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GitHub

Summary

GitHub is a service on Internet[1]. GitHub ranks in the top 2% of service_on_internet entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (76,222 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • GitHub is in the country of United States[3].
  • GitHub's instance of is recorded as service on Internet[4].
  • GitHub's instance of is recorded as forge[5].
  • GitHub's instance of is recorded as data library[6].
  • GitHub's instance of is recorded as identity provider[7].
  • GitHub's instance of is recorded as web application[8].
  • GitHub's instance of is recorded as repository hosting service[9].
  • GitHub's instance of is recorded as repository web interface[10].
  • GitHub's instance of is recorded as social networking service[11].
  • GitHub's instance of is recorded as crowdsourced project[12].
  • GitHub's instance of is recorded as website[13].
  • GitHub's instance of is recorded as issue tracking system[14].
  • GitHub's instance of is recorded as code reviewing software[15].
  • GitHub's instance of is recorded as wiki software[16].
  • GitHub's instance of is recorded as continuous integration software[17].
  • GitHub's instance of is recorded as online community[18].
  • GitHub's instance of is recorded as technology company[19].
  • GitHub's founder is recorded as Tom Preston-Werner[20].
  • GitHub's founder is recorded as Chris Wanstrath[21].
  • GitHub's founder is recorded as P. J. Hyett[22].
  • GitHub is owned by Microsoft[23].
  • GitHub is owned by Q28771536[24].
  • Q186055 is named after GitHub[25].
  • GitHub's based on is recorded as Q186055[26].
  • GitHub's headquarters location is recorded as San Francisco[27].

Body

Founding

Founders include Tom Preston-Werner[20], Chris Wanstrath[21], and P. J. Hyett[22]. October 19, 2007 marks the founding of GitHub[28].

Identity

GitHub's official name is recorded as GitHub[29].

Leadership

GitHub's chief executive officer is recorded as Nat Friedman[30].

Operations

GitHub's headquarters location is recorded as San Francisco[27].

Ownership

Owners include Microsoft[23], a software company[31], in United States[32], founded in 1975[33], headquartered in Redmond[34] and Q28771536[24], a business[35], in United States[36], founded in 2008[37], headquartered in San Francisco[38].

Why It Matters

GitHub ranks in the top 2% of service_on_internet entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (76,222 views/month).[2] GitHub has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] GitHub is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [38] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [39] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [40] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 17d ago · Iketsi · 2026-09-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Small logo or icon → Octicons-mark-github.svg, Github logo svg.svg
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||ja, en */ Remove all redundant labels/aliases same as [[WD:MUL|mul]] label/aliases via [[User:Midleading/RemoveRedundantLabels.js]]"
  2. 25d ago · Lysdo · 2026-09-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → service on Internet, forge, data library +13
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P31]]: [[Q18388277]]"
  3. 4w ago · Reinheitsgebot bot · 2026-09-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Copyright status → copyrighted, public domain
    P14655 → cesarzakabi, github-1
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P6216]]: [[Q19652]], #quickstatements; WikiFlix C1: pre-1900 film, PD by age; invoked by wikiflix"
  4. 7w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14655 → cesarzakabi, github-1
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P14655]]: cesarzakabi, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/300164354|GitHub (#300164354)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8203|‎Open Collective]] #"
  5. 8w ago · BorkedBot bot · 2026-08-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wineapp db developer id → 6473
    Fandom article id → logos:GitHub
    Duckduckgo bang → eips, gh, ghr +3
    "/* wbsetqualifier-add:1| */ [[Property:P1810]]: GitHub, update metadata from fandom API ([[:toolforge:editgroups/b/CB/ab1ddf67ab55|details]])"
  6. 8w ago · Spiral6800 · 2026-08-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    The independent topic id → github
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P7284]]: github, Matched to #mix'n'match [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/214119002|GitHub (#214119002)]] for {{P|7284}}"
  7. 9w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described at url → https://tapor.ca/tools/1410, https://marketplace.sshopencloud.eu/tool-or-service/HuuGPE, https://ebaconline.com.br/blog/o-que-e-github
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P973]]: https://consumerrights.wiki/w/GitHub, migrated to ‎[[P:P14350|P14350]] ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/752f6a15b80|details]])"
  8. 11w ago · Sadads · 2026-07-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Consumer rights wiki article id → 6299
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P14350]]: 6299, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/297028920|GitHub (#297028920)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8142|‎Consumer Rights Wiki artic"
  9. 12w ago · DevKinoBR · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described at url → https://tapor.ca/tools/1410, https://marketplace.sshopencloud.eu/tool-or-service/HuuGPE, https://ebaconline.com.br/blog/o-que-e-github
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P854]]: https://ebaconline.com.br/blog/o-que-e-github"
  10. 15w ago · Trivialist · 2026-06-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Domain name → github.com
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P13337]]: github.com"
  11. 19w ago · Dexxor · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14465 → https://docs.github.com/articles/dmca-takedown-policy
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P14465]]: https://docs.github.com/articles/dmca-takedown-policy"
  12. 20w ago · InternetArchiveBot bot · 2026-05-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Alexa rank → —
    Ceo → —
    Trustpilot company id → —
    Service status information url → https://www.githubstatus.com/
    + 170 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-references:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P822]]: [[Q21590234]], Rescuing 1 sources and submitting 0 for archiving. #IABot (v2.0.9.5)"
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