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GitHub is where people build software. More than 150 million people use GitHub to discover, fork, and contribute to over 420 million projects.

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Getting started with your GitHub account With a personal account on GitHub, you can import or create repositories, collaborate with others, and connect with the GitHub community.

That ranges from using GitHub to host the shared remote repository to working with colleagues and capitalizing on features like protected branches, code review, GitHub Actions, and more. The best place to practice using Git and GitHub is the Introduction to GitHub Learning Lab course.

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GitHub Docs Set up Git At the heart of GitHub is an open-source version control system (VCS) called Git. Git is responsible for everything GitHub-related that happens locally on your computer.