Not to be confused with Git or GitLab . GitHub GitHub Invertocat logo Repository of the website's official documentation , storing its source code Type of business Subsidiary Type of site Collaborative version control Available in English Founded February 8, 2008 (17 years ago) (as Logical Awesome LLC) [ 1 ] Headquarters San Francisco , California, U.S. Area served Worldwide Founders Tom Preston-Werner Chris Wanstrath P. J. Hyett Scott Chacon Key people Mike Taylor (CFO) Kyle Daigle (COO) Industry Collaborative version control (GitHub) AI development tools ( GitHub Copilot ) Web host (GitHub Pages) Package repository ( npm ) Revenue $1 billion (2022) [ 2 ] Employees 5,595 [ 3 ] Parent GitHub, Inc. URL github .com IPv6 support No [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Registration Optional (required for creating and joining repositories) Users 150 million (as of May 2025) [ 6 ] Launched April 10, 2008 ; 17 years ago Current status Active...