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GitHub
The world's largest developer platform for version control, code collaboration, and CI/CD.
4.7
11,432 user reviews
Quick Facts
Founded2008
Starting PriceFree
Pricing ModelFreemium
Free TrialFree plan available
Best ForAll software development teams
CategoryDevelopment
About GitHub
GitHub is the leading platform for software development, offering Git-based version control, code collaboration, pull requests, issue tracking, GitHub Actions CI/CD, and GitHub Copilot AI assistance. With over 100 million developers, it's the hub of open source.
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Industry standard for code collaboration
- Excellent pull request and code review workflow
- GitHub Actions for powerful CI/CD automation
- GitHub Copilot AI pair programmer
- Strong free tier for public and private repos
Cons
- Advanced security features require Enterprise plan
- GitHub Actions minutes are limited on free plan
- Large file support (LFS) limited
- Owned by Microsoft (concern for some)
Key Features
Git repositories
Pull requests and code review
GitHub Actions CI/CD
GitHub Pages
Security scanning
Copilot AI
GitHub Packages
Pricing
Support Options
Community forumsGitHub Support portalDedicated support (Enterprise)
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