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The site provides [[social networking]]-like functions such as feeds, followers, wikis (using [[wiki software]] called [[Gollum Wiki|Gollum]]) and a [[Collaboration graph|social network graph]] to display how developers work on their versions ("[[fork (software development)|forks]]") of a repository and what fork (and branch within that fork) is newest.
'''In October 2017, it said it added recommendations of relevant repositories to the homepage of logged in users.'''<ref name=":2" />
A user must create an account in order to contribute content to the site, but public repositories can be browsed and downloaded by anyone. With a registered user account, users are able to discuss, manage, create repositories, submit contributions to others' repositories, and [[code review|review changes to code]].
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* '''Search commit messages in specific data fields, such as author, date, and message'''
* '''Organization-wide projects''' <ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/03/02/github_opens_door_to_hosted_service_for_businesses/|title=You're mulling GitHub Enterprise. Not keen on on-prem hosting. You don't totally hate cloud...|access-date=2017-12-11|language=en}}</ref>
'''Forty five percent of the 100 largest companies in the United States (by revenue) use GitHub Enterprise to build software.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2017/11/20/github-vulnerability-security-alerts/|title=GitHub starts alerting developers of security vulnerabilities in dependencies - Help Net Security|date=2017-11-20|work=Help Net Security|access-date=2017-12-11|language=en-US}}</ref> About $110 million of GitHub's
GitHub Business offers largely the same features as GitHub Enterprise but is hosted by GitHub. It also includes includes SAML single sign-on, and automated provisioning and deprovisioning.<ref name=":1" />
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GitHub, Inc. was originally a [[flat organization]] with no middle managers; in other words, "everyone is a manager" ([[Workers' self-management|self-management]]).<ref name='cto-mgmt-style'>{{cite web |url = http://tomayko.com/writings/management-style |title = Show How, Don't Tell What - A Management Style |first = Ryan |last = Tomayko |date = 2 April 2012 |accessdate = 28 August 2013 }}</ref> Employees can choose to work on projects that interest them ([[open allocation]]). However, salaries are set by the chief executive.<ref name='nyt'>{{cite news |url = http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/12/28/github-has-big-dreams-for-open-source-software-and-more/?_r=0 |title = Dreams of 'Open' Everything |first = Quentin |last = Hardy |publisher = New York Times }}</ref>{{update inline|date=August 2014}}
In 2014, GitHub, Inc. introduced a layer of middle management.<ref name="wsj-2014">{{cite news |url = https://www.wsj.com/articles/harassment-claims-make-startup-github-grow-up-1405639553 |title = Harassment claims make startup GitHub grow up |last = Evelyn |first = Rusli |work = [[Wall Street Journal]] |accessdate = 18 July 2014 |date = 17 July 2014 }}</ref> '''About 700 people worked at GitHub, as of October 2017.'''<ref name=":2" />
=== Finance ===
GitHub.com was a [[Startup company|start-up business]], which in its first years provided enough revenue to be funded solely by its three founders and start taking on employees.<ref>{{cite web |last1 = Michael |first1 = Carney |title = GitHub CEO explains why the company took so damn long to raise venture capital |url = http://pando.com/2013/06/20/github-ceo-explains-why-the-company-took-so-damn-long-to-raise-venture-capital/ |accessdate = 10 July 2014 |date = 20 June 2013 |publisher = PandoDaily }}</ref> In July 2012, four years after the company was founded, [[Andreessen Horowitz]] invested $100M in [[venture capital]].<ref name="hugeinvestment"/> In July 2015 GitHub raised another $250M of venture capital in a [[Series B|series B round]]. Investors were [[Sequoia Capital]], [[Andreessen Horowitz]], [[Thrive Capital]] and other venture capital funds.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://techcrunch.com/2015/07/29/github-raises-250m-series-b-round-to-take-risks/ |title = GitHub Raises $250M Series B Round To Take Risks |last = Lardinois |first = Frederic |website = TechCrunch |access-date = 2016-07-04 }}</ref> As of August 2016, GitHub was making $140M in Annual Recurring Revenue.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://medium.com/@moritzplassnig/github-is-doing-much-better-than-bloomberg-thinks-here-is-why-a4580b249044 |title = GitHub is making $140M in ARR |last = Plassnig |first = Moritz |website = Medium |access-date = 2016-12-19 }}</ref> '''GitHub reported annual revenue of about $200M based on its July 2017 annual run rate.'''<ref name=":2" />
== See also ==
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