[39][4][34] Harvard Business Review argued that Microsoft was intending to acquire GitHub to get access to its user base, so it can be used as a loss leader to encourage use of its other development products and services. That same year, the site was harnessed by over 100,000 users, according to Github, and had grown to host 90,000 unique public repositories, 12,000 having been forked at least once, for a total of 135,000 repositories. Gitea is a community fork of … Tom Preston-Werner presented the then-new Gist feature at a punk rock Ruby conference in 2008. We use optional third-party analytics cookies to understand how you use GitHub.com so we can build better products. It was also revealed that using GitHub while visiting sanctioned countries could result in similar action occurring on a user's account. The “Git” in GitHub. It provides access control and several collaboration features such as bug tracking, feature requests, task management, continuous integration and wikis for every project. GitBucket – Open source GitHub clone written with Scala Gitbucket is a Git platform powered by Scala with easy installation, high extensibility & GitHub API compatibility. [79], As with the rest of GitHub, it includes both free and paid tiers of service, instead of being supported by web advertising. We hope they help you perfect your process, work on projects of any size, and share ideas with your friends and coworkers. The page has over 7000 contributors and is one of the most active repositories on the platform. Add advanced collaboration tools to your private repositories for $7/month. [63][64][65] On April 14, 2020, GitHub made "all of the core GitHub features" free for everyone, including "private repositories with unlimited collaborators".[66]. Since then, uploading gists has been deactivated for unregistered users with the aim to mitigate spamming. GitHub has forbidden the use of VPNs and IP proxies to access the site from sanctioned countries, as purchase history and IP addresses are how they flag users, among other sources. The terms of service state, "By setting your repositories to be viewed publicly, you agree to allow others to view and fork your repositories. [19] By the end of the year, the number of repositories were twice as much, reaching 10 million repositories. There are millions of open source projects on GitHub. Be the first to hear about GitHub’s latest open source tips and resources. [3] Headquartered in California, it has been a subsidiary of Microsoft since 2018. According to GitHub, the source code came from GitHub accidentally sharing the code with Enterprise customers themselves, not from an attack on GitHub servers. Make copies of your favorite projects, experiment in private repositories, and tailor tools and features to meet your needs. [73] In November 2020, source code for GitHub Enterprise Server was leaked online in apparent protest against DMCA takedown of YouTube-dl. The main purpose of GitHub.com is to facilitate the version control and issue tracking aspects of software development. We use optional third-party analytics cookies to understand how you use GitHub.com so we can build better products. [105] After a day, Russia withdrew its block,[106] and Github began blocking to specific content and pages in Russia. Public and open source projects are free to start, maintain, and contribute to. GitHub’s role in securing open source software. As of November 13, 2019, five workers had resigned over the contract. Your contributions help make technology better for everyone, developers and non-developers alike. You signed in with another tab or window. From 2012 Microsoft became a significant user of GitHub, using it to host open-source projects and development tools such as .NET Core, Chakra Core, MSBuild, PowerShell, PowerToys, Visual Studio Code, Windows Calculator, Windows Terminal and the bulk of its product documentation (now to be found on Microsoft Docs). they're used to log you in. [23] The round valued the company at approximately $2 billion. Waffle.io: Project management for software teams. In 2016, Vue reached 2,000,000 downloads. [55], GitHub renamed Octopuss to Octocat,[55] and trademarked the character along with the new name. [9] As of January 2020, GitHub reports having over 40 million users[10] and more than 190 million repositories[11] (including at least 28 million public repositories),[12] making it the largest host of source code in the world. On July 25, 2019, a developer based in Iran wrote on Medium about how GitHub blocked his private repositories, and prohibited access to GitHub Pages. [47] Employees could choose to work on projects that interested them (open allocation), but salaries were set by the chief executive. [22] On July 29, 2015, GitHub stated it had raised $250 million in funding in a round led by Sequoia Capital. Learn how GitHub works to protect you as you use, contribute to, and build on open source.