Q364

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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Wikidata facts

Instance of: data library
Named after: Q186055
Official name: GitHub
Country: United States
Founded by: P. J. Hyett
Headquarters: San Francisco
CEO: Nat Friedman
Based on: Q186055
Official website: github.com
Image: Github Docs repository screenshot.png

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Commons category: GitHub
Stack Exchange tag: opensource.stackexchange.com/tags/github
official blog URL: github.com/blog
topic's main category: Category:GitHub
number of registered users/contributors: 40000000
hashtag: github
language of work or name: English language
name in kana: ギットハブ
Alexa rank: 77
search formatter URL: github.com/search?q=$1
inception: 2007-10-19
date of official opening: 2008-04-10
social media followers: 545000
privacy policy URL: docs.github.com/en/site-policy/privacy-policies/github-privacy-statement
terms of service URL: docs.github.com/en/site-policy/github-terms/github-terms-of-service
API endpoint URL: api.github.com/graphql
service status information URL: www.githubstatus.com
FAQ URL: support.github.com
P8168: Third Rome
user manual URL: docs.github.com/en
official shop URL: thegithubshop.com
has characteristic: gamification
review score: 3.6
login URL: github.com/login
registration page URL: github.com/signup
access restriction status: open access
source code repository URL: github.com/github/explore
maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Software
described at URL: consumerrights.wiki/w/GitHub

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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

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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