github

GitHub is a "proprietary":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proprietary_software developer platform that allows developers to create, store, manage, and share their code. It uses "Git":https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Git to provide "distributed version control":https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributed_version_control and GitHub itself provides "access control":https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Access_control, "bug tracking":https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Bug_tracking_system, "software feature":https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_feature requests, "task management":https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Task_management, "continuous integration":https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuous_integration, and "wikis":https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki for every project. GitHub, headquartered in San Francisco, is operated by Github, Inc., a subsidiary of Microsoft since 2018.

It is commonly used to host "open source":https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source software development projects. As of January 2023, GitHub reported having over 100 million developers and more than 420 million "repositories":https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Repository_(version_control), including at least 28 million public repositories. It is the world's largest "source code":https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Source_code host as of June 2023. Over five billion developer contributions were made to more than 500 million open source projects in 2024.