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Git ≠ GitHub

We often see the terms Git and GitHub being used interchangeably, and it’s important to understand that Git and GitHub are very different things.

Git is a version control system that lets you manage and keep track of your source code history.

GitHub is a commercial hosting service owned by Microsoft that provides a Git repositories as a SaaS solution. Microsoft also provide GitHub Enterprise which is a service equivalent to the SaaS offering which is installed on-premises in a customer’s data center. See our page on GitHub integration.

Similarly, GitLab (described here) is another commercial offering built on top of Git.

See this page for a description of the differences between Git and GitHub.