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You Need To Understand This
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GitHub

Hosting for code, with version history, issues and collaboration.

Cost

Free to start, paid to go further

Free for public and private repositories, with limits on advanced features and CI minutes.

Open source

No

The code is private. You depend on the company that makes it.

Your data

Goes to their servers

Your files and text are sent to the company running the service.

Use it for this

Keeping a history of your work, publishing a portfolio, and collaborating without emailing files.

Do not use it for this

Private company code, unless your organisation has set it up that way. Check before pushing anything.

A moment where you would reach for it

Publishing a documented project so an interviewer can see how you actually work.

How hard is it to pick up?

Straightforward, but expect an hour of figuring it out.

Worth knowing before you use it

Public repositories are public permanently. Never commit passwords or keys — deleting them later does not remove them from history.

About this entry

Checked on 1 Sept 2026. Prices and free limits change without warning, and often quietly. Treat everything above as a starting point and confirm on the official site before you rely on it.

Nothing here is sponsored. A tool appears because it solves a real problem, not because someone paid for it to be listed.