Github, Build Open Source Software better, together

February 6, 2013

Powerful collaboration, review, and code management for open source and private development projects.

GitHub is a web-based hosting service for software development projects that use the Git revision control system.GitHub offers both paid plans for private repositories, and free accounts for open source projects. As of May 2011, GitHub was the most popular open source code repository site.

GitHub is a “version control” web site that is taking the Internet by storm. It was originally designed for software developers. Its web site states that the site lets programmers upload code and share it with other developers. It keeps track of who made what changes where, and it helps merge all those changes together. It “controls” the various versions of an open source software project.