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vishakha Jangir
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𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝗚𝗶𝘁𝗛𝘂𝗯 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀? GitHub was founded in 2008 to simplify collaboration using Git. Created by Tom Preston-Werner, Chris Wanstrath, PJ Hyett, and Scott Chacon. Offers features like repositories, pull requests, issues, and forking for collaborative coding. Became the world’s largest platform for open-source software development. As of 2024: Over 100 million developers use GitHub. Hosts over 370 million repositories. Developers use Issues and Pull Requests to ask questions, review code, and resolve doubts. Introduced GitHub Discussions in 2020 for community Q&A and idea exchange. Acquired by Microsoft in 2018 for $7.5 billion. Estimated annual revenue in 2023: Over $1 billion, mainly from GitHub Copilot, enterprise tools, and paid plans. Today, GitHub is used by individuals, startups, and major companies globally for collaboration, learning, and innovation.
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