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About
GitHub is the world's largest developer platform and code repository hosting service, serving over 100 million developers globally.
The company provides Git-based version control, collaborative development tools, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud-based software development workflows.
Acquired by Microsoft in 2018 for $7.5 billion, GitHub powers open source projects and enterprise software development at scale.
GitHub's platform hosts over 420 million repositories and processes billions of Git operations daily.
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, California, United States
- Key leadership
- Thomas Dohmke (CEO)
Notable highlights
- World's largest source code host with 100M+ developers
- Acquired by Microsoft for $7.5 billion in 2018
- Hosts over 420 million repositories globally
- Powers CI/CD through GitHub Actions
- GitHub Copilot AI coding assistant used by millions
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