What is GitHub?
The home for all developers — including you.
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GitHub, Inc. is a provider of Internet hosting for
software development and version control using Git. It offers the
distributed version control and source code management (SCM)
functionality of Git, plus its own features. It provides access control
and several collaboration features such as bug tracking, feature
requests, task management, continuous integration, and wikis for every
project. Headquartered in California, it has been a subsidiary of
Microsoft since 2018.
It is commonly used to host open-source projects. As of
November 2021, GitHub reports having over 73 million developers and more
than 200 million repositories (including at least 28 million public
repositories). It is the largest source code host as of November 2021.