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Pros of GitHub
Pros of Fork
- One of the easiest and fastest git GUIs19
- Nice UX14
- Does the job way better than others13
- Fast, Great support, Does-it-all, blazing fast13
- Dark theme11
- Intuitive interactive rebase and conflict resolution UI9
- Gitflow support9
- Excellent commit history tree view7
- This even looks the same as SourceTree5
- Repository Manager4
- Built-in developer feedback3
- Countless quality of life features3
- Github Notifications2
- Not buggy, works smoothly2
- Keyaboard-only2
- Visual branch history2
- Reflog support2
- Git ammend1
- Smart 'Open in' menu; e.g. explorer, bit, giithub .1
- Interactive rebase window1
- Native application1
- Intuitive merge conflict resolution1
- Unique Activity Manager shows current/past operations1
Pros of GitHub
- Open source friendly1.8K
- Easy source control1.5K
- Nice UI1.3K
- Great for team collaboration1.1K
- Easy setup867
- Issue tracker504
- Great community486
- Remote team collaboration483
- Great way to share451
- Pull request and features planning442
- Just works147
- Integrated in many tools132
- Free Public Repos121
- Github Gists116
- Github pages112
- Easy to find repos83
- Open source62
- It's free60
- Easy to find projects60
- Network effect56
- Extensive API49
- Organizations43
- Branching42
- Developer Profiles34
- Git Powered Wikis32
- Great for collaboration30
- It's fun24
- Clean interface and good integrations23
- Community SDK involvement22
- Learn from others source code20
- Because: Git16
- It integrates directly with Azure14
- Standard in Open Source collab10
- Newsfeed10
- It integrates directly with Hipchat8
- Fast8
- Beautiful user experience8
- Easy to discover new code libraries7
- Smooth integration6
- Cloud SCM6
- Nice API6
- Graphs6
- Integrations6
- It's awesome6
- Quick Onboarding5
- Reliable5
- Remarkable uptime5
- CI Integration5
- Hands down best online Git service available5
- Uses GIT4
- Version Control4
- Simple but powerful4
- Unlimited Public Repos at no cost4
- Free HTML hosting4
- Security options4
- Loved by developers4
- Easy to use and collaborate with others4
- Ci3
- IAM3
- Nice to use3
- Easy deployment via SSH3
- Easy to use2
- Leads the copycats2
- All in one development service2
- Free private repos2
- Free HTML hostings2
- Easy and efficient maintainance of the projects2
- Beautiful2
- Easy source control and everything is backed up2
- IAM integration2
- Very Easy to Use2
- Good tools support2
- Issues tracker2
- Never dethroned2
- Self Hosted2
- Dasf1
- Profound1
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Cons of Fork
Cons of GitHub
Cons of Fork
- Poorly written license2
- Stability is fragile when looking deeply into history1
- Merges that require interactive user decision1
Cons of GitHub
- Owned by micrcosoft54
- Expensive for lone developers that want private repos38
- Relatively slow product/feature release cadence15
- API scoping could be better10
- Only 3 collaborators for private repos9
- Limited featureset for issue management4
- Does not have a graph for showing history like git lens3
- GitHub Packages does not support SNAPSHOT versions2
- No multilingual interface1
- Takes a long time to commit1
- Expensive1
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What is Fork?
Manage your repositories without leaving the application. Organize the repositores into categories. Fork's Diff Viewer provides a clear view to spot the changes in your source code quickly.
What is GitHub?
GitHub is the best place to share code with friends, co-workers, classmates, and complete strangers. Over three million people use GitHub to build amazing things together.
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What are some alternatives to Fork and GitHub?
SourceTree
Use the full capability of Git and Mercurial in the SourceTree desktop app. Manage all your repositories, hosted or local, through SourceTree's simple interface.
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Git
Git is a free and open source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency.
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GitHub is the best place to share code with friends, co-workers, classmates, and complete strangers. Over three million people use GitHub to build amazing things together.
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