GitHub
FreeThe world's largest code hosting platform: Git repositories, pull requests, issues, Actions CI/CD, Codespaces and project boards. Free plan includes unlimited public and private repositories.
Why we recommend GitHub
GitHub is where software development happens in public: the pull-request review model it popularized is now the industry's default collaboration workflow, and the network effect — over 100 million repositories, virtually every open-source project — makes it unavoidable infrastructure. The free tier is remarkably complete: unlimited private repos, Actions CI minutes, Pages hosting and vulnerability scanning cost nothing for individuals.
Best use cases
Best for: hosting and collaborating on any Git project, contributing to open source, running CI/CD with Actions on every push, publishing static sites via Pages, and building a public engineering portfolio that recruiters actually check. Codespaces adds a full cloud dev environment one click from any repo.
Honest limitations
It is a Microsoft-owned centralized service — some communities prefer GitLab or Codeberg for governance reasons. Actions minutes and Codespaces hours are capped on free plans for private work. Issue tracking remains basic compared to dedicated tools like Linear or Jira for complex product workflows.
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