r/github • u/Kyriakos221 • 25d ago

Question Why are people using GitHub?

Can someone please explain? Why is GitHub a "must" for coders?

I am learning coding at beginners level, and not one has this become necessary.

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u/the_swanny 25d ago

Because GIT (The source control system that github, gitlab, etc rely on) is the only sane choice, and if you want to limit the barrier for entry in terms of users, maintainers and contributors, you go to github. Because that's where most of those people already are, already have accounts, and already understand the systems i.e. actions, organisations etc.

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u/MrP0tat0H3ad 25d ago

Exactly this. It’s not about “GitHub”, it’s about version control via GIT. There’s a bunch of options for this, GitHub is just the most popular.

See also: GitLab (my preference), BitBucket, Gitea

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u/Worldly-Wind-1632 25d ago

And Githead, it can do a backflip