2012-2015 : From Rapid Growth to ‘GitHub Everywhere’ By 2012, GitHub had become incredibly popular. For many programmers, the question wasn’t whether they used GitHub, but what they used it for.
Read moreWhen was Git founded?
Since its birth in 2005 , Git has evolved and matured to be easy to use and yet retain these initial qualities. It’s amazingly fast, it’s very efficient with large projects, and it has an incredible branching system for non-linear development (See Git Branching).
Read moreWhen was Git founded?
Since its birth in 2005 , Git has evolved and matured to be easy to use and yet retain these initial qualities. It’s amazingly fast, it’s very efficient with large projects, and it has an incredible branching system for non-linear development (See Git Branching).
Read moreWhy did GitHub become popular?
Reason #1: Immensely Powerful Community . GitHub is an open-source platform , and the community is really what fuels it. There are millions of programmers and hobbyists that download, review, and evaluate each other’s work. Moreover, GitHub is the platform of choice for developers from various large corporations, too.
Read moreWho owned GitHub?
Microsoft acquired its larger rival GitHub in 2018 for $7.5 billion, which at the time was a high-priced deal in subscription software. GitLab CEO Sid Sijbrandij says his company has more advantages now that GitHub is owned by the world’s largest software developer .
Read moreHow does GitHub make money?
GitHub makes money by offering premium subscription plans to teams and organizations as well as a fee it generates when users purchase third-party apps on their platform . Founded in 2008 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, GitHub has become the leading online collaboration tool for all things software.
Read moreIs GitHub safe?
Platform. We keep GitHub safe, secure, and free of spam and abuse so that this can be the platform where developers come together to create. We do this through significant investments in platform security, incident response, and anti-abuse.
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