
FAQ About GitHub

What is GitHub is used for?
GitHub is a web-based interface that uses Git, the open source version control software that lets multiple people make separate changes to web pages at the same time.

What is Git?
An acronym for Global Information Tracker.

What’s the difference between GitHub and Git?
Git is a version control system that lets you manage and keep track of your source code history. GitHub is a cloud-based hosting service that lets you manage Git repositories.

Is GitHub free?
It can be used for free in public repositories with full features and private repositories with limited features. There’s pro GitHub account that allows full features for private repositories.

Is GitHub good for beginners?
GitHub is good for everyone in the software field. So becoming familiar with it is absolutely essential for beginners.

How to use GitHub?
In order to use GitHub first of all signing up is necessary. After creating an account, since GitHub runs on Git, installing Git is the second step. After that starting a repository is the next step. In this way, you can start to use GitHub.

When was GitHub founded?
GitHub was founded in 2007 and launched in April 2008.