is commonly used to host open source software development projects.3 As of January 2023, GitHub reported having over 100 million developers and more than 420 million repositories, including at least 28 million public repositories.4 It is the world’s largest source code host as of June 2023. Over five billion developer contributions were made to more than 500 million open source projects in 2024.5
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Williams, Alex. “Github Pours Energies Into Enterprise Raises 100 Million From Power VC”. TechCrunch. Archived from the original on September 19, 2020. Retrieved June 25, 2017. Andreessen Horowitz is investing an eye-popping $100 million into GitHub ↩
“Microsoft has acquired GitHub for $7.5B in stock”. TechCrunch. June 4, 2018. Archived from the original on October 25, 2020. Retrieved June 4, 2018. ↩
“The Problem With Putting All the World’s Code in GitHub”. Wired. June 29, 2015. Archived from the original on June 29, 2015. Retrieved June 29, 2015. ↩
“Repository search for public repositories”. GitHub. Archived from the original on November 5, 2020. Retrieved June 5, 2018. Showing 28,177,992 available repository results ↩
Computer, Express (October 30, 2024). “GitHub embraces developer choice with multi-model copilot, new app tool GitHub Spark, and AI-native developer experience”. Express Computer. Retrieved October 31, 2024. ↩
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