GitHub
VerifiedThe world's leading platform for hosting, reviewing, and collaborating on code
- Deployment Cloud Based, On Premises, Hybrid
- Starting price Free
- Free trial Not offered
- Best for Freelancers, Startups, SMEs
What is GitHub?
GitHub is a code hosting and collaboration platform built around Git, offering unlimited public and private repositories, pull requests, code review tools, and project planning through Issues and Projects. It also includes GitHub Actions for CI/CD automation, GitHub Codespaces for cloud development environments, and GitHub Copilot, an AI pair programmer that can suggest code and, in coding agent mode, autonomously implement changes and open pull requests.
GitHub's Free plan supports unlimited repositories with 2,000 CI/CD minutes per month, while paid Team and Enterprise plans add protected branches, required reviewers, larger CI/CD minute allowances, and enterprise features like SAML SSO, audit logs, and compliance reporting. It serves everyone from individual developers to the largest enterprise engineering organizations.
Key Features of GitHub
GitHub lists 8 documented features, including Git repository hosting with unlimited public/private repos, Pull requests, code review, and required reviewers and GitHub Actions for CI/CD automation. The list below covers what the product does rather than how it is marketed.
- Git repository hosting with unlimited public/private repos
- Pull requests, code review, and required reviewers
- GitHub Actions for CI/CD automation
- GitHub Copilot AI pair programmer and coding agent
- GitHub Codespaces cloud development environments
- Issues and Projects for planning and tracking
- Packages registry and GitHub Pages hosting
- Advanced Security add-ons: secret scanning and code scanning
GitHub Pricing
GitHub lists 3 plans without published figures. Pricing is quoted on request.
Free
Free
unlimited public/private repos
2,000 CI/CD minutes/month, 500MB Packages storage, Dependabot, community support
Team
$4/user/month (first 12 months)
per user
Codespaces, protected branches, required reviewers, 3,000 CI/CD minutes/month, 2GB Packages storage, web-based support
Enterprise
$21/user/month (first 12 months)
per user
SAML SSO, audit log API, SCIM provisioning, 50,000 CI/CD minutes/month, 50GB Packages storage, premium support
GitHub Specifications
GitHub is available on web app, Windows and macOS and has iOS and Android apps. It offers an API and has a free plan.
- cloud based
- on premises
- hybrid
- web app
- windows
- macos
- ios
- android
- freelancers
- startups
- smes
- agencies
- enterprises
- live support
- tickets
- training
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