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say it underpins their team workflows and open-source efforts, highlighting reliability and integrations. Users praise organization, branching, and issue tracking; Copilot and Pages add real gains. Common cautions: a learning curve for beginners, Actions cost/latency at scale, and occasional complexity in org permissions. Overall, a trusted, ubiquitous choice for teams and solo builders.

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issue tracking (30)

GitHub Actions (28)

code hosting (26)

repository management (26)

CI/CD integration (25)

Git integration (16)

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steep learning curve (6)

complex interface (5)

performance issues (2)

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•5 reviews

As a beginner in coding, I've found GitHub to be an incredibly helpful platform. It's easy to use and has a great interface that makes it simple to manage repositories, commit changes, and collaborate with others on coding projects. I've been particularly impressed with the community on GitHub. There are so many resources available, including forums, tutorials, and documentation, which have helped me to develop my coding skills quickly. Overall, I would highly recommend GitHub to anyone who is starting out in coding. It's a user-friendly and supportive platform that provides everything you need to get started with coding and to grow your skills.

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•18 reviews

My brother came to me recently because he wanted to have a website where he could post information. As so many people do these days, he asked ChatGPT what he should use. It told him github. I told him that github is only for code as far as I know. I have about 20 repositories out there. And then I did some research, and sure enough, github does host static pages. But that's an important distinction. My brother created the account, and so I thought I would just put the code up there and then have a cron job run to update his pages. It doesn't quite work like that. You can use Github Actions to run things, but that's a lot more trouble than I'm interested in. So instead I just put the pages up there, and run things locally on my machine from my cron. What I do is generate the pages locally, then do git add for the pages, then git commit, and then finally git push. So he's got his website, and nobody has to spend any money.

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•1 review

Github is the go-to git implementation on which so much of the open-source community is built. It is free to use, though we use the Team plan so we can better manage security as a business. And somehow they are still managing to mke it better with new AI features such as the CoPilot.

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•4 reviews

I am a bit biased as I worked at GitHub for 9 years. I have to say, though, GitHub is fabulous. I cannot even remember how I was working and collaborating on code before GitHub. If I had to pick on something I'd say there's still room for innovation. Especially around code reviews and discussing code.

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•1 review

I've been using your service for almost 6 years, and I'd say this is best (and most popular of couse) option on it's field. Great to see also latest innovations like copilot and beta features.

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•4 reviews

a great way to backup and share my repositories. Only possible improvements I can think of would be maybe to add a wider variety of accomplishment badges and add optional notification of new followers

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•10 reviews

GitHub is an invaluable platform for collaboration and version control in software development, offering robust features and a vast community, but it could benefit from more user-friendly onboarding for newcomers

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•1 review

GitHub is obviously amazing, but what makes this especially good are some of the tools like GitHub CoPilot and the new GitHub CoPilot Chat which help a lot when writing code. I can really recommend this to anyone.

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•1 review

I absolutely love GitHub! It's more than just a tool for me; it's a powerhouse of features that make my life as a developer incredibly efficient and enjoyable. The version control with Git is seamless, allowing me to track changes, collaborate effortlessly with my team, and have the peace of mind that I can always revert to a previous version if needed. Pull requests and code reviews are like a breeze, making it easy for us to ensure code quality and catch any issues early on. And the fact that GitHub fosters open source communities is simply incredible. It encourages the free exchange of knowledge and enables me to contribute to projects I'm passionate about. Overall, GitHub's features empower me to be a better developer and a more active member of the tech community. It's an indispensable part of my toolkit!

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•1 review

An essential tool when you are a dev or any tech! Very good documentation. Good community. I love the "insights" tab! One tiny thing: customer support is quite slow (but they answer!)

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