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'''GitHub''' is a Web-based platform mos'''tlyplatform mostly 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>

The platform is a [[Git]] [[version control]] [[Repository (version control)|repository]] [[Internet hosting service|hosting service]]. 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>