GitHub, Inc. is an Internet hosting service for software development and version control using Git. It provides the distributed version control of Git plus access control, bug tracking, software feature requests, task management, continuous integration, and wikis for every project. Wikipedia

Parent organization: Microsoft Corporation

Subsidiaries: Good Software LLC, npm, Inc., Semmle Limited

Founders: Tom Preston-Werner, P. J. Hyett, Chris Wanstrath, Scott Chacon

CEO: Thomas Dohmke (Nov 15, 2021–)

Founded: 2008

Headquarters: San Francisco, CA

Mascot: Octocat