Private company

GitHub

Software development collaboration platform

GitHub is a proprietary developer platform that allows developers to create, store, manage, and share their code. It uses Git to provide distributed version control, and GitHub itself provides access control, bug tracking, software feature requests, task management, continuous integration, and wikis for every project.2 From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 16, 2026.

Overview

Oct 19, 2007Founded1

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The story

Founded by Chris Wanstrath, P. J. Hyett and Tom Preston-Werner on Oct 19, 2007.1

Leadership

Who has led GitHub, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Chief executive

  1. Chris Wanstrath2007–2018
  2. Nat Friedman2018–now
2010201520202025

Timeline

  1. Oct 29, 2018New chief executive Nat Friedman becomes CEO1
  2. Apr 10, 2008Acquired Acquired by GitHub Inc.1
  3. Oct 19, 2007Founded Founded1
  4. Oct 19, 2007New chief executive Chris Wanstrath becomes CEO1

Sources

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