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GitHub is where the world builds software. Millions of individuals, organizations and businesses around the world use GitHub to discover, share, and contribute software. Developers at startups to Fortune 50 companies use GitHub, every step of the way.

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GitHub is the best place to share code with friends, co-workers, classmates, and complete strangers. Over two million people use GitHub to build amazing things together.

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GitHub Inc. provides code hosting services. It allows users to share codes with friends, co-workers, classmates, and strangers; offers control system for the collaborative development of software; allows users to fork, send pull requests, and manage various public and private repositories; and offers collaborator management, wikis, downloads, code review, and graphs. The company allows individuals and team members to discuss about codes; and track and assign issues to other teammates. GitHub Inc. was founded in 2008 and is based in San Francisco, California.

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Aymar A. S. O. Sedami N.
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Aymar A. S. O. Sedami N.Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
4.0 out of 5
"A review of a collaborative platform"
The best I enjoy is the code storage online.It is engaging to be able to push code on the server and pull it on local machines. Afterwards, the pla...
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"The Ultimate Platform for Seamless Collaboration and Efficient Development"
GitHub is an exceptional platform for developers and teams of all sizes. Its user-friendly interface makes collaboration seamless, allowing develop...
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Sarat Kumar M.Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Github a popular repository"
Very popular , easy to use and supports various features like Copilot as code assist , Collaborative tool for code review via Pull requests. grea...

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Umesh  D.
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What do you like best about GitHub?

GitHub integrate with most of the IDE's available for developers and has a perfect interface for the need.The pull request process is one of my favorites like the core version control feature, and I love collaborating through code reviews, comments, and simple merging. Having repositories under my control, being able to monitor issues, and automating workflows through GitHub Actions help save time and make code cleaner and more readable.

GitHub has its strongest features in its collaboration capabilities, version control features, and CI/CD integrations. The third-party integrations, markdown documentation, and community engagement make GitHub indispensable.

Setting up Github for new projects is effortless and straightforward even for teams. Creating repositories, forking and cloning are seamless and their documentation and community forums solves the learning curve. I make use of GitHub on a daily basis in my workflow for both team and individual projects. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about GitHub?

GitHub is strong but has a steep learning curve for its more advanced capabilities such as GitHub Actions or large monorepo handling.

Further customization capabilities would come in handy when handling bigger repositories and projects. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is GitHub solving and how is that benefiting you?

GitHub resolves some of the main problems in the software development process, which are version control and collaboration. GitHub provides a single platform for code change management, tracking progress, and conflict-free team collaboration. Pull requests, branching, and issue tracking makes communications easier and impose code quality via formal code review. GitHub Actions also streamlines workflow by saving time spent in unnecessary processes that include testing and deployment. The solutions have significantly enhanced my productivity level, code structure, and overall code quality and maintainability of my projects. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about GitHub?

GitHub is an exceptional platform for developers and teams of all sizes. Its user-friendly interface makes collaboration seamless, allowing developers to efficiently share and contribute to projects. The integration with Git makes version control effortless, ensuring that all changes are tracked and organized. GitHub’s powerful features like pull requests, issue tracking, and continuous integration enable smooth workflows and better project management. The platform's vibrant open-source community offers an invaluable resource for learning, sharing, and networking. Additionally, the availability of GitHub Actions and integration with various third-party tools enhances the development process, making GitHub an indispensable tool for developers around the world. Highly recommended for both beginners and experienced developers! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about GitHub?

I don't think there is any downsides for Github. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is GitHub solving and how is that benefiting you?

GitHub enables developers to track every change made to a project, providing a clear history of all modifications, which makes it easier to understand what has been altered and why. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Lautaro S.
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Information Technology and Services
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about GitHub?

All my work as a Developer has changed since GitHub came into my life. I never worry about accidentally deleting or deleting critical code. If something goes wrong, I just go back to an earlier version and that’s it. When I need to test something without changing the main code, the ability to deal with branches has saved me more than once. By using code reviews and pull requests, we can keep our workflow organized, make changes in real time, and comment on individual lines. Reviewing, commenting and suggesting changes to my coworkers' code directly on pull requests is a fantastic example of team collaboration. Thanks to GitHub, I no longer have coding errors and the quality of our code has increased. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about GitHub?

For those who are not familiar with Git, at first, the learning curve can be a bit high. I still remember the first time I tried to set up a workflow using GitHub Actions, at that point programming was not my priority; I spent more time reading documentation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is GitHub solving and how is that benefiting you?

Our entire development process now runs on GitHub. We can communicate without accidentally overwriting files, all changes are well documented, and the code is never lost because we use it. We can locate the source of a production issue because GitHub recorded every change we made. Without any drama, we simply examine the confirmations, identify the problem and solve it. It has also been very helpful for our security, we guarantee that there are no safety failures or defects in production, we do code reviews for each extraction request. The advantages outweigh the disadvantages considerably, despite some minor problems such as learning curve and limited integrations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Vishvjit S.
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What do you like best about GitHub?

I like how easy it is to use. Its integration with the cursor and VS Code is top-notch. I like everything about GitHub, especially how easily I can operate it with my Ubuntu terminal. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about GitHub?

It's merging needs some improvement. For example, there is a minor bug in which when you merge your branch through the GitHub dashboard, it shows a conflict, but when you merge it locally through VS Code, it will merge without any conflict. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is GitHub solving and how is that benefiting you?

It is making my and my teams work easy by its collaborative features like Pull request code reviews. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Rajat B.
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What do you like best about GitHub?

I personally use Github in my company to save the Customer's custom code review by my manager and push the changes in the Git Repo.

This is best in this scenario because it also distinguish the change like what was the code before and what changes you made in the code. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about GitHub?

I personally don't dislike Github because it works well in my professional experience. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is GitHub solving and how is that benefiting you?

Github solves my problem like we made some changes in the client's Production approx 7-8 months before and then suddenly we recieved the client's mail that somethung went wrong, So we know what exactly change we did at that time and in which class or triggers we made changes so we revert those changes and write the new code, so all this possilbe bacauase we merge out code into as a Git Repo. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Anilkumar R.
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Senior Software Engineer
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What do you like best about GitHub?

Organise code and setting all requirements ready to deploy maintain the codes

Also github action makes it another level

And also works with any kind of cloud platform and software development Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about GitHub?

As matter of fact there is no dislike but sometimes it's getting delayed in update like micro seconds Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is GitHub solving and how is that benefiting you?

Lot of benifits and also making easy with keep track of bugs and clean code

Makes me more understandable about the product development.

Prod and Dev level code maintainance

Many more.... Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Dane B.
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VP of Product and Technology
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What do you like best about GitHub?

It just works. It's super easy to use, can be implemented in no time, and has a good set of features built in. Other features can be added through the plethora of available integrations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about GitHub?

It can be a bit overwhelming trying to understand all the settings and hidden functionality, particularly when running configuring builds. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is GitHub solving and how is that benefiting you?

GitHub solves problems that all software teams have: Where you do you host your code and how do you build it? It used to be that many/most companies that used git were using self-hosted source control servers and build servers. Github tackles both of these by putting these services in the cloud and making it really cost effective: You can pay for a dozen users or more for what it would cost you to set up your own servers and maintain them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Kyle J.
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What do you like best about GitHub?

GitHub has great collaboration features that allow our development team to work on the same project together. From code reviews and discussions, it dramatically streamlines our ability to push great code to our customers. It also offers excellent version control through Git, keeping our team updated on code changes. It's easy to start with their free hosting, so it's a no-brainer for students wanting to learn to code. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about GitHub?

The learning curve can be a bit steep for beginners. Once you understand the core concepts like branching, merging, and resolving conflicts, it gets much more straightforward. Large binary files and large media content can slow repository performance and storage costs. Free private repositories are limited in features and size. If you have multiple private repositories, get ready to pay. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is GitHub solving and how is that benefiting you?

I would say the two main problems GitHub solves for me is code collaboration, and version control.

Code collaboration allows our team to track changes across our various projects. We have a clear history of our projects, so we don't waste time communicating through various other channels because we have one source we can all collaborate in.

Version control can be very complex, especially with large projects. GitHub simplifies this process by allowing you to create branches for experimental features. If something goes wrong with a code release, rolling back your code is easy. Since every code change is recorded, you can see every change. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jay Y.
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What do you like best about GitHub?

Most of my engineers are already familiar with Github as a version control platform. Customer support is good. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about GitHub?

Github Enterprise sales and pricing is very opaque and arbitrary. In two companies I have engaged with 3 people on their sales team. They can offer discounts from 15%, 40%, up to 60%. You end up with different deals depending on who you engage with. This time, we dealt with an AE Nick, and a Senior Director Karen J. Karen kept offering deals/terms worse than the one from Nick, who is from her own team! And I had to point it to her. It shows how uncoordinated and arbitrary this is. It is very frustrating process to deal. So we stopped our expansion plan on Github (Advanced Security and Github Actions). We may even consider swtiching to Gitlab altogether. There are just so many strong alternatives on this market for security and CI. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is GitHub solving and how is that benefiting you?

1. We use it mostly as a version control system. We are still using Github for this purpose

2. For Github Advanced Security, we tried but the sale demo was lacking, the pricing was not at all competitive, and we stopped after the 1 month trial. We went for a bundled deal with Wiz.io instead, which is a company focused on security and offers a central dashboard for security. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ritik S.
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What do you like best about GitHub?

1. Very simple to setup, as you login every command is provided to help you go through basics.

2. I like the one thing about github rebasing is that it does not collapse the code, as I faced such problems in Bitbucket.

3. Repository sharing feature is just the best. You get to shine the profile for your open source projects.

4. Since backuped by Microsoft, I have no trust issues regarding security and performance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about GitHub?

1. Github has been amazing, all my repos are still there and I use it. Why do not many companies use it, such an amazing productive tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is GitHub solving and how is that benefiting you?

Github has been very crucial tool for managing my code projects. It helped a team of developers to work in seameless manner on a code project without worrying of versioning, merging and managing your lines. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.