Can you tell the difference between Git and GitHub?
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Git
GitHub
This is a DISTRIBUTED version control system INSTALLED on local machines which allow developers to keep track of commit HISTORIES and supports collaborative work.
This is a cloud-based source code repository developed by using git.
This is maintained by “The Linux Foundation”.
This was acquired by “Microsoft”
SVN, Mercurial, etc are the competitors
GitLab, Atlassian BitBucket, etc are the competitors.
GitHub provides a variety of services like forking, USER management, etc along with providing a CENTRAL repository for collaborative work.