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Raw Queries and Responses

1. Shard Calculation

Query:

Response:

Calculated Shard: 152 (from laksa015)

2. Crawled Status Check

Query:

curl -X POST \
  'http://laksa152.int.ahrefs:8124/' \
  -H 'Content-Type: text/plain' \
  -H 'X-ClickHouse-Database: crawler3' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YXBpOg==' \
  -d 'SELECT getAhrefsURLFromUnparsed(src_unparsed) AS found_url, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(download_stamp), 0) AS crawl_time, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(props_url_first_seen), 0) AS first_indexed_time, download_http_code AS http_code, src_unparsed AS src_unparsed, src_root_hash AS src_root_hash, history_drop_reason AS history_drop_reason, meta_title AS meta_title, meta_descriptions AS meta_descriptions, attrs_boilerpipe_text AS attrs_boilerpipe_text, attrs_markdown AS attrs_markdown, attrs_readable_markdown AS attrs_readable_markdown, meta_canonical AS meta_canonical FROM crawler3.page_info_local FINAL PREWHERE (src_root_hash, src_unparsed) IN ((getAhrefsRootHashFromUnparsed(getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/GitHub\')), getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/GitHub\'))) FORMAT JSONEachRow'

Response:

{"found_url":"https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub","crawl_time":1773358712,"first_indexed_time":1594123139,"http_code":200,"src_unparsed":"org,wikipedia!simple,\/wiki\/GitHub s443","src_root_hash":"17790707453426894952","history_drop_reason":null,"meta_title":"GitHub - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia","meta_descriptions":[],"attrs_boilerpipe_text":"From Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia\nGitHub, Inc.\nType of business\nSubsidiary\nType of site\nCollaborative version control\nAvailable\n \nin\nEnglish\nFounded\nFebruary\n \n8, 2008\n;\n18 years ago\n(as Logical Awesome LLC)\nHeadquarters\nSan Francisco\n,\nCalifornia\n,\nUnited States\nArea\n \nserved\nWorldwide\nFounder(s)\nTom Preston-Werner\nChris Wanstrath\nP. J. Hyett\nScott Chacon\nCEO\nNat Friedman\nKey\n \npeople\nErica Brescia (COO)\nCarrie Olesen (CHRO)\nMike Taylor (CFO)\nIndustry\nSoftware\nParent\nMicrosoft\nRegistration\nOptional\n(required for creating and joining projects)\nUsers\n100 million (Jan 2023)\n[\n1\n]\nLaunched\nApril\n \n10, 2008\n;\n17 years ago\nCurrent\n \nstatus\nActive\nWritten\n \nin\nRuby\nGitHub\nis an online software development assistance and version control service.\n[\n2\n]\n[\n3\n]\n[\n4\n]\n[\n5\n]\n[\n6\n]\nThis platform uses\nGit\n.\n[\n7\n]\nIt is operated by\nGitHub, Inc.\nbased in the United States.\nIn January 2020, GitHub reported that they have more than 40\n \nmillion users\n[\n8\n]\nand more than 100\n \nmillion\nrepositories\n[\n9\n]\n(including at least 28\n \nmillion public repositories).\n[\n10\n]\nTherefore, it is recognized as the largest host of\nsource code\nin the world.\n[\n11\n]\nCurrently, there are many individual GitHub users. On the other hand, there are also organizational users such as educational institutions\n[\n12\n]\n[\n13\n]\n[\n14\n]\nand companies. The following companies are using GitHub to distribute\nopen source\nprojects:\nFacebook\n.\n[\n15\n]\nGoogle Research (research facility of\nGoogle\n)\n[\n16\n]\nIBM\n[\n17\n]\nMicrosoft\n[\n18\n]\n[\n19\n]\n[\n20\n]\nTeX Users Group (A community for\nLaTeX\nusers)\n[\n21\n]\nWolfram Research\n(developer of\nWolfram Mathematica\n)\n[\n22\n]\nGitHub was made for users who want to save their programs on their\nweb browsers\n. But there is also a desktop version known as GitHub Desktop.\n[\n23\n]\nAll GitHub users can create\nwebsites\nwith the\ngithub.io\ndomain. This service is known as\nGitHub Pages\n.\n[\n24\n]\nThe development history of the\nHTML\ncode will be recorded with Git.\nToday, there are several GitHub like services for developers. Some of them use Git but have different interface with unique web-design. One of the most famous GitHub rival is\nGitLab\n.\n[\n25\n]\n[\n26\n]\nThis is also based on Git. Users can export their programs on GitHub to GitLab.\nWikimedia Commons has media related to\nGitHub\n.\n↑\nhttps:\/\/github.blog\/2023-01-25-100-million-developers-and-counting\/\n↑\nDabbish, L., Stuart, C., Tsay, J., & Herbsleb, J. (2012, February). Social coding in GitHub: transparency and collaboration in an open software repository. In Proceedings of the ACM 2012 conference on computer supported cooperative work (pp. 1277-1286).\n↑\nPipinellis, A. (2018). GitHub Essentials: Unleash the power of collaborative development workflows using GitHub. Packt Publishing Ltd.\n↑\nMergel, I. (2015). Open collaboration in the public sector: The case of social coding on GitHub. Government Information Quarterly, 32(4), 464-472.\n↑\nBeer, B. (2018). Introducing GitHub: A non-technical guide. \" O'Reilly Media, Inc.\".\n↑\nDawson, C., & Straub, B. (2016). Building Tools with GitHub: Customize Your Workflow. \" O'Reilly Media, Inc.\".\n↑\nBlischak, J. D., Davenport, E. R., & Wilson, G. (2016). A quick introduction to version control with Git and GitHub. PLoS computational biology, 12(1), e1004668.\n↑\n\"User search\"\n.\nGitHub\n. Retrieved\nJan 29,\n2019\n.\nShowing 40,206,691 available users\n↑\n\"GitHub passes 100 million repositories\"\n.\nVentureBeat\n. 2018-11-08. Archived from\nthe original\non 2019-09-27\n. Retrieved\n2019-06-13\n.\n↑\n\"Repository search for public repositories\"\n.\nGitHub\n. Retrieved\nJune 5,\n2018\n.\nShowing 28,177,992 available repository results\n↑\nGousios, Georgios; Vasilescu, Bogdan; Serebrenik, Alexander; Zaidman, Andy.\n\"Lean GHTorrent: GitHub Data on Demand\"\n(PDF)\n. The Netherlands: Delft University of Technology & †Eindhoven University of Technology: 1\n. Retrieved\nJuly 9,\n2014\n.\nDuring recent years, GITHUB (2008) has become the largest code host in the world.\n↑\nGriffin, T., & Seals, S. (2013). Github in the classroom: Not just for group projects. Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, 28(4), 74-74.\n↑\nFiksel, J., Jager, L. R., Hardin, J. S., & Taub, M. A. (2019). Using GitHub Classroom To Teach\nStatistics\n. Journal of Statistics Education, 27(2), 110-119.\n↑\nAngulo, M. A., & Aktunc, O. (2019). Using GitHub as a teaching tool for programming courses. In ASEE Gulf-Southwest Section Annual Meeting 2018 Papers. American Society for Engineering Education.\n↑\ngithub\n.com\n\/facebook\n↑\ngithub\n.com\n\/google-research\n↑\ngithub\n.com\n\/IBM\n↑\ngithub\n.com\n\/microsoft\n↑\ngithub\n.com\n\/microsoftopensource\n↑\ngithub\n.com\n\/Microsoft-OpenSource-Labs\n↑\ngithub\n.com\n\/TeXUsersGroup\n↑\ngithub\n.com\n\/WolframResearch\n↑\nVan Strien, D. (2016). An Introduction to Version Control Using GitHub Desktop. The Programming Historian.\n↑\nOwen, D. (2017). Using GitHub pages for a computer science course website: conference tutorial. Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, 32(3), 36-36.\n↑\nVan Baarsen, J. (2014). GitLab Cookbook. Packt Publishing Ltd.\n↑\nO'grady, A. (2018). GitLab Quick Start Guide: Migrate to GitLab for all your repository management solutions. Packt Publishing Ltd.","attrs_markdown":"[Jump to content](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub#bodyContent)\n\nMain menu\n\nMain menu\n\nmove to sidebar\n\nhide\n\nGetting around\n\n- [Main page](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Main_Page \"Visit the main page [z]\")\n- [Simple start](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikipedia:Simple_start \"About the project, what you can do, where to find things\")\n- [Simple talk](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikipedia:Simple_talk)\n- [New changes](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Special:RecentChanges \"The list of new changes in the wiki. [r]\")\n- [Show any page](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Special:Random \"Show any page [x]\")\n- [Help](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Help:Contents \"The place to get help\")\n- [Contact us](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikipedia:Contact_us)\n- [About Wikipedia](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikipedia:About)\n- [Special pages](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Special:SpecialPages \"A list of all special pages [q]\")\n\n[![](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/static\/images\/icons\/wikipedia.png) ![Wikipedia](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/static\/images\/mobile\/copyright\/wikipedia-wordmark-en.svg) ![The Free Encyclopedia](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/static\/images\/mobile\/copyright\/wikipedia-tagline-simple.svg)](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Main_Page)\n\n[Search](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Special:Search \"Search Wikipedia [f]\")\n\nAppearance\n\n- [Give to Wikipedia](https:\/\/donate.wikimedia.org\/?wmf_source=donate&wmf_medium=sidebar&wmf_campaign=simple.wikipedia.org&uselang=en)\n- [Create account](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Special:CreateAccount&returnto=GitHub \"You are encouraged to create an account and log in; however, it is not mandatory\")\n- [Log in](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=GitHub \"You are encouraged to log in; however, it is not mandatory [o]\")\n\nPersonal tools\n\n- [Give to Wikipedia](https:\/\/donate.wikimedia.org\/?wmf_source=donate&wmf_medium=sidebar&wmf_campaign=simple.wikipedia.org&uselang=en)\n- [Create account](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Special:CreateAccount&returnto=GitHub \"You are encouraged to create an account and log in; however, it is not mandatory\")\n- [Log in](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=GitHub \"You are encouraged to log in; however, it is not mandatory [o]\")\n\n## Contents\nmove to sidebar\n\nhide\n\n- [Beginning](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub)\n- [1 Organizational users](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub#Organizational_users)\n- [2 Desktop version](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub#Desktop_version)\n- [3 GitHub Pages](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub#GitHub_Pages)\n- [4 Similar services](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub#Similar_services)\n- [5 References](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub#References)\n\nToggle the table of contents\n\n# GitHub\n70 languages\n\n- [Aragonés](https:\/\/an.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub \"GitHub – Aragonese\")\n- [العربية](https:\/\/ar.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%D8%BA%D9%8A%D8%AA_%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%A8 \"غيت هاب – Arabic\")\n- [Azərbaycanca](https:\/\/az.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub \"GitHub – Azerbaijani\")\n- [تۆرکجه](https:\/\/azb.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%D9%82%DB%8C%D8%AA%E2%80%8C%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%A8 \"قیت‌هاب – South Azerbaijani\")\n- [Беларуская](https:\/\/be.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub \"GitHub – Belarusian\")\n- [Български](https:\/\/bg.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub \"GitHub – Bulgarian\")\n- [বাংলা](https:\/\/bn.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AC \"গিটহাব – Bangla\")\n- [Català](https:\/\/ca.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub \"GitHub – Catalan\")\n- [閩東語 \/ Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄](https:\/\/cdo.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub \"GitHub – Mindong\")\n- [کوردی](https:\/\/ckb.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%DA%AF%DB%8C%D8%AA%DA%BE%DB%95%D8%A8 \"گیتھەب – Central Kurdish\")\n- [Čeština](https:\/\/cs.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub \"GitHub – Czech\")\n- [Deutsch](https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub \"GitHub – German\")\n- [Ελληνικά](https:\/\/el.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub \"GitHub – Greek\")\n- [English](https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub \"GitHub – English\")\n- [Esperanto](https:\/\/eo.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub \"GitHub – Esperanto\")\n- [Español](https:\/\/es.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub \"GitHub – Spanish\")\n- [Eesti](https:\/\/et.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub \"GitHub – Estonian\")\n- [Euskara](https:\/\/eu.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub \"GitHub – Basque\")\n- [فارسی](https:\/\/fa.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%DA%AF%DB%8C%D8%AA%E2%80%8C%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%A8 \"گیت‌هاب – Persian\")\n- [Suomi](https:\/\/fi.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub \"GitHub – Finnish\")\n- [Français](https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub \"GitHub – French\")\n- [Gaeilge](https:\/\/ga.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub \"GitHub – Irish\")\n- [Hausa](https:\/\/ha.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Github \"Github – Hausa\")\n- [客家語 \/ Hak-kâ-ngî](https:\/\/hak.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub \"GitHub – Hakka Chinese\")\n- [עברית](https:\/\/he.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub \"GitHub – Hebrew\")\n- [हिन्दी](https:\/\/hi.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%AC \"गिटहब – Hindi\")\n- [Magyar](https:\/\/hu.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub \"GitHub – Hungarian\")\n- [Հայերեն](https:\/\/hy.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub \"GitHub – Armenian\")\n- [Արեւմտահայերէն](https:\/\/hyw.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub \"GitHub – Western Armenian\")\n- [Bahasa Indonesia](https:\/\/id.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub \"GitHub – Indonesian\")\n- [Ido](https:\/\/io.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub \"GitHub – Ido\")\n- [Íslenska](https:\/\/is.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub \"GitHub – Icelandic\")\n- [Italiano](https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub \"GitHub – Italian\")\n- [日本語](https:\/\/ja.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub \"GitHub – Japanese\")\n- [ქართული](https:\/\/ka.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub \"GitHub – Georgian\")\n- [Qaraqalpaqsha](https:\/\/kaa.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub \"GitHub – Kara-Kalpak\")\n- [한국어](https:\/\/ko.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%EA%B9%83%ED%97%88%EB%B8%8C \"깃허브 – Korean\")\n- [Кыргызча](https:\/\/ky.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub \"GitHub – Kyrgyz\")\n- [Latviešu](https:\/\/lv.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub \"GitHub – Latvian\")\n- [മലയാളം](https:\/\/ml.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%E0%B4%97%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B9%E0%B4%AC%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AC%E0%B5%8D \"ഗിറ്റ്ഹബ്ബ് – Malayalam\")\n- [Bahasa Melayu](https:\/\/ms.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub \"GitHub – Malay\")\n- [မြန်မာဘာသာ](https:\/\/my.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%E1%80%82%E1%80%85%E1%80%BA%E1%80%90%E1%80%BA%E1%80%9F%E1%80%95%E1%80%BA%E1%80%98%E1%80%BA \"ဂစ်တ်ဟပ်ဘ် – Burmese\")\n- [Nederlands](https:\/\/nl.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub \"GitHub – Dutch\")\n- [Norsk bokmål](https:\/\/no.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub \"GitHub – Norwegian Bokmål\")\n- [Nupe](https:\/\/nup.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub \"GitHub – Nupe\")\n- [Polski](https:\/\/pl.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub \"GitHub – Polish\")\n- [Português](https:\/\/pt.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub \"GitHub – Portuguese\")\n- [Runa Simi](https:\/\/qu.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub \"GitHub – Quechua\")\n- [Română](https:\/\/ro.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub \"GitHub – Romanian\")\n- [Русский](https:\/\/ru.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub \"GitHub – Russian\")\n- [Slovenčina](https:\/\/sk.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub \"GitHub – Slovak\")\n- [Slovenščina](https:\/\/sl.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub \"GitHub – Slovenian\")\n- [Shqip](https:\/\/sq.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub \"GitHub – Albanian\")\n- [Српски \/ srpski](https:\/\/sr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub \"GitHub – Serbian\")\n- [Svenska](https:\/\/sv.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Github \"Github – Swedish\")\n- [தமிழ்](https:\/\/ta.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%B9%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8D \"கிட்ஹப் – Tamil\")\n- [Тоҷикӣ](https:\/\/tg.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub \"GitHub – Tajik\")\n- [ไทย](https:\/\/th.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%AE%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%9A \"กิตฮับ – Thai\")\n- [Türkçe](https:\/\/tr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub \"GitHub – Turkish\")\n- [Татарча \/ tatarça](https:\/\/tt.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub \"GitHub – Tatar\")\n- [ئۇيغۇرچە \/ Uyghurche](https:\/\/ug.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%DA%AF%D9%89%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%A8 \"گىتخاب – Uyghur\")\n- [Українська](https:\/\/uk.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub \"GitHub – Ukrainian\")\n- [اردو](https:\/\/ur.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%DA%AF%D9%B9_%DB%81%D8%A8 \"گٹ ہب – Urdu\")\n- [Oʻzbekcha \/ ўзбекча](https:\/\/uz.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub \"GitHub – Uzbek\")\n- [Vèneto](https:\/\/vec.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub \"GitHub – Venetian\")\n- [Tiếng Việt](https:\/\/vi.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub \"GitHub – Vietnamese\")\n- [吴语](https:\/\/wuu.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub \"GitHub – Wu\")\n- [閩南語 \/ Bân-lâm-gí](https:\/\/zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub \"GitHub – Minnan\")\n- [粵語](https:\/\/zh-yue.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub \"GitHub – Cantonese\")\n- [中文](https:\/\/zh.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub \"GitHub – Chinese\")\n\n[Change links](https:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/wiki\/Special:EntityPage\/Q364#sitelinks-wikipedia \"Edit interlanguage links\")\n\n- [Page](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub \"View the content page [c]\")\n- [Talk](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Talk:GitHub \"Discussion about the content page [t]\")\n\nEnglish\n\n- [Read](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub)\n- [Change](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=GitHub&veaction=edit \"Edit this page [v]\")\n- [Change source](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=GitHub&action=edit \"Edit the source code of this page [e]\")\n- [View history](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=GitHub&action=history \"Past revisions of this page [h]\")\n\nTools\n\nTools\n\nmove to sidebar\n\nhide\n\nActions\n\n- [Read](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub)\n- [Change](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=GitHub&veaction=edit \"Edit this page [v]\")\n- [Change source](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=GitHub&action=edit \"Edit the source code of this page [e]\")\n- [View history](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=GitHub&action=history)\n\nGeneral\n\n- [What links here](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Special:WhatLinksHere\/GitHub \"A list of all wiki pages that link here [j]\")\n- [Related changes](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Special:RecentChangesLinked\/GitHub \"New changes in pages linked from this page [k]\")\n- [Upload file](https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/Special:UploadWizard \"Upload files [u]\")\n- [Permanent link](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=GitHub&oldid=10618459 \"Permanent link to this revision of this page\")\n- [Page information](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=GitHub&action=info \"More information about this page\")\n- [Cite this page](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Special:CiteThisPage&page=GitHub&id=10618459&wpFormIdentifier=titleform \"Information on how to cite this page\")\n- [Get shortened URL](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Special:UrlShortener&url=https%3A%2F%2Fsimple.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FGitHub)\n- [Switch to legacy parser](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=GitHub&useparsoid=0)\n\nPrint\/export\n\n- [Make a book](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Special:Book&bookcmd=book_creator&referer=GitHub)\n- [Download as PDF](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=Special:DownloadAsPdf&page=GitHub&action=show-download-screen)\n- [Page for printing](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=GitHub&printable=yes \"Printable version of this page [p]\")\n\nIn other projects\n\n- [Wikimedia Commons](https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/Category:GitHub)\n- [MediaWiki](https:\/\/www.mediawiki.org\/wiki\/GitHub)\n- [Wikidata item](https:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/wiki\/Special:EntityPage\/Q364 \"Link to connected data repository item [g]\")\n\nAppearance\n\nmove to sidebar\n\nhide\n\nFrom Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia\n\n|   |   |\n|---|---|\n| [![](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/9\/95\/Font_Awesome_5_brands_github.svg\/120px-Font_Awesome_5_brands_github.svg.png)](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Font_Awesome_5_brands_github.svg) [![](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/2\/29\/GitHub_logo_2013.svg\/250px-GitHub_logo_2013.svg.png)](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:GitHub_logo_2013.svg) |   |\n| Type of business | [Subsidiary](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Subsidiary \"Subsidiary\") |\n| Type of site | Collaborative version control |\n| Available in | English |\n| Founded | February 8, 2008; 18 years ago (2008-02-08) (as Logical Awesome LLC) |\n| Headquarters | [San Francisco](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/San_Francisco \"San Francisco\"), [California](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/California \"California\"), [United States](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States \"United States\") |\n| Area served | Worldwide |\n| [Founder(s)](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Organizational_founder \"Organizational founder\") | Tom Preston-Werner Chris Wanstrath P. J. Hyett Scott Chacon |\n| CEO | Nat Friedman |\n| Key people | Erica Brescia (COO) Carrie Olesen (CHRO) Mike Taylor (CFO) |\n| Industry | Software |\n| [Parent](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Holding_company \"Holding company\") | [Microsoft](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Microsoft \"Microsoft\") |\n| Registration | Optional (required for creating and joining projects) |\n| [Users](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Registered_user \"Registered user\") | 100 million (Jan 2023)[\\[1\\]](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub#cite_note-1) |\n| Launched | April 10, 2008; 17 years ago (2008-04-10) |\n| Current status | Active |\n| Written in | [Ruby](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ruby_\\(programming_language\\) \"Ruby (programming language)\") |\n\n**GitHub** is an online software development assistance and version control service.[\\[2\\]](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub#cite_note-2)[\\[3\\]](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub#cite_note-3)[\\[4\\]](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub#cite_note-4)[\\[5\\]](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub#cite_note-5)[\\[6\\]](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub#cite_note-6) This platform uses [Git](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Git_\\(software\\) \"Git (software)\").[\\[7\\]](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub#cite_note-7) It is operated by **GitHub, Inc.** based in the United States.\n\nIn January 2020, GitHub reported that they have more than 40 million users[\\[8\\]](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub#cite_note-8) and more than 100 million [repositories](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Repository_\\(data\\) \"Repository (data)\")[\\[9\\]](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub#cite_note-9) (including at least 28 million public repositories).[\\[10\\]](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub#cite_note-10) Therefore, it is recognized as the largest host of [source code](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Source_code \"Source code\") in the world.[\\[11\\]](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub#cite_note-11)\n\n## Organizational users\n\\[[change](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=GitHub&veaction=edit&section=1 \"Change section: Organizational users\") \\| [change source](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=GitHub&action=edit&section=1 \"Edit section's source code: Organizational users\")\\]\n\nCurrently, there are many individual GitHub users. On the other hand, there are also organizational users such as educational institutions[\\[12\\]](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub#cite_note-12)[\\[13\\]](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub#cite_note-13)[\\[14\\]](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub#cite_note-14) and companies. The following companies are using GitHub to distribute [open source](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Open_source \"Open source\") projects:\n\n- [Facebook](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Facebook \"Facebook\").[\\[15\\]](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub#cite_note-15)\n- Google Research (research facility of [Google](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Google \"Google\"))[\\[16\\]](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub#cite_note-16)\n- [IBM](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/IBM \"IBM\")[\\[17\\]](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub#cite_note-17)\n- [Microsoft](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Microsoft \"Microsoft\")[\\[18\\]](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub#cite_note-18)[\\[19\\]](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub#cite_note-19)[\\[20\\]](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub#cite_note-20)\n- TeX Users Group (A community for [LaTeX](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/LaTeX \"LaTeX\") users)[\\[21\\]](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub#cite_note-21)\n- [Wolfram Research](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wolfram_Research \"Wolfram Research\") (developer of [Wolfram Mathematica](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wolfram_Mathematica \"Wolfram Mathematica\"))[\\[22\\]](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub#cite_note-22)\n\n## Desktop version\n\\[[change](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=GitHub&veaction=edit&section=2 \"Change section: Desktop version\") \\| [change source](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=GitHub&action=edit&section=2 \"Edit section's source code: Desktop version\")\\]\n\nGitHub was made for users who want to save their programs on their [web browsers](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Web_browser \"Web browser\"). But there is also a desktop version known as GitHub Desktop.[\\[23\\]](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub#cite_note-23)\n\n## GitHub Pages\n\\[[change](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=GitHub&veaction=edit&section=3 \"Change section: GitHub Pages\") \\| [change source](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=GitHub&action=edit&section=3 \"Edit section's source code: GitHub Pages\")\\]\n\nAll GitHub users can create [websites](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Website \"Website\") with the **github.io** domain. This service is known as **GitHub Pages**.[\\[24\\]](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub#cite_note-24) The development history of the [HTML](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/HTML \"HTML\") code will be recorded with Git.\n\n## Similar services\n\\[[change](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=GitHub&veaction=edit&section=4 \"Change section: Similar services\") \\| [change source](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=GitHub&action=edit&section=4 \"Edit section's source code: Similar services\")\\]\n\nToday, there are several GitHub like services for developers. Some of them use Git but have different interface with unique web-design. One of the most famous GitHub rival is **GitLab**.[\\[25\\]](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub#cite_note-25)[\\[26\\]](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub#cite_note-26) This is also based on Git. Users can export their programs on GitHub to GitLab.\n\n## References\n\\[[change](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=GitHub&veaction=edit&section=5 \"Change section: References\") \\| [change source](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/w\/index.php?title=GitHub&action=edit&section=5 \"Edit section's source code: References\")\\]\n\n![](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/f\/ff\/Wikidata-logo.svg\/40px-Wikidata-logo.svg.png)\n\n[Wikidata](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikidata \"Wikidata\") has the property:\n\n- ![](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/a\/a8\/Disc_Plain_blue_dark.svg\/20px-Disc_Plain_blue_dark.svg.png) ***[GitHub account (P2037)](https:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/wiki\/Property%20talk:P2037 \"d:Property talk:P2037\")*** (see [uses](https:\/\/query.wikidata.org\/embed.html#SELECT%20%3FWikidata_item_%20%3FWikidata_item_Label%20%3Fvalue%20%3FvalueLabel%20%3FEnglish_Wikipedia_article%20%23Show%20data%20in%20this%20order%0A%7B%0A%09%3FWikidata_item_%20wdt%3AP2037%20%3Fvalue%20.%20%23Collecting%20all%20items%20which%20have%20P2037%20data%2C%20from%20whole%20Wikidata%20item%20pages%0A%09OPTIONAL%20%7B%3FEnglish_Wikipedia_article%20schema%3Aabout%20%3FWikidata_item_%3B%20schema%3AisPartOf%20%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2F%3E%20.%7D%20%23If%20collected%20item%20has%20link%20to%20English%20Wikipedia%2C%20show%20that%0A%09SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20%20%7D%20%23Show%20label%20in%20this%20language.%20%22en%22%20is%20English.%20%20%20%0A%7D%0ALIMIT%201000))\n\n![](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/4\/4a\/Commons-logo.svg\/40px-Commons-logo.svg.png)\n\nWikimedia Commons has media related to ***[GitHub](https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/Category:GitHub \"commons:Category:GitHub\")***.\n\n1. [↑](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub#cite_ref-1) <https:\/\/github.blog\/2023-01-25-100-million-developers-and-counting\/>\n2. [↑](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub#cite_ref-2) Dabbish, L., Stuart, C., Tsay, J., & Herbsleb, J. (2012, February). Social coding in GitHub: transparency and collaboration in an open software repository. In Proceedings of the ACM 2012 conference on computer supported cooperative work (pp. 1277-1286).\n3. [↑](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub#cite_ref-3) Pipinellis, A. (2018). GitHub Essentials: Unleash the power of collaborative development workflows using GitHub. Packt Publishing Ltd.\n4. [↑](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub#cite_ref-4) Mergel, I. (2015). Open collaboration in the public sector: The case of social coding on GitHub. Government Information Quarterly, 32(4), 464-472.\n5. [↑](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub#cite_ref-5) Beer, B. (2018). Introducing GitHub: A non-technical guide. \" O'Reilly Media, Inc.\".\n6. [↑](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub#cite_ref-6) Dawson, C., & Straub, B. (2016). Building Tools with GitHub: Customize Your Workflow. \" O'Reilly Media, Inc.\".\n7. [↑](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub#cite_ref-7) Blischak, J. D., Davenport, E. R., & Wilson, G. (2016). A quick introduction to version control with Git and GitHub. PLoS computational biology, 12(1), e1004668.\n8. [↑](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub#cite_ref-8)\n   [\"User search\"](https:\/\/github.com\/search?q=type:user&type=Users). *GitHub*. Retrieved Jan 29, 2019. \"Showing 40,206,691 available users\"\n9. [↑](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub#cite_ref-9)\n   [\"GitHub passes 100 million repositories\"](https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20190927045401\/https:\/\/venturebeat.com\/2018\/11\/08\/github-passes-100-million-repositories\/). *VentureBeat*. 2018-11-08. Archived from [the original](https:\/\/venturebeat.com\/2018\/11\/08\/github-passes-100-million-repositories\/) on 2019-09-27. Retrieved 2019-06-13.\n10. [↑](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub#cite_ref-10)\n    [\"Repository search for public repositories\"](https:\/\/github.com\/search?q=is:public). *GitHub*. Retrieved June 5, 2018. \"Showing 28,177,992 available repository results\"\n11. [↑](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub#cite_ref-11)\n    Gousios, Georgios; Vasilescu, Bogdan; Serebrenik, Alexander; Zaidman, Andy. [\"Lean GHTorrent: GitHub Data on Demand\"](https:\/\/www.win.tue.nl\/~aserebre\/msr14georgios.pdf) (PDF). The Netherlands: Delft University of Technology & †Eindhoven University of Technology: 1. Retrieved July 9, 2014. \"During recent years, GITHUB (2008) has become the largest code host in the world.\"\n    \n    `{{cite journal}}`: Cite journal requires `|journal=` ([help](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Help:CS1_errors#missing_periodical \"Help:CS1 errors\"))\n12. [↑](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub#cite_ref-12) Griffin, T., & Seals, S. (2013). Github in the classroom: Not just for group projects. Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, 28(4), 74-74.\n13. [↑](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub#cite_ref-13) Fiksel, J., Jager, L. R., Hardin, J. S., & Taub, M. A. (2019). Using GitHub Classroom To Teach [Statistics](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Statistics \"Statistics\"). Journal of Statistics Education, 27(2), 110-119.\n14. [↑](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub#cite_ref-14) Angulo, M. A., & Aktunc, O. (2019). Using GitHub as a teaching tool for programming courses. In ASEE Gulf-Southwest Section Annual Meeting 2018 Papers. American Society for Engineering Education.\n15. [↑](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub#cite_ref-15)\n    [github.com\/facebook](https:\/\/github.com\/facebook)\n16. [↑](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub#cite_ref-16)\n    [github.com\/google-research](https:\/\/github.com\/google-research)\n17. [↑](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub#cite_ref-17)\n    [github.com\/IBM](https:\/\/github.com\/IBM)\n18. [↑](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub#cite_ref-18)\n    [github.com\/microsoft](https:\/\/github.com\/microsoft)\n19. [↑](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub#cite_ref-19)\n    [github.com\/microsoftopensource](https:\/\/github.com\/microsoftopensource)\n20. [↑](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub#cite_ref-20)\n    [github.com\/Microsoft-OpenSource-Labs](https:\/\/github.com\/Microsoft-OpenSource-Labs)\n21. [↑](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub#cite_ref-21)\n    [github.com\/TeXUsersGroup](https:\/\/github.com\/TeXUsersGroup)\n22. [↑](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub#cite_ref-22)\n    [github.com\/WolframResearch](https:\/\/github.com\/WolframResearch)\n23. [↑](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub#cite_ref-23) Van Strien, D. (2016). An Introduction to Version Control Using GitHub Desktop. The Programming Historian.\n24. [↑](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub#cite_ref-24) Owen, D. (2017). Using GitHub pages for a computer science course website: conference tutorial. Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, 32(3), 36-36.\n25. [↑](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub#cite_ref-25) Van Baarsen, J. (2014). GitLab Cookbook. Packt Publishing Ltd.\n26. [↑](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub#cite_ref-26) O'grady, A. (2018). GitLab Quick Start Guide: Migrate to GitLab for all your repository management solutions. 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J. Hyett Scott Chacon |\n| CEO | Nat Friedman |\n| Key people | Erica Brescia (COO) Carrie Olesen (CHRO) Mike Taylor (CFO) |\n| Industry | Software |\n| [Parent](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Holding_company \"Holding company\") | [Microsoft](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Microsoft \"Microsoft\") |\n| Registration | Optional (required for creating and joining projects) |\n| [Users](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Registered_user \"Registered user\") | 100 million (Jan 2023)[\\[1\\]](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub#cite_note-1) |\n| Launched | April 10, 2008; 17 years ago |\n| Current status | Active |\n| Written in | [Ruby](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ruby_\\(programming_language\\) \"Ruby (programming language)\") |\n\n**GitHub** is an online software development assistance and version control service.[\\[2\\]](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub#cite_note-2)[\\[3\\]](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub#cite_note-3)[\\[4\\]](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub#cite_note-4)[\\[5\\]](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub#cite_note-5)[\\[6\\]](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub#cite_note-6) This platform uses [Git](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Git_\\(software\\) \"Git (software)\").[\\[7\\]](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub#cite_note-7) It is operated by **GitHub, Inc.** based in the United States.\n\nIn January 2020, GitHub reported that they have more than 40 million users[\\[8\\]](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub#cite_note-8) and more than 100 million [repositories](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Repository_\\(data\\) \"Repository (data)\")[\\[9\\]](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub#cite_note-9) (including at least 28 million public repositories).[\\[10\\]](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub#cite_note-10) Therefore, it is recognized as the largest host of [source code](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Source_code \"Source code\") in the world.[\\[11\\]](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub#cite_note-11)\n\nCurrently, there are many individual GitHub users. On the other hand, there are also organizational users such as educational institutions[\\[12\\]](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub#cite_note-12)[\\[13\\]](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub#cite_note-13)[\\[14\\]](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub#cite_note-14) and companies. The following companies are using GitHub to distribute [open source](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Open_source \"Open source\") projects:\n\n- [Facebook](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Facebook \"Facebook\").[\\[15\\]](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub#cite_note-15)\n- Google Research (research facility of [Google](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Google \"Google\"))[\\[16\\]](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub#cite_note-16)\n- [IBM](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/IBM \"IBM\")[\\[17\\]](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub#cite_note-17)\n- [Microsoft](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Microsoft \"Microsoft\")[\\[18\\]](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub#cite_note-18)[\\[19\\]](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub#cite_note-19)[\\[20\\]](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub#cite_note-20)\n- TeX Users Group (A community for [LaTeX](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/LaTeX \"LaTeX\") users)[\\[21\\]](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub#cite_note-21)\n- [Wolfram Research](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wolfram_Research \"Wolfram Research\") (developer of [Wolfram Mathematica](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wolfram_Mathematica \"Wolfram Mathematica\"))[\\[22\\]](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub#cite_note-22)\n\nGitHub was made for users who want to save their programs on their [web browsers](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Web_browser \"Web browser\"). But there is also a desktop version known as GitHub Desktop.[\\[23\\]](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub#cite_note-23)\n\nAll GitHub users can create [websites](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Website \"Website\") with the **github.io** domain. This service is known as **GitHub Pages**.[\\[24\\]](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub#cite_note-24) The development history of the [HTML](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/HTML \"HTML\") code will be recorded with Git.\n\nToday, there are several GitHub like services for developers. Some of them use Git but have different interface with unique web-design. One of the most famous GitHub rival is **GitLab**.[\\[25\\]](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub#cite_note-25)[\\[26\\]](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub#cite_note-26) This is also based on Git. Users can export their programs on GitHub to GitLab.\n\n![](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/f\/ff\/Wikidata-logo.svg\/40px-Wikidata-logo.svg.png)\n\n![](https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/4\/4a\/Commons-logo.svg\/40px-Commons-logo.svg.png)\n\nWikimedia Commons has media related to ***[GitHub](https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/Category:GitHub \"commons:Category:GitHub\")***.\n\n1. [↑](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub#cite_ref-1) <https:\/\/github.blog\/2023-01-25-100-million-developers-and-counting\/>\n2. [↑](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub#cite_ref-2) Dabbish, L., Stuart, C., Tsay, J., & Herbsleb, J. (2012, February). Social coding in GitHub: transparency and collaboration in an open software repository. In Proceedings of the ACM 2012 conference on computer supported cooperative work (pp. 1277-1286).\n3. [↑](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub#cite_ref-3) Pipinellis, A. (2018). GitHub Essentials: Unleash the power of collaborative development workflows using GitHub. Packt Publishing Ltd.\n4. [↑](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub#cite_ref-4) Mergel, I. (2015). Open collaboration in the public sector: The case of social coding on GitHub. Government Information Quarterly, 32(4), 464-472.\n5. [↑](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub#cite_ref-5) Beer, B. (2018). Introducing GitHub: A non-technical guide. \" O'Reilly Media, Inc.\".\n6. [↑](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub#cite_ref-6) Dawson, C., & Straub, B. (2016). Building Tools with GitHub: Customize Your Workflow. \" O'Reilly Media, Inc.\".\n7. [↑](https:\/\/simple.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/GitHub#cite_ref-7) Blischak, J. D., Davenport, E. R., & Wilson, G. (2016). A quick introduction to version control with Git and GitHub. PLoS computational biology, 12(1), e1004668.\n8. 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Boilerpipe Text	From Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia GitHub, Inc. Type of business Subsidiary Type of site Collaborative version control Available in English Founded February 8, 2008 ; 18 years ago (as Logical Awesome LLC) Headquarters San Francisco , California , United States Area served Worldwide Founder(s) Tom Preston-Werner Chris Wanstrath P. J. Hyett Scott Chacon CEO Nat Friedman Key people Erica Brescia (COO) Carrie Olesen (CHRO) Mike Taylor (CFO) Industry Software Parent Microsoft Registration Optional (required for creating and joining projects) Users 100 million (Jan 2023) [ 1 ] Launched April 10, 2008 ; 17 years ago Current status Active Written in Ruby GitHub is an online software development assistance and version control service. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] This platform uses Git . [ 7 ] It is operated by GitHub, Inc. based in the United States. In January 2020, GitHub reported that they have more than 40 million users [ 8 ] and more than 100 million repositories [ 9 ] (including at least 28 million public repositories). [ 10 ] Therefore, it is recognized as the largest host of source code in the world. [ 11 ] Currently, there are many individual GitHub users. On the other hand, there are also organizational users such as educational institutions [ 12 ] [ 13 ] [ 14 ] and companies. The following companies are using GitHub to distribute open source projects: Facebook . [ 15 ] Google Research (research facility of Google ) [ 16 ] IBM [ 17 ] Microsoft [ 18 ] [ 19 ] [ 20 ] TeX Users Group (A community for LaTeX users) [ 21 ] Wolfram Research (developer of Wolfram Mathematica ) [ 22 ] GitHub was made for users who want to save their programs on their web browsers . But there is also a desktop version known as GitHub Desktop. [ 23 ] All GitHub users can create websites with the github.io domain. This service is known as GitHub Pages . [ 24 ] The development history of the HTML code will be recorded with Git. Today, there are several GitHub like services for developers. Some of them use Git but have different interface with unique web-design. One of the most famous GitHub rival is GitLab . [ 25 ] [ 26 ] This is also based on Git. Users can export their programs on GitHub to GitLab. Wikimedia Commons has media related to GitHub . ↑ https://github.blog/2023-01-25-100-million-developers-and-counting/ ↑ Dabbish, L., Stuart, C., Tsay, J., & Herbsleb, J. (2012, February). Social coding in GitHub: transparency and collaboration in an open software repository. In Proceedings of the ACM 2012 conference on computer supported cooperative work (pp. 1277-1286). ↑ Pipinellis, A. (2018). GitHub Essentials: Unleash the power of collaborative development workflows using GitHub. Packt Publishing Ltd. ↑ Mergel, I. (2015). Open collaboration in the public sector: The case of social coding on GitHub. Government Information Quarterly, 32(4), 464-472. ↑ Beer, B. (2018). Introducing GitHub: A non-technical guide. " O'Reilly Media, Inc.". ↑ Dawson, C., & Straub, B. (2016). Building Tools with GitHub: Customize Your Workflow. " O'Reilly Media, Inc.". ↑ Blischak, J. D., Davenport, E. R., & Wilson, G. (2016). A quick introduction to version control with Git and GitHub. PLoS computational biology, 12(1), e1004668. ↑ "User search" . GitHub . Retrieved Jan 29, 2019 . Showing 40,206,691 available users ↑ "GitHub passes 100 million repositories" . VentureBeat . 2018-11-08. Archived from the original on 2019-09-27 . Retrieved 2019-06-13 . ↑ "Repository search for public repositories" . GitHub . Retrieved June 5, 2018 . Showing 28,177,992 available repository results ↑ Gousios, Georgios; Vasilescu, Bogdan; Serebrenik, Alexander; Zaidman, Andy. "Lean GHTorrent: GitHub Data on Demand" (PDF) . The Netherlands: Delft University of Technology & †Eindhoven University of Technology: 1 . Retrieved July 9, 2014 . During recent years, GITHUB (2008) has become the largest code host in the world. ↑ Griffin, T., & Seals, S. (2013). Github in the classroom: Not just for group projects. Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, 28(4), 74-74. ↑ Fiksel, J., Jager, L. R., Hardin, J. S., & Taub, M. A. (2019). Using GitHub Classroom To Teach Statistics . Journal of Statistics Education, 27(2), 110-119. ↑ Angulo, M. A., & Aktunc, O. (2019). Using GitHub as a teaching tool for programming courses. In ASEE Gulf-Southwest Section Annual Meeting 2018 Papers. American Society for Engineering Education. ↑ github .com /facebook ↑ github .com /google-research ↑ github .com /IBM ↑ github .com /microsoft ↑ github .com /microsoftopensource ↑ github .com /Microsoft-OpenSource-Labs ↑ github .com /TeXUsersGroup ↑ github .com /WolframResearch ↑ Van Strien, D. (2016). An Introduction to Version Control Using GitHub Desktop. The Programming Historian. ↑ Owen, D. (2017). Using GitHub pages for a computer science course website: conference tutorial. Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, 32(3), 36-36. ↑ Van Baarsen, J. (2014). GitLab Cookbook. Packt Publishing Ltd. ↑ O'grady, A. (2018). GitLab Quick Start Guide: Migrate to GitLab for all your repository management solutions. Packt Publishing Ltd.
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Hyett Scott Chacon \| \| CEO \| Nat Friedman \| \| Key people \| Erica Brescia (COO) Carrie Olesen (CHRO) Mike Taylor (CFO) \| \| Industry \| Software \| \| [Parent](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holding_company "Holding company") \| [Microsoft](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft "Microsoft") \| \| Registration \| Optional (required for creating and joining projects) \| \| [Users](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Registered_user "Registered user") \| 100 million (Jan 2023)[\[1\]](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/GitHub#cite_note-1) \| \| Launched \| April 10, 2008; 17 years ago (2008-04-10) \| \| Current status \| Active \| \| Written in \| [Ruby](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_\(programming_language\) "Ruby (programming language)") \| GitHub is an online software development assistance and version control service.[\[2\]](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/GitHub#cite_note-2)[\[3\]](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/GitHub#cite_note-3)[\[4\]](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/GitHub#cite_note-4)[\[5\]](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/GitHub#cite_note-5)[\[6\]](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/GitHub#cite_note-6) This platform uses [Git](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Git_\(software\) "Git (software)").[\[7\]](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/GitHub#cite_note-7) It is operated by GitHub, Inc. based in the United States. In January 2020, GitHub reported that they have more than 40 million users[\[8\]](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/GitHub#cite_note-8) and more than 100 million [repositories](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repository_\(data\) "Repository (data)")[\[9\]](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/GitHub#cite_note-9) (including at least 28 million public repositories).[\[10\]](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/GitHub#cite_note-10) Therefore, it is recognized as the largest host of [source code](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source_code "Source code") in the world.[\[11\]](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/GitHub#cite_note-11) ## Organizational users \[[change](https://simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=GitHub&veaction=edit&section=1 "Change section: Organizational users") \\| [change source](https://simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=GitHub&action=edit&section=1 "Edit section's source code: Organizational users")\] Currently, there are many individual GitHub users. On the other hand, there are also organizational users such as educational institutions[\[12\]](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/GitHub#cite_note-12)[\[13\]](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/GitHub#cite_note-13)[\[14\]](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/GitHub#cite_note-14) and companies. The following companies are using GitHub to distribute [open source](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source "Open source") projects: - [Facebook](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook "Facebook").[\[15\]](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/GitHub#cite_note-15) - Google Research (research facility of [Google](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google "Google"))[\[16\]](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/GitHub#cite_note-16) - [IBM](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM "IBM")[\[17\]](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/GitHub#cite_note-17) - [Microsoft](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft "Microsoft")[\[18\]](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/GitHub#cite_note-18)[\[19\]](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/GitHub#cite_note-19)[\[20\]](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/GitHub#cite_note-20) - TeX Users Group (A community for [LaTeX](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaTeX "LaTeX") users)[\[21\]](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/GitHub#cite_note-21) - [Wolfram Research](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfram_Research "Wolfram Research") (developer of [Wolfram Mathematica](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfram_Mathematica "Wolfram Mathematica"))[\[22\]](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/GitHub#cite_note-22) ## Desktop version \[[change](https://simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=GitHub&veaction=edit&section=2 "Change section: Desktop version") \\| [change source](https://simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=GitHub&action=edit&section=2 "Edit section's source code: Desktop version")\] GitHub was made for users who want to save their programs on their [web browsers](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_browser "Web browser"). But there is also a desktop version known as GitHub Desktop.[\[23\]](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/GitHub#cite_note-23) ## GitHub Pages \[[change](https://simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=GitHub&veaction=edit&section=3 "Change section: GitHub Pages") \\| [change source](https://simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=GitHub&action=edit&section=3 "Edit section's source code: GitHub Pages")\] All GitHub users can create [websites](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Website "Website") with the github.io domain. This service is known as GitHub Pages.[\[24\]](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/GitHub#cite_note-24) The development history of the [HTML](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML "HTML") code will be recorded with Git. ## Similar services \[[change](https://simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=GitHub&veaction=edit&section=4 "Change section: Similar services") \\| [change source](https://simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=GitHub&action=edit&section=4 "Edit section's source code: Similar services")\] Today, there are several GitHub like services for developers. Some of them use Git but have different interface with unique web-design. One of the most famous GitHub rival is GitLab.[\[25\]](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/GitHub#cite_note-25)[\[26\]](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/GitHub#cite_note-26) This is also based on Git. Users can export their programs on GitHub to GitLab. ## References \[[change](https://simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=GitHub&veaction=edit&section=5 "Change section: References") \\| [change source](https://simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=GitHub&action=edit&section=5 "Edit section's source code: References")\] ![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Wikidata-logo.svg/40px-Wikidata-logo.svg.png) [Wikidata](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikidata "Wikidata") has the property: - ![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Disc_Plain_blue_dark.svg/20px-Disc_Plain_blue_dark.svg.png) *[GitHub account (P2037)](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property%20talk:P2037 "d:Property talk:P2037")* (see [uses](https://query.wikidata.org/embed.html#SELECT%20%3FWikidata_item_%20%3FWikidata_item_Label%20%3Fvalue%20%3FvalueLabel%20%3FEnglish_Wikipedia_article%20%23Show%20data%20in%20this%20order%0A%7B%0A%09%3FWikidata_item_%20wdt%3AP2037%20%3Fvalue%20.%20%23Collecting%20all%20items%20which%20have%20P2037%20data%2C%20from%20whole%20Wikidata%20item%20pages%0A%09OPTIONAL%20%7B%3FEnglish_Wikipedia_article%20schema%3Aabout%20%3FWikidata_item_%3B%20schema%3AisPartOf%20%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2F%3E%20.%7D%20%23If%20collected%20item%20has%20link%20to%20English%20Wikipedia%2C%20show%20that%0A%09SERVICE%20wikibase%3Alabel%20%7B%20bd%3AserviceParam%20wikibase%3Alanguage%20%22en%22%20%20%7D%20%23Show%20label%20in%20this%20language.%20%22en%22%20is%20English.%20%20%20%0A%7D%0ALIMIT%201000)) ![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/40px-Commons-logo.svg.png) Wikimedia Commons has media related to *[GitHub](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:GitHub "commons:Category:GitHub"). 1. 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Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, 28(4), 74-74. 13. [↑](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/GitHub#cite_ref-13) Fiksel, J., Jager, L. R., Hardin, J. S., & Taub, M. A. (2019). Using GitHub Classroom To Teach [Statistics](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statistics "Statistics"). Journal of Statistics Education, 27(2), 110-119. 14. [↑](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/GitHub#cite_ref-14) Angulo, M. A., & Aktunc, O. (2019). Using GitHub as a teaching tool for programming courses. In ASEE Gulf-Southwest Section Annual Meeting 2018 Papers. American Society for Engineering Education. 15. [↑](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/GitHub#cite_ref-15) [github.com/facebook](https://github.com/facebook) 16. [↑](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/GitHub#cite_ref-16) [github.com/google-research](https://github.com/google-research) 17. [↑](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/GitHub#cite_ref-17) [github.com/IBM](https://github.com/IBM) 18. 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Readable Markdown	From Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia \| \| \| \|---\|---\| \| [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Font_Awesome_5_brands_github.svg/120px-Font_Awesome_5_brands_github.svg.png)](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Font_Awesome_5_brands_github.svg) [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/GitHub_logo_2013.svg/250px-GitHub_logo_2013.svg.png)](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:GitHub_logo_2013.svg) \| \| \| Type of business \| [Subsidiary](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subsidiary "Subsidiary") \| \| Type of site \| Collaborative version control \| \| Available in \| English \| \| Founded \| February 8, 2008; 18 years ago (as Logical Awesome LLC) \| \| Headquarters \| [San Francisco](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco "San Francisco"), [California](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/California "California"), [United States](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States "United States") \| \| Area served \| Worldwide \| \| [Founder(s)](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organizational_founder "Organizational founder") \| Tom Preston-Werner Chris Wanstrath P. J. Hyett Scott Chacon \| \| CEO \| Nat Friedman \| \| Key people \| Erica Brescia (COO) Carrie Olesen (CHRO) Mike Taylor (CFO) \| \| Industry \| Software \| \| [Parent](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holding_company "Holding company") \| [Microsoft](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft "Microsoft") \| \| Registration \| Optional (required for creating and joining projects) \| \| [Users](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Registered_user "Registered user") \| 100 million (Jan 2023)[\[1\]](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/GitHub#cite_note-1) \| \| Launched \| April 10, 2008; 17 years ago \| \| Current status \| Active \| \| Written in \| [Ruby](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_\(programming_language\) "Ruby (programming language)") \| GitHub is an online software development assistance and version control service.[\[2\]](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/GitHub#cite_note-2)[\[3\]](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/GitHub#cite_note-3)[\[4\]](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/GitHub#cite_note-4)[\[5\]](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/GitHub#cite_note-5)[\[6\]](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/GitHub#cite_note-6) This platform uses [Git](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Git_\(software\) "Git (software)").[\[7\]](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/GitHub#cite_note-7) It is operated by GitHub, Inc. based in the United States. In January 2020, GitHub reported that they have more than 40 million users[\[8\]](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/GitHub#cite_note-8) and more than 100 million [repositories](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repository_\(data\) "Repository (data)")[\[9\]](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/GitHub#cite_note-9) (including at least 28 million public repositories).[\[10\]](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/GitHub#cite_note-10) Therefore, it is recognized as the largest host of [source code](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source_code "Source code") in the world.[\[11\]](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/GitHub#cite_note-11) Currently, there are many individual GitHub users. On the other hand, there are also organizational users such as educational institutions[\[12\]](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/GitHub#cite_note-12)[\[13\]](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/GitHub#cite_note-13)[\[14\]](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/GitHub#cite_note-14) and companies. The following companies are using GitHub to distribute [open source](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source "Open source") projects: - [Facebook](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook "Facebook").[\[15\]](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/GitHub#cite_note-15) - Google Research (research facility of [Google](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google "Google"))[\[16\]](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/GitHub#cite_note-16) - [IBM](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM "IBM")[\[17\]](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/GitHub#cite_note-17) - [Microsoft](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft "Microsoft")[\[18\]](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/GitHub#cite_note-18)[\[19\]](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/GitHub#cite_note-19)[\[20\]](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/GitHub#cite_note-20) - TeX Users Group (A community for [LaTeX](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaTeX "LaTeX") users)[\[21\]](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/GitHub#cite_note-21) - [Wolfram Research](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfram_Research "Wolfram Research") (developer of [Wolfram Mathematica](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfram_Mathematica "Wolfram Mathematica"))[\[22\]](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/GitHub#cite_note-22) GitHub was made for users who want to save their programs on their [web browsers](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_browser "Web browser"). But there is also a desktop version known as GitHub Desktop.[\[23\]](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/GitHub#cite_note-23) All GitHub users can create [websites](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Website "Website") with the github.io domain. This service is known as GitHub Pages.[\[24\]](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/GitHub#cite_note-24) The development history of the [HTML](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML "HTML") code will be recorded with Git. Today, there are several GitHub like services for developers. Some of them use Git but have different interface with unique web-design. One of the most famous GitHub rival is GitLab.[\[25\]](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/GitHub#cite_note-25)[\[26\]](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/GitHub#cite_note-26) This is also based on Git. Users can export their programs on GitHub to GitLab. ![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Wikidata-logo.svg/40px-Wikidata-logo.svg.png) ![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/40px-Commons-logo.svg.png) Wikimedia Commons has media related to *[GitHub](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:GitHub "commons:Category:GitHub"). 1. [↑](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/GitHub#cite_ref-1) <https://github.blog/2023-01-25-100-million-developers-and-counting/> 2. [↑](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/GitHub#cite_ref-2) Dabbish, L., Stuart, C., Tsay, J., & Herbsleb, J. (2012, February). Social coding in GitHub: transparency and collaboration in an open software repository. In Proceedings of the ACM 2012 conference on computer supported cooperative work (pp. 1277-1286). 3. [↑](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/GitHub#cite_ref-3) Pipinellis, A. (2018). 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