GitHub facts for kids
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| Type of business | Subsidiary |
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Type of site
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Collaborative version control |
| Available in | English |
| Founded | February 8, 2008 (as Logical Awesome LLC) |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California, United States |
| Area served | Worldwide |
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| CEO | Nat Friedman |
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| Industry | Software |
| Parent | Microsoft |
| Alexa rank | ▼ 80 (January 2020[update]) |
| Registration | Optional (required for creating and joining projects) |
| Users | 40 million (Aug 2019) |
| Launched | April 10, 2008 |
| Current status | Active |
| Written in | Ruby |
GitHub is an online software development assistance and version control service. This platform uses Git. It is operated by GitHub, Inc. based in the United States.
In January 2020, GitHub reported that they have more than 40 million users and more than 100 million repositories (including at least 28 million public repositories). Therefore, it is recognized as the largest host of source code in the world.
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Organizational users
Currently, there are many individual GitHub users. On the other hand, there are also organizational users such as educational institutions and companies. The following companies are using GitHub to distribute open source projects:
- Google Research (research facility of Google)
- IBM
- Microsoft
- TeX Users Group (A community for LaTeX users)
- Wolfram Research (developer of Wolfram Mathematica)
Desktop version
GitHub was made for users who want to save their programs on their web browsers. But there is also a desktop version known as GitHub Desktop.
GitHub Pages
All GitHub users can create websites with the github.io domain. This service is known as GitHub Pages. The development history of the HTML code will be recorded with Git.
Similar services
Today, there are several GitHub like services for developers. Some of them use Git but have different interface with unique web-design. One of the most famous GitHub rival is GitLab. This is also based on Git. Users can export their programs on GitHub to GitLab.
Images for kids
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GitHub at AWS Summit
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The shading of the map illustrates the number of users as a proportion of each country's Internet population. The circular charts surrounding the two hemispheres depict the total number of GitHub users (left) and commits (right) per country.
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Microsoft on top of list of the ten organizations with the most open-source contributors on GitHub in 2016
See also
In Spanish: GitHub para niños
