# GitHub Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Is GitHub the right Application Development solution for you? Explore 6160 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/129067/GitHub/reviews --- GitHub 4.8 (6160) [View alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/129067/GitHub/alternatives/) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated April 16th, 2026 # Reviews of GitHub Ease of use 4.4 Customer Service 4.3 ## Pros and Cons in Reviews Maniram T Software EngineerComputer Software, 501 - 1,000 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “Before using GitHub, I struggled a lot with managing different versions of my codebase, especially while working on multiple projects. But now I can track changes, collaborate with the team efficiently, and manage my codebase in one place, which boosted by productivity.“ April 10, 2026 Davide I Tech LeadSecurity and Investigations, 11 - 50 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “They are usually short, but they are disruptive — when your entire workflow depends on GitHub (pushing code, running pipelines, reviewing PRs), even brief downtime brings everything to a halt.“ April 17, 2026 Kang R App DeveloperInformation Technology and Services, 10,001+ employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “I like GitHub’s seamless version control and collaboration features, including pull requests, branching, and issue tracking, which streamline teamwork and code reviews.“ February 8, 2026 BS Bonface S Full Stack DeveloperFinancial Services, 11 - 50 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “One thing that can be a bit confusing, especially for newer team members, is the learning curve with Git commands and how branching works. While the platform itself is great, it sometimes assumes a certain level of experience with version control, which can slow things down for beginners.“ May 3, 2025 Junaid E IT ManagerHospitality, 201 - 500 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “What I liked most about GitHub is how seamlessly it handles version control and team collaboration with features like pull requests, code reviews, and issue tracking that keep everything organised and transparent.“ January 15, 2026 🧑‍💻 Owain W .net developerInternet, 11 - 50 employeesUsed the software for: 1-2 years. “Sometimes swapping between repos can be cumbersome. If you have multiple organisations it's not always a smooth transition between repos“ April 6, 2026 Jerrid C CEOComputer Software, Self-employedUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “It gives me a reliable place to store projects, build and share prototypes, and manage version control so I can clearly show different iterations to clients and easily roll back if needed. While the support experience can be frustrating at times, especially the reliance on tickets and slower response times, the core features, stability, and collaboration tools have made it a valuable part of my workflow.“ April 10, 2026 Kunal D Software EngineerInformation Technology and Services, 11 - 50 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “Also, sometimes the interface can feel a bit complex for new users who are not familier with version control systems.“ March 1, 2026 ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 1-25 of 6160 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use 🧑‍💻 Owain W. .net developer Internet Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Perfect for all sizes of projects" April 6, 2026 5.0 I enjoy working with GitHub so much that we've recently migrated all our bitbucket repos to GitHub. It's great that we can keep client repos private but still show our activity on our own personal accounts Pros I enjoy working with GitHub due to its ease of use and that so many people use it so there are tons of online resources available if you get stuck trying to set something up Cons Sometimes swapping between repos can be cumbersome. If you have multiple organisations it's not always a smooth transition between repos Switched from [Bitbucket](https://www.capterra.com/p/233341/Bitbucket/) GitHub is just far better. It's more initiative and easier to use Review Source Jerrid C. CEO Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Powerful Platform for Prototyping and Collaboration" April 10, 2026 4.0 Overall, GitHub has been a very effective platform. It gives me a reliable place to store projects, build and share prototypes, and manage version control so I can clearly show different iterations to clients and easily roll back if needed. While the support experience can be frustrating at times, especially the reliance on tickets and slower response times, the core features, stability, and collaboration tools have made it a valuable part of my workflow. Pros GitHub helps me keep my client projects organized and easy to manage. I use it to store and share prototypes, track versions, and show clients how things change over time. Being able to see changes and quickly go back if something doesn’t work is really helpful. It makes both my clients and me feel more confident as we try out new ideas and make improvements. Cons The main downside of GitHub for me has been the support experience. It’s difficult to get direct help beyond the community, since you’re mostly limited to creating support tickets. Response times can be slow, and it often feels hard to get timely, personalized assistance when issues come up. Review Source MC Mark C. Product Manager Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Good tool for code management but lacks some features when integrating with Confluence/Jira" June 3, 2025 3.0 Overall GItHub is a good tool for managing code, getting reviews and merging into the relevant branch ahead of deployment. There are some good integrations but it would be great if it could work more seamlessly with Confluence and Jira, and provide additional features to help automatically manage the correct states of the linked jira. Pros GitHub is a great tool to manage pull requests and being able to add labels in our teams helps to differentiate between urgent items which need reviews and are vital for the next release. Cons One of the drawbacks with GitHub is integrating non development team members into a workflow process. Even though it is possible to setup a workflow too add approvers the terminology and UI is very developer based so can be a bit confusing to non development colleagues. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Director R and D Medical Practice Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Reliable but stingy github actions capacity" March 26, 2026 5.0 Overall, the experience is great. It's a very convenience way to store my git repos online, and I can trust that the data will be there to stay since it is owned by Microsoft. I've have my github for almost 10 years. Some years I am more active than others, but I can always count on the experience being consistent and reliable. Pros I appreciate the github actions, which allows me to run automated testing for each one of my pull requests. Cons It's annoying that I am not able to have unlimited github actions for private repos that I pay for. It's limited to a cap, which I think is a little stingy considering that I am a paying customer. I would have expected the same caps as public github repos. Alternatives considered [GitLab](https://www.capterra.com/p/159806/GitLab/) Reason for choosing GitHub Github is more universally accessible. Gitlab is a smaller project with less community support. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Software Engineer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Reliable Platform for Version Control and Team Collaboration" March 1, 2026 5.0 GitHub helps in managing source code efficiently and maintaining proper version history for projects. As a developer, it allows me to collaborate with team members, review code and maintain structured project repositiories in one place. It significantly reduces risk of code loss and improves team coordination during development. Also, new automations like git hub actions works very well. Pros I have been using GitHub for the past few years as a part of my daily development workflow. it is very reliable for version control, code management and collaboration with the team members. Vreating repositiories, managing branches and tracking changes through commits is very smooth and well structured. Specially find pull requests and issue tracking very useful when working on team-based projects, as it keeps the development process organized. Cons One thing is slightly challenging for the begineers in the learning curve, especially when understanding advanced Git worklfows like rebasing and conflict resolution. Also, sometimes the interface can feel a bit complex for new users who are not familier with version control systems. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Software Engineer Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Powerful and Reliable for Development" April 10, 2026 5.0 Before using GitHub, I struggled a lot with managing different versions of my codebase, especially while working on multiple projects. But now I can track changes, collaborate with the team efficiently, and manage my codebase in one place, which boosted by productivity. Overall, it has saved me several hours each week that I previously spent on manual backups and resolving confusion between different code versions. Pros I love GitHub for its ease of use and many useful features that make version control and collaboration very smooth in my daily workflow, GitHub is really helpful to resolve bugs/issues and merge conflicts directly without any IDE. The setup is straightforward and super simple, and I find the automation through GitHub Actions especially useful for saving time on repetitive tasks like builds and deployments. Overall, it provides good value for money for me, as it combines code management, collaboration, and automation in one platform. Cons I actually don't have anything to dislike GitHub, but I feel GitHub can sometimes be confusing when dealing with advanced features, which affects ease of use for me in certain situations Review Source Gunther C. Software Engineer Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Ideal Software Development Platform l" April 3, 2026 5.0 Overall my experience with GitHub has been fantastic, it is an ideal platform for developing software collaboratively. Pros GitHub makes it easy to host and manage version control, as well as collaborate with others and plan software changes. Cons I'd like to see the feature added that would also maintainers to disable the fork button so they can encourage a flow where contributors are added to a project. Review Source BK Blerta K. Language Instructor Education Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Updating our own learning portal." April 2, 2026 5.0 Since I am a Language Instructor, and in charge of our digital tools, our students need to have their custom web applications stable. I store our code repositories on this and do version control of our interactive exercises. It is very powerful to the developers, yet very daunting to the teachers. Pros After the initial configuration, the powerful functionalities and the default automation processes are unbelievable to implement quick updates and new interactive quizzes to our school-based custom language learning site. Cons The high learning curve renders the user-friendliness of the software rather appalling to our non-technical teaching staff, and support in relation to frustrating bugs and problems is fully dependent on community forums as the direct customer support service is currently not worth the money considering that the school is small and lacks an IT-specific staff. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Sr. Solutions Engineer Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Gold Standard Repo" February 20, 2026 5.0 Overall great experience. GH is still the gold standard for repos and is baked into the workflows for many orgs. Pros Great free tier for personal use, fast and easy to create repos and push code, Actions make deployments easy and great integrations with IDEs. Cons Sometimes can be noisy. Builds can run slow on occasion. Copilot use is getting a little pushy. Can have a learning curve for those not familiar. Review Source Josh A. Tech Computer Hardware Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Convenient project management and deployment " March 3, 2026 5.0 Always pleased with any project I am working on. Contacting the Devs for support is a breeze to have issues resolved in a timely manner everytime. Pros Super easy to use. All commonly used functions are always laid out in a very user friendly layout to allow easier navigation. Cons Nothing major at all. If I had to say something I would maybe like to see improvement of access to files in repos. Review Source FK František K. IT Tester Analyst Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Honest Github review" December 7, 2024 5.0 I have been using Github for many years now, and I must say it improved a lot, visually, offering lot of features and high value providing integrations. One of the most important tools for a developer. Collaboration on Github is great, the automation improved a lot, and because of so many templates, its really easy to create a pipeline for you project. Github offers lot of addition services like Copilot, which can provide a lot of value, but it will cost you. I prefer Github over Gitlab. Pros Lot of features, really nice UI & UX, lots of integrations which provide lot of value. CI&CD - Github actions is really great, project management inside Github repository. For smaller projects the pricing is friendly. And I would say its user friendly. Cons Pricing is really big con for bigger organizations, cloud gets expensive here, and I am not even mentioning premium features. Github project management is really simple here, not many features, but for simple and small projects its sufficient. Alternatives considered [GitLab](https://www.capterra.com/p/159806/GitLab/) Reason for choosing GitHub I choose Github for personal and freelance projects always, but in or company we use Gitlab because of the on-premise sollutions. Review Source JC Jem C. Software Engineer Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Github is the industry standard for version control. " November 28, 2024 5.0 It's great and I can't imagine ever using a different type of version control. I've used it for small projects and I've used it for big projects and it covers anything you could think of for either. Pros Github has a ton of features. I've previously used SVN and Github is miles ahead of SVN as far as features. SVN has long been touted as "simpler" but it's actually very easy to have a simple workflow with Github as well but if you need more features you can get them. If you think of something you need you can google it and it probably already exists on Github. Cons Anything past a basic setup can take a very long time to learn. I've been using it for years and years and I'm still always having to learn new things about it. Switched from [SVN MultiSite Plus](https://www.capterra.com/p/78748/SVN-MultiSite-Plus/) I saw a lot of people using Github for their personal projects as well as their work projects. Github also doubles as a portfolio for software engineers which helps with overall career trajectory. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Owner of ShadowPlayersDev Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Manage projects with GitHub" December 10, 2024 5.0 I've been using GitHub to manage multiple projects, like Discord bots, websites and NodeJS projects. Recently I've worked with Full Stack projects. Pros GitHub allows version control using Git, collaboration features to co-work with other teammates, working with open-source projects, hosting (for pages) and documentation. Cons For new starters, GitHub might be too complex due to having several features, people interested in hosting websites with GitHub pages cannot make their repositories private unless they use GitHub Pro. Alternatives considered [GitLab](https://www.capterra.com/p/159806/GitLab/) Reason for choosing GitHub GitHub provides an user-friendly interface, several features and API integration. Full support for Git and other third-party tools. Review Source Junaid E. IT Manager Hospitality Used the software for: 2+ years ### "The Essential Platform for Developers" January 15, 2026 5.0 My overall experience with GitHub has been outstanding and found very easy to use. I have relied on it daily since around 2018 for personal projects and open source contributions. Pros What I liked most about GitHub is how seamlessly it handles version control and team collaboration with features like pull requests, code reviews, and issue tracking that keep everything organised and transparent. Cons What I liked least is that the advanced features security tools can get expensive for small teams or individual users. Review Source Ildaphonse C. Software Development Computer Software Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "A great tool for developers" January 8, 2026 5.0 I've enjoyed my experience with Github. I use it daily when coding because of how quick and easy it is to store data. Pros I use github daily in the workplace. It is very easy to use. I can easily store my information without worry. It is free to use as well. I've encountered no issues or bugs when using it. Cons I wish it was easier to learn how to use. Sometimes i forget which commands to use when pushing my code to the cloud. Review Source SD Shaedil D. Electrical Lead Biotechnology Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Amazing for students" October 10, 2025 5.0 I use it every day and extensively. As a student, I use it for my class projects with my classmates and outside of class I use it for hosting my project ideas. I really like seeing what the community is building and the 'explore' feature is what sold me over competing websites. Pros The ease of use for students and beginners alike. From creating a student account and getting pro features for free to making your own repository and collaborating with peers with a few clicks. Everything is seamless from the git cli to the website. Cons The integration of AI is integral to advancing the space of collaborative development, but the ethics and privacy of it is often questioned, especially with Microsoft backing it. Review Source Bipul K. Software Engineer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Best Collaboration tool for developers" July 10, 2025 5.0 Pros The best thing about Github is Collaboration feature. When a developer creates a pull request, other collaborators with access to the repository can view the proposed changes. Cons The least I like about is, it cannot host large sized files. Other than that there is nothing to complain about. Switched from [GitLab](https://www.capterra.com/p/159806/GitLab/) Github was more user friendly than gitlab. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer seaman Writing and Editing Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "is good title and i like it." January 25, 2026 5.0 i'm already registed in github since 5years , and is good to work in this website to promote my knowing. Pros is easy to use and open source , i found always what i want , no value for money, also is good with customer support. Cons every time if i like ton choose some project for training or education github is the best place for this. Review Source VC Vinny C. Senior Software Developer Education Management Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "My review of GitHub" November 26, 2025 5.0 Overall, GitHub is easy to use. There are many features that make developing software in a team environment easy. Also, it is quick to setup and migrate from other version control tools. Pros I like that GitHub is a very intuitive version control tool to use. There is a huge community that uses GitHub and if I ever run into problems, it is very easy to find a solution on Stack Overflow. Cons There is a lot of downtime with GitHub. I am unsure what the service level agreement is with GitHub but in my career as a software developer, it has gone down at least 10 times. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Software Engineer Music Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Crucial for Today’s Dev Teams and Projects" April 8, 2025 5.0 Fantastic. It is an efficient platform for coding collaboration and a strong version control system. Peer reviews enhance code quality, expedite development, and provide effective progress tracking. Pros Makes collaboration super easy, pull requests, and issue tracking all in one place. Integration with other tools is very effective and clean interface. Cons Private repositories and advanced features are limited to free plan. Review Source HG Hugo G. Software developer Non-Profit Organization Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Perfect GIT solution " April 28, 2025 5.0 It works perfectly, what would you need more? Pros Easy to use, always work, search has been improved a lot, is quick to respond, actions are free, what do you need more? Cons user repo exploration could be better I think, it may be missing some filters Review Source Fungai Nicole C. Support Worker Hospital & Health Care Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Github, great for storing code and linking it to apps like Streamlit" April 11, 2025 5.0 I loved the theme and the ability to use 2-factor authentication to secure the account. I also liked that the website provides tips for creating a repository ie GitHub gives the users recommendations on how to upload their files and the code data by suggesting a README file. Other programmers can contribute to the code by suggesting edits or commenting errors in the code that need solving. The community is very helpful and patient. Pros It is easy to create repositories and link it to sites that can publish the code as an app for example Streamlit. Cons It can be hard to navigate for newcomers to coding. Review Source MR Mathieu R. Programmeur Jouabilité Gambling & Casinos Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Centralized Collaboration for Smooth Development" December 7, 2025 5.0 Pros GitHub makes collaborative work genuinely easier. Pull requests, discussions, and CI/CD actions fit naturally into the development workflow. For gameplay programming, where there are tons of iterations, it’s great to have everything centralized with clear visibility into the project history. Cons Nothing major—sometimes it just takes a bit of digging to find exactly what you’re looking for. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Ceo Alternative Medicine Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Github is life" January 4, 2025 5.0 I have a good experience. It’s just a whole Lot of learning. Pros How it makes it more easier for developers. Cons It was hard at first understand commands, but now It’s easier. Review Source JP Jessica P. Web Development Computer Software Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "GitHub is essential for coders" July 11, 2025 5.0 I don't have any other reference to an open source, however, Im very glad to have been exposed to GitHub as the first. Using GitHub, I have learned to navigate the program and contribute to others work. With it being my field of interest, it's kind of essential. Pros GitHub is great for collaborations and contributing to others work. They also offer a free account with functionality. I think this is an essential program for everyone who dabbles in the coding field. Cons I did struggle quite a bit with understanding pushing and pulling repositories; however, it really is just a learning curve. Once you work with it and grow familiar, it gets easier to use. Review Source Similar Products Featured