<s>
This	O
is	O
a	O
timeline	B-Application
of	I-Application
GitHub	I-Application
,	O
a	O
web-based	O
Git	B-Application
or	O
version	B-General_Concept
control	I-General_Concept
repository	I-General_Concept
and	O
Internet	O
hosting	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Time	O
Period	O
Development	O
summary	O
More	O
details	O
2008	O
Conception	O
,	O
initial	O
launch	O
,	O
and	O
core	O
features	O
GitHub	B-Application
is	O
founded	O
initially	O
as	O
Logical	O
Awesome	O
in	O
February	O
and	O
the	O
website	O
launches	O
in	O
April	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Core	O
parts	O
of	O
GitHub	B-Application
launch	O
during	O
this	O
year	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
company	O
blog	O
,	O
per-project	O
wikis	O
,	O
GitHub	B-Application
Gist	O
,	O
and	O
GitHub	B-Application
Pages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2009June	O
2013	O
Continued	O
growth	O
and	O
product	O
releases	O
GitHub	B-Application
continues	O
to	O
release	O
products	O
including	O
GitHub	B-Application
Enterprise	O
,	O
Redcarpet	O
,	O
and	O
Hubot	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
companies	O
that	O
now	O
regularly	O
use	O
GitHubincluding	O
Facebook	B-Application
and	O
Googlejoin	O
GitHub	B-Application
during	O
this	O
period	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
July	O
2013September	O
2015	O
Continued	O
growth	O
and	O
product	O
releases	O
;	O
outreach	O
;	O
attacks	O
and	O
censorship	O
against	O
the	O
site	O
;	O
CEO	O
resigns	O
GitHub	B-Application
continues	O
to	O
launch	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
products	O
and	O
enhancements	O
to	O
existing	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
the	O
desktop	O
,	O
it	O
releases	O
Electron	B-Operating_System
,	O
Atom	B-Application
,	O
and	O
a	O
desktop	O
client	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
terms	O
of	O
outreach	O
,	O
it	O
launches	O
the	O
Bug	O
Bounty	O
Program	O
,	O
ChooseALicense.com,	O
GitHub	B-Application
Classroom	O
,	O
GitHub	B-Application
Student	O
Developer	O
Pack	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
GitHub	B-Application
Engineering	O
blog	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
GitHub	B-Application
website	O
also	O
experiences	O
multiple	O
attacks	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
censorship	O
from	O
governments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
October	O
2015present	O
Change	O
in	O
pricing	O
model	O
GitHub	B-Application
changes	O
its	O
pricing	O
model	O
from	O
a	O
repository-based	O
one	O
to	O
a	O
user-based	O
one	O
;	O
in	O
the	O
process	O
,	O
it	O
introduces	O
unlimited	O
private	O
repositories	B-General_Concept
for	O
paying	O
customers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Year	O
Month	O
and	O
date	O
Event	O
type	O
Details	O
2005	O
Background	O
The	O
initial	O
version	O
of	O
Git	B-Application
,	O
a	O
version	B-Architecture
control	I-Architecture
system	I-Architecture
with	O
support	O
for	O
data	O
integrity	O
,	O
is	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Git	B-Application
would	O
come	O
to	O
power	O
GitHub	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
2006	O
Competition	O
First	O
public	O
Git	B-Application
free	O
hosting	O
platform	O
repo.or.cz	O
is	O
fully	O
launched	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2007	O
Company	O
Development	O
of	O
the	O
GitHub	B-Application
platform	O
begins	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2008	O
Company	O
GitHub	B-Application
is	O
founded	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Product	O
GitHub	B-Application
launches	O
its	O
company	O
blog	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
announcement	O
blog	O
post	O
,	O
GitHub	B-Application
notes	O
that	O
per-project	O
wikis	O
have	O
also	O
launched	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Product	O
Tom	O
Preston-Werner	O
,	O
Chris	O
Wanstrath	O
,	O
and	O
PJ	O
Hyett	O
launch	O
the	O
GitHub	B-Application
website	O
after	O
having	O
made	O
it	O
available	O
a	O
few	O
months	O
prior	O
as	O
a	O
beta	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Userbase	O
Reddit	B-Application
joins	O
GitHub	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Userbase	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
joins	O
GitHub	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Product	O
GitHub	B-Application
launches	O
Gist	O
,	O
a	O
pastebin-style	O
service	O
with	O
versioning	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Product	O
The	O
initial	O
version	O
of	O
Jekyll	O
,	O
a	O
static	B-Protocol
site	I-Protocol
generator	I-Protocol
,	O
is	O
released	O
by	O
GitHub	B-Application
CEO	O
Tom	O
Preston-Werner	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jekyll	O
would	O
come	O
to	O
power	O
GitHub	B-Application
Pages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Userbase	O
The	O
Sunlight	O
Foundation	O
,	O
an	O
American	O
501(c )	O
(	O
3	O
)	O
nonpartisan	O
,	O
nonprofit	O
organization	O
that	O
advocates	O
for	O
open	O
government	O
,	O
joins	O
GitHub	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
September	O
2010	O
,	O
the	O
foundation	O
would	O
have	O
97	O
software	O
projects	O
hosted	O
on	O
GitHub	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Product	O
GitHub	B-Application
announces	O
GitHub	B-Application
Pages	O
,	O
a	O
way	O
for	O
users	O
to	O
create	O
custom	O
websites	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Competition	O
Bitbucket	B-Protocol
launches	O
2009	O
Userbase	O
Twitter	B-Application
joins	O
GitHub	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Growth	O
(	O
repository	B-General_Concept
)	O
GitHub	B-Application
team	O
members	O
announce	O
,	O
in	O
a	O
talk	O
at	O
Yahoo	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
headquarters	O
,	O
that	O
within	O
the	O
first	O
year	O
of	O
being	O
online	O
,	O
GitHub	B-Application
has	O
accumulated	O
over	O
46,000	O
public	O
repositories	B-General_Concept
,	O
17,000	O
of	O
which	O
were	O
formed	O
in	O
the	O
previous	O
month	O
alone	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
this	O
time	O
,	O
about	O
6,200	O
repositories	B-General_Concept
have	O
been	O
forked	B-Application
at	O
least	O
once	O
and	O
4,600	O
have	O
been	O
merged	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Userbase	O
Facebook	B-Application
joins	O
GitHub	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Product	O
GitHub	B-Application
completes	O
its	O
transition	O
to	O
use	O
GitHub	B-Application
Flavored	I-Application
Markdown	I-Application
on	O
the	O
site	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GitHub	B-Application
Flavored	I-Application
Markdown	I-Application
is	O
a	O
variant	O
of	O
the	O
Markdown	O
markup	O
language	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Growth	O
(	O
user	O
)	O
GitHub	B-Application
reaches	O
100,000	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Growth	O
(	O
repository	B-General_Concept
)	O
Tom	O
Preston-Werner	O
announces	O
that	O
GitHub	B-Application
has	O
grown	O
to	O
host	O
90,000	O
unique	O
public	O
repositories	B-General_Concept
,	O
12,000	O
having	O
been	O
forked	B-Application
at	O
least	O
once	O
,	O
for	O
a	O
total	O
of	O
135,000	O
repositories	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Product	O
The	O
initial	O
commit	O
to	O
the	O
Semantic	O
Versioning	B-Architecture
repository	B-General_Concept
is	O
made	O
by	O
Tom	O
Preston-Werner	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2010	O
Company	O
GitHub	B-Application
Inc	O
started	O
to	O
operate	O
GitHub	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Product	O
GitHub	B-Application
introduces	O
Compare	O
View	O
,	O
a	O
feature	O
that	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
compare	O
commits	O
in	O
a	O
Git	B-Application
repository	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
,	O
GitHub	B-Application
would	O
add	O
support	O
for	O
comparing	O
across	O
repositories	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ruby	B-Language
and	O
JavaScript	B-Language
become	O
the	O
most	O
popular	O
languages	O
on	O
GitHub	B-Application
,	O
with	O
19%	O
and	O
17%	O
of	O
the	O
hosted	O
code	O
,	O
respectively	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Growth	O
(	O
repository	B-General_Concept
)	O
GitHub	B-Application
hits	O
1	O
million	O
hosted	O
repositories	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Of	O
these	O
repositories	B-General_Concept
,	O
60%	O
are	O
regular	O
repositories	B-General_Concept
while	O
the	O
remaining	O
40%	O
are	O
Gists	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Product	O
GitHub	B-Application
announces	O
that	O
its	O
per-project	O
wikis	O
are	O
now	O
backed	O
by	O
Git	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
also	O
releases	O
Gollum	B-Application
,	O
the	O
software	O
powering	O
these	O
wikis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
the	O
same	O
day	O
,	O
Gollum	B-Application
is	O
declared	O
to	O
be	O
version	O
1.0.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Userbase	O
Pinterest	B-Application
joins	O
GitHub	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
2011	O
Product	O
GitHub	B-Application
releases	O
Redcarpet	O
,	O
a	O
Markdown	O
parsing	O
library	O
based	O
on	O
Upskirt	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Growth	O
(	O
repository	B-General_Concept
)	O
GitHub	B-Application
announces	O
that	O
it	O
is	O
hosting	O
2	O
million	O
repositories	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Growth	O
ReadWriteWeb	O
reports	O
that	O
GitHub	B-Application
has	O
surpassed	O
SourceForge	B-Application
,	O
Google	B-Protocol
Code	I-Protocol
,	O
and	O
CodePlex	B-Protocol
in	O
total	O
number	O
of	O
commits	O
for	O
the	O
period	O
January	O
to	O
May	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Growth	O
(	O
employee	O
)	O
At	O
this	O
time	O
,	O
GitHub	B-Application
has	O
33	O
employees	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Product	O
GitHub	B-Application
begins	O
using	O
the	O
Ace	B-Language
code	B-Application
editor	I-Application
when	O
editing	O
files	O
on	O
the	O
web	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
approximate	O
)	O
Competition	O
GitLab	B-Application
launches	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Product	O
The	O
initial	O
version	O
(	O
version	O
1.0.0	O
)	O
of	O
Hubot	O
,	O
a	O
chatbot	B-Application
developed	O
by	O
GitHub	B-Application
and	O
written	O
in	O
CoffeeScript	B-Application
,	O
is	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Product	O
GitHub	B-Application
launches	O
GitHub	B-Application
Enterprise	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GitHub	B-Application
Enterprise	O
is	O
similar	O
to	O
GitHub	B-Application
's	O
public	O
service	O
but	O
is	O
designed	O
for	O
use	O
by	O
large-scale	O
enterprise	O
software	O
development	O
teams	O
where	O
the	O
enterprise	O
wishes	O
to	O
host	O
their	O
repositories	B-General_Concept
behind	O
a	O
corporate	O
firewall	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
2012	O
Userbase	O
Google	B-Application
joins	O
GitHub	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
agency	O
decides	O
to	O
host	O
its	O
source	O
code	O
on	O
GitHub	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Financial	O
GitHub	B-Application
receives	O
$100	O
million	O
in	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
investment	O
,	O
primarily	O
from	O
Andreessen	O
Horowitz	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Financial	O
Peter	O
Levine	O
,	O
general	O
partner	O
at	O
GitHub	B-Application
's	O
investor	O
Andreessen	O
Horowitz	O
,	O
states	O
that	O
GitHub	B-Application
has	O
been	O
growing	O
revenue	O
at	O
300%	O
annually	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Userbase	O
The	O
source	O
code	O
for	O
the	O
petitioning	O
system	O
We	B-Application
the	I-Application
People	I-Application
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
mobile	O
apps	O
White	O
House	O
for	O
iOS	O
and	O
White	O
House	O
for	O
Android	O
are	O
released	O
on	O
GitHub	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
GitHub	B-Application
experiences	O
service	O
outage	O
due	O
to	O
a	O
poor	O
database	O
migration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Censorship	O
GitHub	B-Application
goes	O
down	O
due	O
to	O
a	O
distributed	O
denial	O
of	O
service	O
attack	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Growth	O
(	O
employee	O
)	O
At	O
this	O
time	O
,	O
GitHub	B-Application
has	O
139	O
employees	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2013	O
Product	O
GitHub	B-Application
introduces	O
ZeroClipboard	O
to	O
the	O
site	O
,	O
which	O
allows	O
for	O
copying	O
long	O
lines	O
of	O
text	B-Application
and	O
hashes	O
with	O
a	O
single	O
click	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Product	O
GitHub	B-Application
launches	O
Contributions	O
,	O
an	O
addition	O
to	O
user	O
profile	O
pages	O
that	O
shows	O
which	O
repositories	B-General_Concept
the	O
user	O
has	O
been	O
active	O
in	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
a	O
calendar	O
of	O
activities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
User	O
growth	O
,	O
repository	B-General_Concept
growth	O
GitHub	B-Application
reaches	O
3	O
million	O
total	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
this	O
time	O
,	O
GitHub	B-Application
also	O
has	O
almost	O
5	O
million	O
repositories	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Censorship	O
GitHub	B-Application
is	O
blocked	O
in	O
China	O
using	O
DNS	B-Protocol
hijacking	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Confirming	O
the	O
block	O
,	O
a	O
spokesperson	O
for	O
GitHub	B-Application
says	O
:	O
"	O
It	O
does	O
appear	O
that	O
we	O
're	O
at	O
least	O
being	O
partly	O
blocked	O
by	O
the	O
Great	O
Firewall	B-Application
of	O
China	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
block	O
would	O
be	O
lifted	O
on	O
January	O
23	O
,	O
2013	O
after	O
an	O
online	O
protest	O
on	O
Sina	B-Protocol
Weibo	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Censorship	O
GitHub	B-Application
users	O
in	O
China	O
experience	O
a	O
man-in-the-middle	O
attack	O
in	O
which	O
attackers	O
could	O
have	O
possibly	O
intercepted	O
traffic	O
between	O
the	O
site	O
and	O
its	O
users	O
in	O
China	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
attempting	O
to	O
access	O
GitHub	B-Application
received	O
a	O
warning	O
of	O
an	O
invalid	O
SSL	O
certificate	O
,	O
which	O
due	O
to	O
being	O
signed	O
by	O
an	O
unknown	B-Protocol
authority	I-Protocol
was	O
quickly	O
detected	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Product	O
GitHub	B-Application
open-sources	B-Application
Boxen	O
,	O
a	O
tool	O
that	O
automates	O
setting	O
up	O
macOS	B-Application
machines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Product	O
GitHub	B-Application
adds	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
STL	O
file	O
format	O
for	O
3D	O
modeling	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Product	O
GitHub	B-Application
moves	O
GitHub	B-Application
Pages	O
to	O
a	O
dedicated	O
domain	O
,	O
github.io	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GitHub	B-Application
cites	O
security	O
reasons	O
for	O
the	O
migration	O
:	O
to	O
remove	O
"	O
potential	O
vectors	O
for	O
cross	O
domain	O
attacks	O
targeting	O
the	O
main	O
github.com	B-Application
session	O
"	O
and	O
mitigate	O
phishing	O
attempts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
migration	O
reserves	O
github.com	B-Application
for	O
GitHub	B-Application
itself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
part	O
of	O
this	O
new	O
Open	O
Data	O
Policy	O
,	O
data	O
is	O
released	O
on	O
GitHub	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Growth	O
(	O
repository	B-General_Concept
)	O
GitHub	B-Application
reaches	O
3.5	O
million	O
users	O
and	O
6	O
million	O
repositories	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Product	O
GitHub	B-Application
announces	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Octokit	O
,	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
client	O
libraries	O
for	O
working	O
with	O
the	O
GitHub	B-Application
API	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Product	O
GitHub	B-Application
launches	O
the	O
ChooseALicense.com	B-Application
website	O
to	O
help	O
users	O
choose	O
a	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
software	I-License
license	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Product	O
The	O
initial	O
version	O
of	O
Electron	B-Operating_System
(	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
called	O
Atom	B-Application
Shell	O
)	O
is	O
released	O
by	O
GitHub.Earliest	O
tagged	O
release	O
Growth	O
(	O
repository	B-General_Concept
)	O
GitHub	B-Application
reaches	O
7	O
million	O
projects	O
by	O
their	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Growth	O
(	O
user	O
)	O
GitHub	B-Application
reaches	O
4	O
million	O
active	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Userbase	O
Facebook	B-Application
publishes	O
a	O
blog	O
post	O
about	O
its	O
progress	O
in	O
open-source	B-Application
software	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
Facebook	B-Application
has	O
over	O
90	O
Git	B-Application
repositories	B-General_Concept
hosted	O
on	O
GitHub	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Growth	O
(	O
employee	O
)	O
At	O
this	O
time	O
,	O
GitHub	B-Application
has	O
234	O
employees	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Growth	O
(	O
repository	B-General_Concept
)	O
GitHub	B-Application
announces	O
it	O
has	O
reached	O
10	O
million	O
repositories	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
late	O
in	O
the	O
year	O
Userbase	O
Microsoft	O
joins	O
GitHub	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
2014	O
Acquisition	O
Easel	O
,	O
a	O
browser-based	O
web	O
design	O
tool	O
,	O
announces	O
that	O
it	O
has	O
been	O
acquired	O
by	O
GitHub	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
GitHub	B-Application
would	O
announce	O
the	O
acquisition	O
several	O
days	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Product	O
GitHub	B-Application
launches	O
their	O
Bug	O
Bounty	O
Program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Legal	O
WhatsApp	B-Application
sends	O
a	O
DMCA	O
takedown	O
request	O
to	O
GitHub	B-Application
for	O
alleged	O
copyright	O
and	O
trademark	O
violations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Product	O
GitHub	B-Application
releases	O
the	O
initial	O
version	O
of	O
Atom	B-Application
,	O
a	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
text	B-Application
and	O
source	B-Application
code	I-Application
editor	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Company	O
GitHub	B-Application
programmer	O
Julie	O
Ann	O
Horvath	O
alleges	O
that	O
founder	O
and	O
CEO	O
Tom	O
Preston-Werner	O
and	O
his	O
wife	O
Theresa	O
engaged	O
in	O
a	O
pattern	O
of	O
harassment	O
against	O
her	O
that	O
led	O
to	O
her	O
leaving	O
the	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Company	O
GitHub	B-Application
releases	O
a	O
statement	O
denying	O
Horvath	O
's	O
allegations	O
of	O
harassment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
following	O
an	O
internal	O
investigation	O
,	O
GitHub	B-Application
would	O
confirm	O
the	O
claims	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GitHub	B-Application
's	O
CEO	O
Chris	O
Wanstrath	O
would	O
write	O
on	O
the	O
company	O
blog	O
,	O
"	O
The	O
investigation	O
found	O
Tom	O
Preston-Werner	O
in	O
his	O
capacity	O
as	O
GitHub	B-Application
's	O
CEO	O
acted	O
inappropriately	O
,	O
including	O
confrontational	O
conduct	O
,	O
disregard	O
of	O
workplace	O
complaints	O
,	O
insensitivity	O
to	O
the	O
impact	O
of	O
his	O
spouse	O
's	O
presence	O
in	O
the	O
workplace	O
,	O
and	O
failure	O
to	O
enforce	O
an	O
agreement	O
that	O
his	O
spouse	O
should	O
not	O
work	O
in	O
the	O
office.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Product	O
GitHub	B-Application
fully	O
releases	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
of	O
its	O
text	B-Application
editor	I-Application
Atom	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Crunchies	O
announces	O
that	O
GitHub	B-Application
is	O
a	O
winner	O
in	O
Best	O
Bootstrapped	O
Startup	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Company	O
GitHub	B-Application
introduces	O
a	O
middle	O
management	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Prior	O
to	O
this	O
,	O
GitHub	B-Application
was	O
a	O
flat	O
organization	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Product	O
GitHub	B-Application
announces	O
the	O
GitHub	B-Application
Student	O
Developer	O
Pack	O
,	O
which	O
gives	O
students	O
access	O
to	O
various	O
premium	O
services	O
from	O
GitHub	B-Application
and	O
other	O
tech	O
companies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Censorship	O
Roscomnadzor	O
,	O
Russia	O
's	O
regulatory	O
agency	O
,	O
blocks	O
GitHub	B-Application
for	O
hosting	O
various	O
copies	O
of	O
a	O
suicide	O
manual	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
GitHub	B-Application
uses	O
HTTPS	B-Protocol
,	O
which	O
encrypts	O
data	O
between	O
a	O
user	O
's	O
computer	O
and	O
GitHub	B-Application
,	O
internet	O
service	O
providers	O
(	O
ISP	O
)	O
are	O
forced	O
to	O
block	O
the	O
whole	O
website	O
instead	O
of	O
the	O
pages	O
in	O
question	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Maxim	O
Ksenzov	O
,	O
the	O
Deputy	O
Head	O
of	O
the	O
Roscomnadzor	O
,	O
said	O
in	O
a	O
statement	O
that	O
the	O
block	O
was	O
due	O
to	O
GitHub	B-Application
not	O
complying	O
with	O
earlier	O
takedown	O
requests	O
for	O
the	O
manual	O
on	O
October	O
10	O
,	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GitHub	B-Application
was	O
also	O
momentarily	O
blocked	O
on	O
October	O
2	O
,	O
2014	O
until	O
the	O
original	O
copy	O
of	O
the	O
manual	O
was	O
deleted	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Censorship	O
GitHub	B-Application
is	O
blocked	O
in	O
India	O
(	O
along	O
with	O
31	O
other	O
Websites	O
)	O
over	O
pro-ISIS	O
content	O
posted	O
by	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
10	O
January	O
2015	O
,	O
GitHub	B-Application
would	O
be	O
unblocked	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Again	O
,	O
on	O
12	O
Sep	O
2015	O
,	O
GitHub	B-Application
would	O
be	O
blocked	O
all	O
over	O
India	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2015	O
Product	O
GitHub	B-Application
announces	O
that	O
it	O
has	O
doubled	O
its	O
maximum	O
payout	O
for	O
its	O
bounty	O
program	O
to	O
$	O
10,000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Growth	O
(	O
employee	O
)	O
At	O
this	O
time	O
,	O
GitHub	B-Application
has	O
257	O
employees	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Competition	O
Google	B-Application
announces	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
be	O
closing	O
down	O
Google	B-Protocol
Code	I-Protocol
on	O
January	O
15	O
,	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Censorship	O
GitHub	B-Application
falls	O
victim	O
to	O
a	O
massive	O
distributed	O
denial-of-service	O
(	O
DDOS	O
)	O
attack	O
that	O
lasts	O
for	O
more	O
than	O
118	O
hours	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
attack	O
,	O
which	O
appeared	O
to	O
originate	O
from	O
China	O
,	O
primarily	O
targeted	O
GitHub-hosted	O
user	O
content	O
describing	O
methods	O
of	O
circumventing	B-Application
Internet	I-Application
censorship	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Growth	O
(	O
user	O
)	O
GitHub	B-Application
reports	O
having	O
over	O
9	O
million	O
users	O
and	O
over	O
21.1	O
million	O
repositories	B-General_Concept
,	O
making	O
it	O
the	O
largest	O
host	O
of	O
source	O
code	O
in	O
the	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Product	O
GitHub	B-Application
announces	O
Git	B-Application
Large	O
File	O
Storage	O
(	O
Git	B-Application
LFS	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Git	B-Application
LFS	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
store	O
and	O
work	O
with	O
large	O
binary	O
files	O
in	O
Git	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
conference	O
Build	O
2015	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
announces	O
that	O
Microsoft	O
Visual	O
Studio	O
2015	O
will	O
have	O
GitHub	B-Application
integrations	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
GitHub	B-Application
Enterprise	O
would	O
become	O
available	O
on	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Azure	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Product	O
GitHub	B-Application
launches	O
the	O
GitHub	B-Application
Engineering	O
blog	O
,	O
which	O
hosts	O
information	O
about	O
GitHub	B-Application
's	O
engineering	O
practices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Company	O
GitHub	B-Application
announces	O
the	O
formation	O
of	O
GitHub	B-Application
Japan	O
G.K.	O
,	O
a	O
subsidiary	O
of	O
GitHub	B-Application
,	O
Inc.	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
its	O
new	O
office	O
in	O
Tokyo	O
,	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
new	O
office	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
GitHub	B-Application
office	O
outside	O
of	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Product	O
GitHub	B-Application
releases	O
version	O
1.0	O
of	O
its	O
Atom	B-Application
text	B-Application
editor	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Financial	O
GitHub	B-Application
announces	O
it	O
has	O
raised	O
$250	O
million	O
in	O
funding	O
in	O
a	O
round	O
led	O
by	O
Sequoia	O
Capital	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Product	O
GitHub	B-Application
launches	O
a	O
desktop	O
client	O
for	O
working	O
with	O
the	O
site	O
,	O
for	O
macOS	B-Application
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Growth	O
(	O
employee	O
)	O
At	O
this	O
time	O
,	O
GitHub	B-Application
has	O
330	O
employees	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Growth	O
(	O
user	O
)	O
At	O
this	O
time	O
,	O
GitHub	B-Application
has	O
around	O
10	O
million	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Growth	O
(	O
user	O
)	O
Around	O
this	O
time	O
,	O
10,000	O
users	O
are	O
reportedly	O
joining	O
GitHub	B-Application
per	O
weekday	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Product	O
GitHub	B-Application
launches	O
GitHub	B-Application
Classroom	O
,	O
a	O
way	O
for	O
teachers	O
to	O
create	O
and	O
share	O
programming	O
assignments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Chris	O
Wanstrath	O
,	O
co-founder	O
and	O
CEO	O
of	O
GitHub	B-Application
,	O
is	O
named	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
Fortune	O
40	O
under	O
40	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Conference	O
GitHub	B-Application
Universe	I-Application
2015	O
takes	O
place	O
in	O
San	O
Francisco	O
,	O
California	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GitHub	B-Application
Universe	I-Application
is	O
GitHub	B-Application
's	O
user	O
conference	O
;	O
the	O
company	O
would	O
continue	O
to	O
host	O
the	O
conference	O
in	O
subsequent	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Product	O
GitHub	B-Application
announces	O
a	O
partnership	O
with	O
Yubico	O
to	O
allow	O
YubiKey	O
authentication	O
on	O
the	O
GitHub	B-Application
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Userbase	O
Apple	O
open-sources	B-Application
its	O
programming	O
language	O
Swift	B-Application
and	O
hosts	O
it	O
on	O
GitHub	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
also	O
marks	O
the	O
beginning	O
of	O
Apple	O
using	O
GitHub	B-Application
,	O
as	O
the	O
company	O
did	O
not	O
host	O
anything	O
on	O
GitHub	B-Application
prior	O
to	O
this	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2016	O
Growth	O
(	O
repository	B-General_Concept
)	O
At	O
this	O
time	O
,	O
there	O
are	O
over	O
29	O
million	O
repositories	B-General_Concept
on	O
GitHub	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Growth	O
(	O
user	O
)	O
GitHub	B-Application
announces	O
that	O
Atom	B-Application
,	O
a	O
text	B-Application
editor	I-Application
it	O
created	O
,	O
has	O
hit	O
1	O
million	O
monthly	O
active	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GitHub	B-Application
knows	O
this	O
number	O
because	O
Atom	B-Application
comes	O
with	O
a	O
package	O
called	O
metrics	O
that	O
tracks	O
usage	O
information	O
using	O
Google	B-Application
Analytics	I-Application
and	O
sends	O
it	O
to	O
GitHub	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Company	O
GitHub	B-Application
announces	O
Spokes	O
(	O
called	O
Distributed	O
Git	B-Application
or	O
DGit	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
)	O
,	O
GitHub	B-Application
's	O
application-level	O
replication	O
system	O
for	O
Git	B-Application
,	O
which	O
makes	O
GitHub	B-Application
more	O
resilient	O
to	O
server	O
outages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Product	O
Version	O
1	O
of	O
Electron	B-Operating_System
is	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Product	O
GitHub	B-Application
introduces	O
unlimited	O
private	O
repositories	B-General_Concept
as	O
it	O
changes	O
its	O
pricing	O
model	O
from	O
a	O
repository-based	O
one	O
to	O
a	O
user-based	O
one	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Growth	O
(	O
employee	O
)	O
At	O
this	O
time	O
,	O
GitHub	B-Application
has	O
568	O
employees	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Userbase	O
Nike	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
releases	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
of	O
several	O
of	O
its	O
projects	O
on	O
GitHub	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
GitHub	B-Application
is	O
ranked	O
#14	O
on	O
the	O
Forbes	O
Cloud	O
100	O
list	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Conference	O
GitHub	B-Application
Universe	I-Application
2016	O
takes	O
place	O
in	O
San	O
Francisco	O
,	O
California	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GitHub	B-Application
Universe	I-Application
is	O
"	O
the	O
flagship	O
user	O
conference	O
for	O
the	O
GitHub	B-Application
community	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Censorship	O
GitHub	B-Application
access	O
is	O
blocked	O
by	O
the	O
Turkish	O
government	O
to	O
prevent	O
email	O
leakage	O
of	O
a	O
hacked	O
account	O
belonging	O
to	O
the	O
country	O
's	O
Energy	O
Minister	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Growth	O
(	O
employee	O
)	O
At	O
this	O
time	O
,	O
GitHub	B-Application
has	O
592	O
employees	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2017	O
Product	O
GitHub	B-Application
launches	O
the	O
Open	O
Source	O
Guides	O
at	O
the	O
dedicated	O
domain	O
name	O
opensource.guide	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2018	O
Company	O
Microsoft	O
announced	O
it	O
is	O
acquiring	O
GitHub	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Product	O
GitHub	B-Application
Actions	O
is	O
launched2019	O
23	O
May	O
Acquisition	O
GitHub	B-Application
acquired	O
dependabot	O
.	O
</s>
