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'''GitHub''' is a Web-based platform mos'''tly used for developers to post and collaborate on''' [[computer code]]. '''It is''' the largest host of [[source code]] in the world.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Gousios|first1=Georgios|last2=Vasilescu|first2=Bogdan|last3=Serebrenik|first3=Alexander|last4=Zaidman|first4=Andy|title=Lean GHTorrent: GitHub Data on Demand|url=http://www.win.tue.nl/~aserebre/msr14georgios.pdf|___location=The Netherlands|publisher=Delft University of Technology & †Eindhoven University of Technology|page=1|accessdate=9 July 2014|quote=During recent years, GITHUB (2008) has become the largest code host in the world.}}</ref>
'''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>▼
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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>] '''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 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>] '''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>
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>
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On 9 July 2012, [[Peter Levine (venture capitalist)|Peter Levine]], general partner at GitHub's investor [[Andreessen Horowitz]], stated that GitHub had been growing revenue at 300% annually since 2008 "profitably nearly the entire way".<ref>{{cite web |url = http://peter.a16z.com/2012/07/09/software-eats-software-development/ |title = Software Eats Software Development |date = 2012-07-09 |first = Peter |last = Levine | author-link = Peter Levine (venture capitalist) }}</ref>
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=
On 16 January 2013, GitHub announced it had passed the 3 million users mark and was then hosting more than 5 million repositories.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://thenextweb.com/insider/2013/04/11/code-sharing-site-github-turns-five-and-hits-3-5-million-users-6-million-repositories/ |title = Code-sharing site Github turns five and hits 3.5 million users, 6 million repositories |publisher = TheNextWeb.com |date = 2013-04-11 |accessdate = 2013-04-11 }}</ref> On 23 December 2013, GitHub announced it had reached 10 million repositories.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://github.com/blog/1724-10-million-repositories |title = 10 Million Repositories |publisher = GitHub.com |date = 2013-12-23 |accessdate = 2013-12-28 }}</ref>
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=== Organizational structure ===
'''Originally a flat organization with little management structure, in 2014, GitHun introduced middle managers, including heads of engineering, legal, marketing, sales.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/small-business/startups/why-github-finally-abandoned-its-bossless-workplace/article31718152/|title=Why GitHub finally abandoned its bossless workplace|access-date=2018-03-12}}</ref> About 700 people worked at GitHub, as of October 2017.<ref name=":2" />'''
▲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 '''could''' choose to work on projects that interest them ([[open allocation]]). However, salaries '''were''' 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>[delete needs update]
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