# GitHub

GitHub is a hosted platform for source code repositories, pull request code review, issue tracking and team collaboration. It adds GitHub Actions for CI/CD automation, GitHub Copilot for AI-assisted coding and agent tasks, and Codespaces for cloud development environments. Code Security and Secret Protection scan repositories for vulnerabilities and leaked secrets, and Enterprise customers can run a self-hosted GitHub Enterprise Server instance.

Page: https://slateindex.ai/brand/github · data of 2026-11-03

## Facts

- Founded: 2008
- Headquarters: San Francisco, California
- Employees: 501–1,000
- Latest funding: Round led by Sequoia Capital
- Deployment: Cloud service (GitHub.com and GitHub Enterprise Cloud) and self-hosted GitHub Enterprise Server
- Best for: Development teams, from individuals to enterprises, that build, review, and ship software on one platform.
- Compliance: SOC 1 Type 2, SOC 2 Type 2, ISO/IEC 27001, CSA STAR Level 2, PCI DSS, FedRAMP Tailored ATO

## Products

- GitHub: Repository hosting, code review, and collaboration for source code.
- GitHub Actions: CI/CD and workflow automation for building, testing, and deploying code.
- GitHub Copilot: AI coding assistant and agent for tasks, projects, and automated work.
- GitHub Codespaces: Cloud development environments that open in a browser or editor.
- GitHub Code Security: Vulnerability detection with CodeQL and AI Scan, with Copilot Autofix for fixes.
- GitHub Secret Protection: Secret scanning and push protection to prevent credential leaks.
- GitHub Code Quality: Analysis of maintainability and reliability issues in pull requests.
- GitHub Packages: Hosting for private and public software packages.
- GitHub sandbox: Isolated, resumable cloud environments for running agent-generated code.
- Git Large File Storage: Storage and bandwidth for large files tracked with Git.

## Rankings

| Category | Rank | Visibility | Mentions |
|---|---|---|---|
| CI/CD | 1 of 45 | 83.3 | 72 |
| Project Management | 10 of 65 | 10.2 | 13 |
| MLOps Platforms | 11 of 61 | 9.0 | 14 |

## By engine

| Engine | Visibility | Mention rate |
|---|---|---|
| chatgpt | 87.0 | 92.6% |
| google_ai_mode | 92.4 | 100.0% |
| perplexity | 70.4 | 74.1% |

## Definitions

- Visibility (0–100): how often and how high AI answers name the brand, weighted by position.
- Mention rate: share of collected AI answers that name the brand.
- Share of voice: the brand's mentions as a share of all brand mentions in the category.
- Citation authority: share of answers naming the brand that cite the brand's own site.

Cite as: SlateIndex, “GitHub AI visibility profile”, https://slateindex.ai/brand/github, data of 2026-11-03. Licence: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).