# GitHub

> Change is constant. GitHub keeps you ahead.

- **Canonical URI:** https://www.vioscale.ai/software/github
- **Category:** Version Control
- **Homepage:** https://github.com
- **Also known as:** github
- **Profile claimed by vendor:** no
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-01T21:30:58.536Z

## Vioscale score

**54.7 / 100**, confidence 19% (low).

Composite of weighted, independently-sourced signals (no user reviews, no vendor payment).

| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence present |
|---|--:|--:|--:|:--:|
| price_level | 80 | 6 | 480 | ✓ |
| reliability | 50 | 8 | 400 | ✓ |
| capabilities | 28.9 | 16 | 462.5 | ✓ |
| github_stars | 0 | 5 | 0 | - |
| integrations | 13.7 | 8 | 109.8 | ✓ |
| github_activity | 0 | 18 | 0 | - |
| release_cadence | 0 | 10 | 0 | - |
| security_posture | 75 | 13 | 975 | ✓ |
| package_downloads | 0 | 26 | 0 | - |
| pricing_transparency | 100 | 8 | 800 | ✓ |
| stackoverflow_activity | 0 | 12 | 0 | - |

## Pricing

_As of 2026-08-01, [verify at source](https://github.com). Independently observed._

from $4/mo · Subscription · Free tier · 30-day trial

> Free tier + Team at $4/user/month. 30-day free trial for Enterprise including Copilot and Advanced Security.

| Plan | Price | Free | Commitment |
|---|---|:--:|---|
| Free | Free | ✓ | - |
| Team | $4/user/month (first 12 months) | - | annual |
| Enterprise | Contact sales | - | - |

### Free

The basics for individuals and organizations

**Included limits:** packages_storage: 500MB (public repos only), ci_cd_minutes_month: 2,000 (public repos only)

- Unlimited public/private repositories
- Dependabot security and version updates
- 2,000 CI/CD minutes/month (public repositories)
- 500MB Packages storage (public repositories)
- Issues & Projects
- Community support

### Team

Advanced collaboration for individuals and organizations

- Everything in Free
- GitHub Codespaces access (compute $0.18/hr, storage $0.07/GB/month)
- Repository rules
- Multiple reviewers in pull requests

### Enterprise (Contact sales)

Enterprise-grade AI-powered developer platform

### Add-ons

- **GitHub Advanced Security**
- **Copilot for Business**
- **Premium Support**

## About

GitHub is an AI-powered cloud platform for version control, collaborative development, CI/CD automation, security, and project management. It provides tools for teams to build, secure, and deploy software.

_Independently observed._

## Platform & deployment

- **Platforms:** CLI, Web
- **Deployment:** Cloud / SaaS

## Integrations (2)

_Independently observed._

- GitHub Marketplace
- MCP Registry

## Capabilities

_The capabilities that matter for Version Control. "-" = undocumented, not absent._

| Capability | Supported |
|---|:--:|
| **Model** | |
| VCS model | Distributed |
| Underlying VCS supported (Git / Mercurial / SVN / Perforce / multiple) | Git |
| **Deployment** | |
| Hosting | Cloud only |
| **Review** | |
| Code review | PR / MR |
| **Storage** | |
| Large-file / binary handling | - |
| **Scale** | |
| Monorepo scale (partial clone / sparse / VFS) | - |
| **DevOps** | |
| Built-in CI | ✓ |
| **Access** | |
| Access control granularity | Branch |
| **Federation** | |
| Federation / decentralisation (ActivityPub / email) | - |
| **Licensing** | |
| Open-source core | Closed |
| **Integration** | |
| API surface (REST / GraphQL / webhooks) | REST, GraphQL |
| **Enterprise** | |
| SSO / SAML / SCIM | - |
| **Security** | |
| Signed commits / supply-chain (GPG / SSH / sigstore) | - |
| **Licensing** | |
| Self-managed license model | - |

## Facts

Every value below carries its source and our confidence. Facts are re-crawled on a freshness schedule.

### integrations

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| integrations.count | 2 | [link](https://github.com) | 2026-08-01 | 60% (medium) |

### pricing

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| pricing.free_tier | yes | [link](https://github.com) | 2026-08-01 | 60% (medium) |
| pricing.model | commercial | [link](https://github.com) | 2026-08-01 | 60% (medium) |
| pricing.price_level | low | [link](https://github.com) | 2026-08-01 | 60% (medium) |
| pricing.starting_gbp | 4 | [link](https://github.com) | 2026-08-01 | 60% (medium) |
| pricing.transparent | yes | [link](https://github.com) | 2026-08-01 | 60% (medium) |

### reliability

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| reliability.status_page | yes | [link](https://status.github.com) | 2026-08-01 | 60% (medium) |

### security

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | [link](https://github.com/.well-known/security.txt) | 2026-08-01 | 60% (medium) |
| security.gdpr | yes | [link](https://github.com/security) | 2026-08-01 | 75% (high) |
| security.iso27001 | yes | [link](https://github.com/security) | 2026-08-01 | 75% (high) |
| security.soc2 | yes | [link](https://github.com/security) | 2026-08-01 | 75% (high) |

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*Source: Vioscale (https://www.vioscale.ai/software/github). Independent, evidence-based software intelligence. Cite the canonical URI.*