GitHub is a web-based Git version control repository hosting service. It offers all of the distributed version control and source code management (SCM) functionality of Git as well as adding its own features. It provides access control and several collaboration features such as bug tracking, feature requests, task management, and wikis for every project. GitHub offers both private and public repositories, which are commonly used to host open-source software projects. GitHub is one of the largest hosts of source code in the world.
