GitHub is the world's largest platform for code hosting, version control, collaboration, and open-source projects using Git.

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🚀 Overview

GitHub enables developers to store, share, and collaborate on code with git repositories. It solves version control chaos and team coordination with pull requests, issues, and CI/CD. Built for individual devs, teams, open-source contributors, and enterprises. Launched 2008; acquired by Microsoft 2018.

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✨ Key Features

• Git repositories (public/private)
• Pull requests, code review, issues & projects
• GitHub Actions for CI/CD workflows
• Copilot AI coding assistant
• Codespaces, Discussions, Security scanning

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🛠 Tech Stack

Proprietary; Ruby on Rails core; Go services; PostgreSQL; self-hosted via GitHub Enterprise Server.

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👥 Who Is This For?

This project is useful for:

• Developers hosting & collaborating on code
• Open-source maintainers
• Teams using Git workflows
• Companies securing & scaling dev ops

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📸 Screenshots / Demo

• Website: https://github.com
• Try: https://github.com/signup

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🔥 Project Status

• 🟢 Actively building
  Last updated: 2026-02-01

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❓ FAQ

Is this project free?

Freemium — Free for public/private repos; Pro $4/mo; Team $4/user/mo; Enterprise custom.

Is the source code available?

No — proprietary platform; many hosted projects open-source.

Can I contribute?

Yes — to open repos via PRs; GitHub itself: jobs open.

What's coming next?

More AI (Copilot), security, enterprise features.

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📬 Contact & Links

• Website: https://github.com
• Docs: https://docs.github.com
• Blog: https://github.blog
• X: https://x.com/github

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