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This a really cool idea, and great for getting students started without the stress of making code public. Kudos to Github. Does GitHub offer any similar benefits to non-profits or other types of organizations?
We offer free Bronze Organization plans to nonprofits with proof of status. https://github.com/nonprofit
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As far as I'm concerned, one of the best features of git is how easy it is to create new repos. Setting up a new repo for a new weekend side project, or splitting out a large codebase that's gotten unwieldy into a few separate repos, should be a no-brainer. BitBucket lets me have as many private repos as I want, since they make their money when you want to add collaborators; GitHub's payment structure forces me to co…
Honestly this has never been a problem for me. How many private repos do you really need? It can't cost that much per month. The things most people are working on just aren't that important. Or better yet, they _benefit_ from being public.
Just out of curiosity, what happened to SourceForge? They were essentially the GitHub of the dotcom boom, and pretty awesome at the time, but really seem to have fallen off.
They're still around and active, just not in the spotlight as much. They're mostly used as a distributing system now. They're worth consideration if your projects host and distribute large binary files in addition to source archives.
I mirror Ubertooth to Github because I was tired of having to answer the question "what's the Github URL?" from people wishing to browse the code.
I tried to get one a few months ago. Still haven't heard from them. :(
I got mine more than a year ago in less than 30 mins. I was pretty surprised, since my student email address hostname uses a country-specific tld instead of .edu.
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Bitbucket has offered unlimited free private repositories for years, why should students go through the trouble of using github?
THIS. Bitbucket is free for personal use. Unlimited private repos. Edu accounts have unlimited collaborators... FOREVER. and they're super responsive to support requests, support importing code from more sources, and support mercurial and git both. Also the ticket trackers let you attach arbitrary files, not just those animated gifs :)
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But only 5 collaborators which isn't good when you have a class of 30-60!
Not true for academic licenses/accounts. "These licences [academic] allow students and teachers to collaborate with an unlimited number of programmers" [1] https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageI...
I don't understand the fascination with github. Bitbucket gives you unlimited private repos for free, no special requirements. It has wikis, issue tracking, and contributors.
I like to think of Github as Facebook, Bitbucket as Google+. I use Bitbucket all the time (and love it), but it doesn't have the social network for whatever reason.
It seems to me that Git has won the popularity war,and GitHub has benefitted from that. GH has also focused on the social networking side more.
As an academic, I'd recommend BitBucket, and pretty much every academic I know prefers it to GitHub due to the free academic accounts.
To students preparing for graduation, I'd recommend getting a portfolio together on GitHub, but also spending time on Mercurial - it is much nicer in some ways, and variety is good for the soul.
Bitbucket offers free private repos to everyone as well. And there's no need to fill out a special form. That's what I've been using for school projects.
I work at GitHub on all things related to education. I got a note that this was on HN, so I thought I'd drop by and offer to answer questions and provide some additional details. Details on the discount: * We're happy to provide students with GitHub Micro (5 private repositories) accounts for free. So long as you're a student, you're eligible. You can use the private repositories for anything you want. * We offer org…
My school doesn't have a .edu domain, can I still apply? with the school email address? ( .net )