GitHub
SaaS & B2B ToolsmidWhere the world builds software
4.7/ 5
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120,000 reviews
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Score: 91/100
About GitHub
GitHub is the world's largest code hosting platform and developer community, hosting over 100 million developers and 420 million repositories. Founded in 2008 by Tom Preston-Werner, Chris Wanstrath, PJ Hyett, and Scott Chacon, GitHub made Git accessible to mainstream developers. Microsoft acquired GitHub for $7.5 billion in 2018—one of the largest software acquisitions ever. Under CEO Thomas Dohmke, GitHub has expanded into CI/CD (Actions), cloud development (Codespaces), and AI (Copilot). It remains the de facto home of open source software.
Performance Ratings
Features & Functionality95/100
Ease of Use85/100
Integrations98/100
Pricing & Value90/100
Customer Support78/100
Scalability98/100
Security & Compliance92/100
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Industry standard—everyone uses it
- Unlimited free private repos
- GitHub Copilot AI pair programmer
- GitHub Actions CI/CD (free minutes)
- 100M+ developer community
- Excellent PR/code review workflow
Cons
- Microsoft ownership concerns for some OSS devs
- Complex for Git beginners
- Enterprise pricing not transparent
- When GitHub goes down, everyone notices
- Lock-in to GitHub-specific features (Actions)
Best For
Software development teams of all sizesOpen source projects and communitiesCI/CD pipelines with GitHub ActionsCode collaboration and reviewDeveloper portfolios and hiringEnterprise DevSecOps
Popular Products
GitHub Repositories
Code Hosting
4.8
GitHub Actions
CI/CD
4.6
GitHub Copilot
AI Coding Assistant
4.5
GitHub Codespaces
Cloud Dev Environment
4.4
GitHub Advanced Security
Security Scanning
4.3
Company Info
- Founded
- 2008
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, CA, USA
- Employees
- 3,000+
- Revenue
- $1B+
