HISTORY OF DEV

April 10, 2008

GitHub launched

Tom Preston-Werner, Chris Wanstrath, and PJ Hyett launched GitHubA platform for Git hosting, pull requests, and CI — the center of open-source collaboration. on April 10, 2008 — hosted GitA distributed version control system — commits, branches, and merges for tracking source code history. repositories with a web UIUser interface — the parts of software people see and interact with. and social coding features.

What it was for

GitHubGitHubA platform for Git hosting, pull requests, and CI — the center of open-source collaboration. hosts repos, pull requests, issues, and Actions CI — the default home for open sourceSoftware whose source code is freely available to use, modify, and redistribute. and many companies' private code. Rails, NodeNode.js — JavaScript on the server via an event-driven runtime built on V8., and millions of libraries live there. It turned GitA distributed version control system — commits, branches, and merges for tracking source code history. from a command-line tool into a collaboration platform with forks, stars, and code review in the browser.

People

  • Tom Preston-Werner — co founder
  • Chris Wanstrath — co founder

Companies

  • GitHub

Why it's here

GitHubA platform for Git hosting, pull requests, and CI — the center of open-source collaboration. made GitA distributed version control system — commits, branches, and merges for tracking source code history. social and became the center of gravity for open-source development.

Why it mattered

Pull requests, public profiles, and free public repos accelerated OSS adoption worldwide.

What it solved

GitA distributed version control system — commits, branches, and merges for tracking source code history. was powerful locally but lacked a standard place to host, discover, and review shared code.

Media

  • GitHub
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