What exactly is GitHub? GitHub is a powerful web-based platform that has become a go-to tool for millions of software developers worldwide. It's a cloud-based repository for version control that ...

While GitHub offers security features like two-factor authentication and alerts for vulnerable dependencies, public repositories can expose code to anyone, potentially even malicious actors.

GitHub is a Git repository hosting service, but it adds many of its own features. While Git is a command line tool, GitHub provides a Web-based graphical interface.

GitHub is at heart a Git repository hosting service, i.e. a cloud-based source code management or version control system, but that’s just the beginning.

Invented for Linux kernel development, Git version control now powers millions of projects across the globe. You can use it with or without GitHub.

GitHub is by far the most popular way to build and share software. That said, one weakness of the platform is that it limits who can create private repositories – that is, software projects that ...

Create a new repository and give it username.github.io as a name. For example, if your username is AndroidPolice, name your new repo AndroidPolice.github.io.

GitHub today launched sponsor-only repositories, that is, private repositories that only sponsors will get access to.

Previously, only upgraded GitHub Pro accounts could create a private GitHub repository. This option is now available to all accounts -- but with a catch that can limit users.