Github是什么？

潇洒篮球赛

我最近在做一个项目，需要借用Github，因此需要一份概述，而我知道的仅仅是它是一个托管代码的网站，具体是什么还是不太清楚，希望各位技术牛们解释一下，谢谢！

翟yuyu

GitHub is a Web-based Git repository hosting service, which offers all of the distributed revision control and source code management (SCM) functionality of Git as well as adding its own features. Unlike Git, which is strictly a command-line tool, GitHub provides a Web-based graphical interface and desktop as well as mobile integration. It also provides access control and several collaboration features such as bug tracking, feature requests, task management, and wikis for every project.

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GitHub offers both plans for private repositories and free accounts,

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which are usually used to host open-source software projects.

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As of 2015, GitHub reports having over 9 million users and over 21.1 million repositories,

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making it the largest host of source code in the world.