GitHub has become so ubiquitous that you might think Git is an interchangeable shorthand. But the two are very different, and alternatives to each are available, if not quite as popular.

Git and GitHub enable programmers to work collaboratively and keep track of different versions of their software. Learning Git is essential if you want to be an advanced developer. We show how to ...

GitHub is at heart a Git repository hosting service, i.e. a cloud-based source code management or version control system, but that’s just the beginning.

GitHub is a platform over 100 million developers use to build software. It's a subsidiary of Microsoft, and has both free and paid versions.

GitHub Desktop GitHub Desktop simplifies the often complex Git commands into an intuitive, user-friendly graphical user interface (GUI).

If you need to work with GitHub, but don't have time to get up to speed with the git command line, Jack Wallen believes the GitHub Desktop app is the perfect tool for the job.

GitHub renamed the master branch to main for any Git repository, as it addresses cultural change like so many organizations that have nixed master-slave terminology in a time of social unrest.

In GitHub, users enable SSH in two parts. First, create GitHub SSH keys that uniquely identify their account. Then, register the public half of the private key pair in the user’s GitHub account. Once ...

The U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is warning of hackers exploiting an arbitrary code execution ...

All new Git repositories on GitHub will be named "main" instead of "master" starting October 1, 2020.