GitHub, Inc. provides hosting for software development and version control using Git. It offers the distributed version control and source code management (SCM) functionality of Git, plus 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 accounts are commonly used to host open-source projects. GitHub offers unlimited private repositories to all plans, but allowed only up to three collaborators per repository for free. The free plan allows unlimited collaborators, but restricts private repositories to 2,000 actions minutes per month.