# Page 21 | GitHub Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Page 21 - Is GitHub the right Application Development solution for you? Explore 6168 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 (6168) [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 # Page 21 - Reviews of GitHub ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 501-525 of 6168 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use MD Masoud D. Software Developer Retail Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Secure, innovative and feature rich, a competitor to all other providers" February 22, 2022 5.0 I cannot imagine working without GitHub, to be honest. I appreciate that there are many other alternatives these days but GitHub to me is the industry standard that makes developer jobs a lot easier and manageable. Pros When you think about source code management you'd think of GitHub straight away. The security is taken seriously on GitHub and the CLI has made using it super simple and convenient from the comfort of your terminal. The offering of integrations with different DevOps tools is a must-have these days that you'd get out of the box with GitHub. Another important factor that makes GitHub stand out is its reliability which in the entire time that I've used it has always been available and has never been down. GitHub has not stopped innovating new features and improving their services after all these years and it's amazing to see that they offer a new feature frequently. Cons I'd love to see a feature-rich mobile app from GitHub to allow managing the repositories easier and more practical on small screen devices. Alternatives considered [GitLab](https://www.capterra.com/p/159806/GitLab/)[Bitbucket](https://www.capterra.com/p/233341/Bitbucket/) Reason for choosing GitHub I believe GitHub is more reputable between developers and more reliable compared to other competitors. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer CTO Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Best source code management" February 10, 2020 5.0 We use it on a daily basis, we have about 100+ private repositories hosted on this platform. It has nice workflow for devops to keep the source code clean, unit tested and deployable. Pros Github requires no introduction. It is the most popular source code management among opensouce and enterprise customers. It has native integration with almost all cloud providers. Cons Charge per user. In our case we outsource 70% of our development to outside contractors. Every time we add them into our account, it is considered as additional collaborator and takes away one seat. It will be hard for us to keep monitoring both internal and external developers on our team to keep the cost under control. Alternatives considered [Assembla](https://www.capterra.com/p/112631/Assembla/) Reason for choosing GitHub Reasons are mentioned in the previous question. Switched from [Assembla](https://www.capterra.com/p/112631/Assembla/) Most of the developers we hired in the past were not familiar with Assembla and hard time convincing them to use it. It was not as popular as GitHub in the developer community. Review Source Anurag B. Senior Software Engineer Retail Used the software for: 2+ years ### "GitHub : Efficient Cloud Based Git Repo" August 12, 2021 4.0 Overall very satisfactory experience. also this is microsoft product so wee can trust. Pros I liked the ease of getting work done. It simple to integrate with my IDE and other git version control softwares such as SourceTree. Easy to create Pull Requests, comment, manage approvers/set rules for doing a merge. I like how the team easily looks. and contributes to the product development using this tool. Cons Specific feature especially integration with other tools such as Jenkins you may need to research a bit. We wanted to have jenkins build kicked off once PR is submitted so it doesnt create conflict in above environment. We got this working however took some time for research. Documentation around that could be improved. Switched from [Bitbucket](https://www.capterra.com/p/233341/Bitbucket/) Having better Control and experience. Review Source DW Daniel W. CEO Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Git a load of this!" November 15, 2022 5.0 Pros I'd pick this over Gitea or Gitlab any day. It's such a simple interface with the ability to edit code on the fly in your web browser if necessary. Following repositories and reporting bugs or requesting features is just a click away. Cons I have nothing to complain about with GitHub. Review Source Mohammed S. IT Director Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great best tool that controls and manages DevOps" July 4, 2023 5.0 great product to help in accelerating development, DevOps and automation Pros functioning as a effective core for DevOps and product development through the entire SDLC Cons learning curve for the users especially when it came to integration with other tools, however there are many ready built in integration connectors Alternatives considered [GitLab](https://www.capterra.com/p/159806/GitLab/) Reason for choosing GitHub community support, spread knowledge and easy of use Review Source Richard Q. Computer programmer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "All your base are belong to us." November 17, 2021 5.0 Pros GitHub provides me with a significant feature set in one place, and allows integration with a large number of third party tools and services. Cons Sometimes setting up the integration for the third party tools / services can feel a little cumbersome. Alternatives considered [GitLab](https://www.capterra.com/p/159806/GitLab/)[Bitbucket](https://www.capterra.com/p/233341/Bitbucket/) Reason for choosing GitHub For the majority of our work, GitHub provides a free platform. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Software engineer Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Essential for software engineers" April 24, 2022 5.0 It's a must-have for any developer. If you're not using github(or any git platform) you might be doing something wrong. They always try to add new features and improve! Pros As a full time software engineer, it's hard not to use any git related products. I've been using Github for a long time and I like their easy to use interface and code browsing. For code browsing, you can view the repository in a online vscode viewer which is really handy. Cons I think there's a huge learning curve with using Git and Github if you're a beginner. it's hard to know what you're doing sometimes or how to do some certain things for beginners. Even I have trouble doing/finding things sometimes(ssl certificates/ci cd setups, etc). Reason for choosing GitHub It's the most well-known git platform and it's always expanding. A lot of professionals also recommend using Github. I've never tried other softwares but i'm sure github is on top of the list. Review Source Sanjay K. Software Engineer Internet Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Best colloboration Tool in the market" June 21, 2021 5.0 This was a great journey when realized the potential of Github, The version history is very useful in team collaboration and deploying the application. Code Review helps to have fewer bugs in the software. Pros Github is very effective in building a project from scratch till launching. The version control feature is really amazing which also helps to organize and track the project. With Team using Github as a collaboration tool is really helpful to have a code review and develop project faster phase. Sponsoring is another amazing feature I prefer to support other developers. Cons There is a rendering issue that has no fix and the support team is late to respond to the mails or issue the user-facing. The storage space pricing is high and it consumes data every time when access those data, I'm referring to GitHub LFS here. Review Source RG Rajkumar G. Systems Engineer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "The Intelligent GitHub" April 17, 2023 5.0 Overall it is one of the good application and easy to use. Pros Changes can be tracked and reverted if required and even all versions are available as long as team wants. Cons As of now nothing, but GitHub team already working on the new features and releases when they have major changes. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Junior nodejs developer Computer Software Used the software for: I used a free trial ### "Efficient Code Management Platform" March 25, 2024 4.0 Pros GitHub is an exceptional platform for code management, offering an intuitive interface and robust features. Its standout version control system, powered by Git, enables seamless collaboration and simplifies the development process. The issue tracking system fosters community engagement, while powerful code review tools streamline feedback and ensure code quality. With extensive integrations with popular development tools, GitHub enhances productivity and customization. Overall, GitHub is an indispensable tool for developers and teams, catering to projects of any scale. Cons To mush High price please make it free for college students at least 4 years Review Source JL Jason L. Product Designer Graphic Design Used the software for: 2+ years ### "As a designer who codes..." September 22, 2020 5.0 Great. I used GitHub at my work daily and for at home for personal projects. It was set up & integrated well throughout our suite and comms internally. Personally, I have a repo set up for my personal sit and I wouldn’t ever choose another tool to host my code repository and handle deployments to production code. Pros GitHub has grown leap & bounds over the past few years. They have always offered really excellent tools for developers that is well built and very stable. More recently GitHub has put a lot of effort in creating a more intuitive user experience that makes it simpler to use for both beginners and experienced users. As a designer who isn’t the best with code and development but still knows how to setup and deploy code with GitHub there updates over recent years have been very helpful in day-to-day. Integrations & security settings are excellent as well. Cons Nothing much to say here. GitHub can be a bit overwhelming for a beginner but IMO they have been addressing this and making it much more comfortable to get started using. I’d like to see more of the same in other areas as well. Solving merge conflicts in GitHub was the only time I was ever frustrated with the tool. Switched from [Bitbucket](https://www.capterra.com/p/233341/Bitbucket/) My first Git tool was BitBucket, I was so new to code then. I don’t remember it well enough to comment on the tool. I switched because I was hired at a new company that used GitHub rather than BitBucket. Review Source Daouda H. Webmaster Education Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "The application developer's best friend" July 11, 2022 4.0 I personally have been using github for more than 6 years to version my code, to share my passion and also professionally to work in team for big projects as well for the follow-up, the monitoring of the teams and also during the deployment of the different solutions. Pros What I like most about github is that it breaks all the ties of distance for collaborative work, making it easier for developers to focus on what they need to do and also to see what others are working on and why they did it through commits. Cons Github is an excellent tool its free version has important functionalities all that a developer needs, however the professional version offers more possibilities the offer for companies is a little above the means of the young African companies which are at these beginnings. Reason for choosing GitHub Bitbucket Review Source MD Abu K. Administration Officer Education Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "The best platform to grow & share your tech skills " May 10, 2022 5.0 It has been offering the student a free premium option for their whole studentship period. Therefore, our students can gain knowledge & also share their software & codings among the other coders out there. Additionally, the Github student pack offers a lot of external popular software that helps our students both in academics as well as in building their careers. Pros This platform has been a blessing for our students & also for my career. Cons This tool is perfect at its position but pretty expensive to acquire a Github pro badge. Alternatives considered [RhodeCode](https://www.capterra.com/p/146200/RhodeCode/)[GitLab](https://www.capterra.com/p/159806/GitLab/)[Bitbucket](https://www.capterra.com/p/233341/Bitbucket/) Reason for choosing GitHub Github is more student-friendly than other options. Review Source eH emil H. Manager Marketing and Advertising Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "An assortment of undertakings for associating with GitHub" March 23, 2022 5.0 We have proactively expounded a lot on the way that to track down a solid engineer, normal obtaining assets are not exceptionally supportive: top designers don't look effectively for new positions and don't utilize ordinary work sheets or LinkedIn. You should utilize specific destinations to track down top tech ability. So how might one track down a designer nowadays? Programming engineers can be found on the stages where the IT people group shares coding tips, works together and gains from one another. Pros Administrator takes your code and changes it into a powerful, dispersed pipeline. You can keep on utilizing your current devices, dialects, foundation, and contents. Official forms a rich DAG structure, however such that regards positive designing and doesn't repress it. You can utilize Prefect's useful API to change scripts with insignificant snares; or you can get to the conceded computational diagram straightforwardly; or any blend thereof. It depends on you. Cons GitHub is dead-easy to use in the fundamental list of capabilities. The arrangement is negligible and all forming observes guidelines and so forth We had no issues setting up access for different clients and when private archives opened up even in the complementary plan it was an easy decision. Githubs Actions region large assistance - when set up appropriately and can assist with computerizing errands like sending more than a few servers. It is an exceptionally useful asset, however perhaps more convoluted to arrangement then in other comparative products. Reason for choosing GitHub With regards to working, I focus on my qualities and client stories regardless of anything else. Keeping that in mind, I've set up a progression of pre-run runs to plan and facilitate explicit conditions inside the setting of PI arranging ages and client stories. Accumulation Refinements empowers us to tweak our preparation collectively, and we have the choice of setting off individual client stories to run after the past run. This actually intends that while we'll be working rapidly, we'll have the option to prepare of time. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Software Engineer 2 Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Easy code management with GitHub!" June 26, 2022 5.0 We use GitHub heavily, to store our internal/ client based source codes as well. We use on-prem and cloud based solution in equal distribution and the GitHub CLI is also available by default on all our company assets. Pros 1\. Code Management Structure: GitHub is pioneer and the first in the industry to build the version control system. GitHub native support to branches and various other concepts have revolutionised the way organisations manage their code. GitHub is by far one of the best way to manage and build production grade applications. 2. Cloud based solutions: Although, GitHub can be used on local systems and store code locally, or GitHub on-prem solutions. The GitHub's cloud based solution is secure way to keep your code on Cloud. It is available for use by anybody who can authorise around the globe with an highly available infrastructure. Cons GitHub is a very light-weight and easy to use tool. We have never faced any problems, be it related to performance or lack of feature. Therefore, I do not have any dis-advantaged/ con for this tool. Review Source yK yusuf K. owner Hospitality Used the software for: 2+ years ### "github review with my expriance" November 18, 2022 5.0 overall experiance was very good. and i recommend to all use it Pros GitHub has a very much highlighted scope of administrations that take special care of many pieces of the improvement life cycle, from facilitating the code with a large number of devices to look at the code by and large, to having the option to do different things with it, as convey the code in a CI/Disc pipeline. I like the GitHub mixes with other outsider administrations tooGithub is not difficult to utilize. We can share our code records without a second thought. On the off chance that you are genius part, you get offices like making private repos.It is one of the most incredible stage for open-source commitments as welll.We get set up pipeline framework that aides for conveying applications.Extremely huge local area support. Cons The degree of control you have with the orders, particularly terminal wall. The administration of variants of a similar code composed by various individuals. the blending, branches all are amazing in GitHub Reason for choosing GitHub We can make vaults and distribute access consents to the colleagues so every one can work in a unified way and When finished codes can be committed/pushed effectively to the storehouse Review Source Matthew P. Student Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "GitHub is awesome." April 3, 2022 5.0 Overall, GitHub is a solid software to be used by developers. It allows a developer to manipulate and upload their work to the cloud quickly and easily from the terminal and it is very easy to use. Pros I really enjoy how GitHub is so streamlined and easy to use. I love how GitHub gives us Git to work with so we can manage our code and see other peoples' code on our machines, One simple command can bring code in and so too can a simple command push code out. Cons The thing I like the least about GitHub is that some of the git commands don't work as well as they should and that some of them also do not work at all in my use case. For instance, whereas others may be able to push out code efficiently, I have a hard time syncing my GitHub repos effectively with my production machine and have to use the GitHub website to upload my code Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Developer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Best repo for open source development" August 29, 2019 5.0 Overall is a great tool to be used for OpenSource or personal projects. I've never used it on a professional environment but just to create personal/open-source projects and collaborate in others. For this purpose I think is the best you can get online for free. Pros Well, no need to say that is the most popular repository for open-source projects as almost every open-source or DIY project is hosted there. The reason in my humble opinion is that it offers the possibility to create a complete "site" for your project, not only being limited to a code repository and a readme file, but it also allows to create a wiki, it provides an issue reporting section, good and complete branch management interface, and so on. Personally I do like the releases section, as it allows to publicate together with the downloadable code, all the changes list, bugs fixed and so on, so you can set all needed documentation of each release in there. This is the most important stuff about the public repos and "collaboration sites" it provides. Apart from this, for private use it provides the usual stuff on version controll sites, with te pull request management section, code reviews, comments and so on. As a free repository service I think GitHub provides the best service you can find online. Cons Maybe the documentation on GitHub itself is a bit of a mess. Sometimes is hard to find some info on how to do stuff, especially for new users. Once you're used to it, then all goes smooth. Beside that, it lacks the possibility of doing some special git operations, for which you need to go to command line in order to perform them, but besides that minor stuff, it is a great service. Review Source BN Braden N. Student Primary/Secondary Education Used the software for: 2+ years ### "GitHub - A great tool for handling application development within a team project" May 18, 2024 5.0 I would highly recommend this tool for any teams that need to collaborate together to make code changes and review each others work. Pros I like that GitHub allows multiple people on a team to work collaboratively together when doing coding development. I enjoy the friendly user interface and it makes collaborative coding work organized. Cons At first it took a bit to get the hang of but once you get familiar with the process it’s a great tool. Review Source Cyrille Pavel S. Developpeur fullStack Computer Software Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Avantage et inconvénient " February 2, 2023 4.0 Pros Github est le plus célèbre des services git disponibles en ligne - personnellement, je ne connais aucun développeur qui n'utilise pas Github. Cela rend Github essentiel pour tous les développeurs, car beaucoup de gens partagent des codes et des trucs par le biais de Github. Je ne sais pas exactement pourquoi, mais de nos jours, les développeurs semblent préférer mettre leur travail dans Gitub. Ainsi, GitHub héberge presque tous les types de projets open source avec lesquels j'aime bifurquer et jouer. Je pense personnellement qu'il est très productif. Son interface utilisateur est bonne et intuitive, ce qui facilite l'affichage des informations et la lecture du code. Je pense également que Gitub est plus stable que les autres solutions disponibles. Cons Je ne pense pas qu'il y ait grand-chose à redire sur Github, mais je pense qu'il n'est pas très facile à utiliser pour un débutant. J'ai passé beaucoup de temps à apprendre les commandes Git et autres. En dehors de cela, je ne vois pas d'inconvénients. Review Source sumit Y. Software Engineer Computer & Network Security Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Good VCS for collaborating" January 30, 2022 5.0 It is great experience I am using it from my college days. and it is very important to showcase your projects in different interview processes. Pros In an organisation, it is great tool to collaborate and the most recommended tool. Nice for issue tracking also. Cons sometimes commands get little confusing but to overcome this i recommend gitbucket or gitkraken like softwares to use GUI for commiting Reason for choosing GitHub I did not seen alternative as it is given by organisation. Switched from [SVN MultiSite Plus](https://www.capterra.com/p/78748/SVN-MultiSite-Plus/) While switching the organisation I switched from SVN to github. And I found github more interesting and efficient. Review Source David C. Software Engineer Market Research Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Excellent" May 26, 2022 5.0 Perfect, Source control simplified and straightforward. Pros GitHub is just simply awesome, I have used this tool for over 10 years, both as a private and public repository. I have used other equivalents, but I like the ease of use. I just couldn't work without "Pull requests" & commenting. In the olden days there used to be outages which were easy to find out about. However over the last few years I haven't had a single outage. To me this is a prerequisite to software development. Oh I love the general workflow, it's can be made to fit into your pipeline and your organizations dev process. It's one of those applications that does what you tell it to and not the other way round. We have used it in Teamcity & Azure pipelines. Both a great experience from GitHub. Cons The only feature I would like is it easier to find PRs that are set for me to review. (ie make it as easy to find PRs assigned as PRs that have been set to you as a reviewer.) Reason for choosing GitHub Used GitHub before, perfect choice Review Source Trabelsi H. Web developer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Best version control system " July 24, 2019 5.0 We have switched to GitHub enterprise and we realized how it was become easy to browse repository, share and contribute to projects things that wasn’t possible before. Pros As a web developer GitHub is built to work perfectly with web projects.it has a lot of features: It’s easy to setup project and add contributors to it. PR system is very complete and it’s easy to follow and request changes from contributors, you can also integrate third party tools to enhance the pull request validation mechanism. GitHub pages make your life easier to deploy your application (mostly the app documentation) by just creating a doc folder in the repo without any extra server setup. These are the features that l’m using daily but GitHub have much more than that (gists,issues tracker,wiki,..) I can spend days talking about it but if you’re looking for a git repository service GitHub is the best choice. Cons I didn’t notice any major cons except the learning curve especially if you come from other environment like Svn or TFS. Alternatives considered [Bitbucket](https://www.capterra.com/p/233341/Bitbucket/) Review Source SM SI M. Research Assistant Research Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Convenience just a pull away: GitHub, a game-changing tool for developers" June 18, 2019 5.0 Overall, learning Git and GitHub made life as a developer convenient. We transitioned from manually merging our code to using GitHub. Although it required some practice, it was well worth the time. We realized that we were missing out and how our older projects would have been a breeze if we learned about GitHub sooner. Pros Knowing git and GitHub boosted the productivity of my team members and I. We were able to cutback on the times we were doing manual version control work rather than actual software development. It has been very useful to the point that it has been integrated into our project work pipeline. It has been very reliable and our team has never encountered problems in uploading and retrieving the code of others. We are able to document any changes to our code and fix conflicting code which made working in a team much more convenient. Our team of 3 uses the free version which allows us to collaborate with each other, set up a public or private repository, document our bugs, and manage our workflow which already is a lot for a free service. Paid options allow for collaboration of bigger teams, analytics, and other advanced features. Aside from that, a GUI version of the application allows you to visually see the changes in the project and simplifies the workflow. Tutorials and documentations on how to use GitHub, for both the GUI and command line versions are available. Most source code editors now even have GitHub integrated and allows you to do the commands without leaving the editor. Cons As great as GitHub is, it really takes some time in getting used to, especially for beginners. It has a steep learning curve and you are most likely going to have to use a search engine for the tasks you want to do. GitHub also has an application with a GUI which is relatively beginner friendly, but even then, the Git workflow is really something that requires practice. I personally use the Command Line Interface and the difficult part is knowing the commands to use in which I solved by printing out a cheat sheet. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Sw. developer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Github and microsoft have been doing doing great things" March 27, 2022 4.0 Pros My most liked product from github is copilot, it has saved me a ton of time and it is very user friendly. My favorite feature is the ability to quickly and easily create new projects from templates. This has saved me a lot of time and hassle when setting up new projects. Cons My biggest concern is also what has made github grew so fast in the last years, its acquisition by microsoft, while they are delivering great features like copilot or github actions, pricing models are still not clear for the end user and sometimes it feels like they are building somewhat a monopoly. Review Source Similar Products Featured ## Send me user reviews about this product ### Fill out the form and we'll send a list of the top-rated software based on real user reviews directly to your inbox.