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'''GitHub''' is a Web-based [[Git]] [[version control]] [[Repository (version control)|repository]] [[Internet hosting service|hosting service]]. It is mostly used '''for developers to post and collaborate on''' [[Source code|computer code]]. It offers all of the [[distributed version control]] and [[source code management]] (SCM) functionality of Git as well as adding its own features. It provides [[access control]] and several collaboration features such as [[bug tracking system|bug tracking]], [[software feature|feature requests]], [[task management]], and [[wiki]]s for every project.<ref name="hugeinvestment">{{cite web |url = https://techcrunch.com/2012/07/09/github-pours-energies-into-enterprise-raises-100-million-from-power-vc-andreesen-horowitz/ |title = GitHub Pours Energies into Enterprise – Raises $100 Million From Power VC Andreessen Horowitz |date = 9 July 2012 |first1 = Alex |last1 = Williams |publisher = TechCrunch |quote = Andreessen Horowitz is investing an eye-popping $100 million into GitHub }}</ref>

GitHub offers both plans for private and free [[repository (version control)|repositories]] on the same account<ref>{{cite web |title = Why GitHub’s pricing model stinks (for us) |url = https://lostechies.com/jimmybogard/2012/11/07/why-githubs-pricing-model-stinks-for-us/ |website = LosTechies |accessdate = 29 June 2015 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20150629153426/https://lostechies.com/jimmybogard/2012/11/07/why-githubs-pricing-model-stinks-for-us/ |archivedate = 29 June 2015 |dead-url = no |date = 7 November 2012 }}</ref> which are commonly used to host [[open-source]] software projects.<ref>{{cite web |title = The Problem With Putting All the World's Code in GitHub |url = https://www.wired.com/2015/06/problem-putting-worlds-code-github/ |website = [[Wired (website)|Wired]] |accessdate = 29 June 2015 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20150629152927/http://www.wired.com/2015/06/problem-putting-worlds-code-github/ |archivedate = 29 June 2015 |dead-url = no |date = 29 June 2015 }}</ref> [As of April 2017, GitHub reports having almost 20 million users and 57 million repositories,<ref>{{cite web |url = https://github.com/blog/2345-celebrating-nine-years-of-github-with-an-anniversary-sale |title = Celebrating nine years of GitHub with an anniversary sale |website = github.com |publisher = Github |accessdate = 2017-04-11 }}</ref>]   '''As of October 2017, Github had 24 million developers affiliated to 1.5 million organizations and 67 million repositories, located in 200 countries of the world, in October 2017. <ref name=":7">{{Cite web|url=http://www.i-programmer.info/news/136-open-source/11210-github-state-.html|title=GitHub's Latest State Of The Octoverse|last=Editor|website=www.i-programmer.info|language=en-gb|access-date=2017-12-11}}</ref> It is''' the largest host of [[source code]] in the world.<ref>{{cite journal |first1 = Georgios |last1 = Gousios |first2 = Bogdan |last2 = Vasilescu |first3 = Alexander |last3 = Serebrenik |first4 = Andy |last4 = Zaidman |title = Lean GHTorrent: GitHub Data on Demand |page = 1 |url = http://www.win.tue.nl/~aserebre/msr14georgios.pdf |accessdate = 9 July 2014 |publisher = Delft University of Technology & †Eindhoven University of Technology |___location = The Netherlands |quote = During recent years, GITHUB (2008) has become the largest code host in the world. }}</ref>

GitHub has a [[mascot]] called Octocat, a cat with five tentacles and a human-like face.<ref name="Octodex FAQ">{{cite web |title = GitHub Octodex FAQ |url = https://octodex.github.com/faq.html |accessdate = 21 September 2015 |website = github.com }}</ref><ref name="Jaramillo">{{cite web |url=https://github.com/blog/1929-from-sticker-to-sculpture-the-making-of-the-octocat-figurine |title=From Sticker to Sculpture: The making of the Octocat figurine |date=24 November 2014 |last=Jaramillo |first=Tony |website=The GitHub Blog |publisher=GitHub |access-date=2017-04-19}}</ref>