GitHub
Hosting service for software projects using Git
- Founded
- October 19, 2007
- Founded by
- Headquarters
- Country
- CEO
- Nat Friedman(since 2018)
- , Chris Wanstrath(2007–2018)
- Website
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All data
163 statements · 24% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Number of registered users/contributors
- 40M(March 21, 2020)
- Hashtag
- github
- Owned by
- GitHub Inc.(since 2008)
- Name in kana
- ギットハブ
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- ギットハブ
- Alexa rank
- 77(May 23, 2021)
- 57(January 12, 2019)
- 64(November 20, 2017)
- Search formatter URL
- https://github.com/search?q=$1 language: English
- Official name
- GitHub
- Opened
- April 10, 2008
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Sources- 1.“We Launched”blog.github.com/2008-04-10-we-launched/Retrieved 2018-08-10
- April 10, 2008
- Uses
- jQuery(2007–2018) latest version: 1.2.1
- GitHub Flavored Markdown
- Git Smart HTTP over TLS
- Operating area
- worldwide(since 2021)
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Sources- 1.github.blog/2021-01-05-advancing-developer-freedom-github-is-fully-available-in-iran/Retrieved 2021-01-06
- worldwide(2019–2021) excluding: Iran
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Sources- 1.github.blog/2021-01-05-advancing-developer-freedom-github-is-fully-available-in-iran/Retrieved 2021-01-06
- worldwide(since 2021)
- Social media followers
- 545,000(November 1, 2025) youtube channel id: UC7c3Kb6jYCRj4JOHHZTxKsQ
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- 2,487,854(April 16, 2023) x (twitter) numeric user id: 13334762
- 486,000(June 7, 2025) youtube channel id: UC7c3Kb6jYCRj4JOHHZTxKsQ
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- 438,000(February 1, 2025) youtube channel id: UC7c3Kb6jYCRj4JOHHZTxKsQ
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- 389,000(June 29, 2024) youtube channel id: UC7c3Kb6jYCRj4JOHHZTxKsQ
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- 2,173(April 11, 2024) mastodon address: github@hachyderm.io
- 2,145(March 16, 2024) mastodon address: github@hachyderm.io
- 2,008(February 11, 2024) mastodon address: github@hachyderm.io
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- 347,000(January 14, 2024) youtube channel id: UC7c3Kb6jYCRj4JOHHZTxKsQ
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- 294,000(May 31, 2023) youtube channel id: UC7c3Kb6jYCRj4JOHHZTxKsQ
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- 256,000(February 17, 2023) youtube channel id: UC7c3Kb6jYCRj4JOHHZTxKsQ
- 2,400,128(November 1, 2022) x (twitter) numeric user id: 13334762
- 200,000(March 17, 2022) youtube channel id: UC7c3Kb6jYCRj4JOHHZTxKsQ
- 172,000(July 2, 2021) youtube channel id: UC7c3Kb6jYCRj4JOHHZTxKsQ
- 545,000(November 1, 2025) youtube channel id: UC7c3Kb6jYCRj4JOHHZTxKsQ
- Review score
- 3.6(July 13, 2023) number of reviews/ratings: 109 user review · review score by: Trustpilot
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- 3.6(July 13, 2023) number of reviews/ratings: 109 user review · review score by: Trustpilot
- Copyright status
- copyrighted
- public domain applies to jurisdiction: United States
- DuckDuckGo bang
- eips
- gh
- ghr
- ghuser
- git
- github
On other databases
41 identifiers linking GitHub across the web's reference databases
- AlternativeTo IDgithub
- Autonomous system number36459
- Baidu Tieba namegithub
- Bluesky handlegithub.com
- ComputerLanguage.com definitionGitHub
- Consumer Rights Wiki article ID6299
- Domain namegithub.com
- Downdetector IDgithub
- Facebook usernameGitHub
- FactGrid item IDQ1194333
- Fandom article IDlogos:GitHub
- Freebase ID/m/04g0kcw
- GitHub accountgithub
- GitHub topicgithub
- GND ID1234078740
- Google+ ID100783000750998918646
- Great Russian Encyclopedia portal IDgithub-2eb993
- HAL structure ID487284
- IFTTT service IDgithub
- Instagram usernamegithub
- Interwiki prefix at Wikimediagithub
- Itch.io tag IDtag-github
- LinkedIn company or organization IDgithub
- LittleSis organization ID316584
- Mastodon addressgithub@hachyderm.io
- Namuwiki IDGitHub
- NicoNicoPedia word article IDgithub
- Open Collective IDcesarzakabi
- Open Library subject IDgithub
- Pixiv Encyclopedia IDGithub
- Quora topic IDGitHub
- SwMATH work ID23170
- The Independent topic IDgithub
- ToS;DR service ID297
- Trustpilot company IDgithub.com
- Weibo user IDGitHub
- WineApp DB developer ID6473
- X (Twitter) usernameGitHub
- YouTube channel IDUC7c3Kb6jYCRj4JOHHZTxKsQ
- YouTube handleGitHub
- Zhihu topic ID19566035