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GitHub · Change is constant. GitHub keeps you ahead. · GitHub · GitHubJoin the world's most widely adopted, AI-powered developer platform where millions of developers, businesses, and the largest open source community build software that advances humanity.

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Business details

Category
Developer tools and APIs
Founded
2007
Sells to
Businesses
Kind of seller
Sells its own goods or services
Licensed trade
No licence normally needed
Domain age
19 years
Address
GitHub B.V. Prins Bernhardplein 200, Amsterdam 1097JB The
Email address
Not found
Phone number
Not found
Contact page
Not found
Website
github.com
Social media

Customer reviews

SiteReviewsRating
Trustpilot282 reviews
Trustindex1 reviews5.0
Total283
Customer satisfactionNo rating found yetFrom independent reviews, weighed by their number
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Summary

Is github.com legit and trustworthy? Truth score 79 out of 100, high truth signals: 7 of 10 public checks clear, 1 not found, 2 for information. Legitimacy confidence: high. Customer satisfaction: no rating found yet.

github.com's website address was registered 19 years ago, and is locked against transfer to someone else. Customers have left 1 reviews on Trustindex, averaging 5.0 stars out of 5. No malware or phishing warnings found for its website. We could not find social media profiles, an email address or a phone number.

Important context: Truth Signal weighs public evidence about this business. A high score means strong evidence that the business is established and legitimate, not a promise that it is safe to buy from or that every purchase will go well. A low score means the evidence is thin or raises concerns, not that the business is unsafe or a scam.

Positives

  • Its website address was registered 19 years ago.
  • A not fully established independent reputation · 1 reviews on Trustindex, rated 5.0 stars out of 5.
  • No malware or phishing warnings found for its website.

Not found

  • Social presence information was not found from our checks.
  • Email address information was not found from our checks.
  • Phone number information was not found from our checks.

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What they offer

Join the world's most widely adopted, AI-powered developer platform where millions of developers, businesses, and the largest open source community build software that advances humanity.
— GitHub, in their own words
Getting help

GitHub offers support and help through their help page, which can be found in the sources below.

Customer stories
Customer stories

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How to check if github.com is legit

To check if github.com is legit yourself, look at the same public records we did: the company register, who owns the web address and since when, customer reviews, visitor numbers, how long the site has existed, social profiles, malware lists, data breaches and email security. Each row below shows what that record says about github.com; open a row to see the facts and the source to check them yourself. Step by step: how to know if a shopping site is legit.

Who they are

Company detailsBased in the US; founded in 2007 (Wikipedia)
Country
Where the company is based
US
Why we believe that
OpenData.org's record puts its head office in 88 Colin P Kelly Jr St, San Francisco, CA, 94107, USA
Why we believe that
it publishes pages in 7 languages
Registration
SEC registration (CIK)
0001555920
From Wikipedia
Founded
2007
Area served
worldwide
From OpenData.org
Listed name
GITHUB, INC.
Locations
Head office (OpenData.org)
88 Colin P Kelly Jr St, San Francisco, CA, 94107, USA
Number of locations
1
Business databases
SourcesWikipedia
Domain registrationIts website address was registered 19 years ago
  • Its website address is locked against being transferred to someone else
Domain age
19 years
Domain transfer lock enabled
Yes
Website detailsWe read 4 of its pages: contact, about, terms and privacy
HTTPS enabled
Yes
Contact phone number found
Not found
Contact page found
Contact page
What its pages say

Quoted word for word from github.com.

In their own words
“You can build integrations to extend GitHub's functionality. Integrations can do things on GitHub like open issues, comment on pull requests, and manage projects. They can also do things outside of GitHub based on events that happen on GitHub.” About page

Reputation and track record

Customer reviews282 reviews on Trustpilot
  • Trustindex, a review service, gathers this business's reviews from BBB on one page, and its reviews are counted like any other review site's, less as many as we already count on a site we read on its own. A business can claim its page there to collect reviews and reply to them, and which review sites are included differs from one business to the next.
PlatformRatingReviews
TrustpilotUnknown282
SmartCustomerNot found
G2Not found
CapterraNot found
Reviews.ioNot found
FeefoNot found
Trustindex5.0 out of 51
GoogleNot checked
Trustindex reviews by platform
BBB: 1
Visitor trafficReal people visited its website in 24 of the last 24 months
  • Real people have visited its website since February 2021 or earlier
  • It is among the 200 most-visited sites on the internet (Cloudflare Radar)
Monthly visitor data
Popularity among Chrome users
top 1,000 sites
First known user traffic
Feb 2021 or earlier
Months with real traffic, of the last 24
24
Traffic pattern
sustained
Rank jump in the last 12 months
none
Rank drop in the last 12 months
none
Cloudflare Radar
Popularity across the internet
top 200 sites
Web history and authorityFound: wikipedia page
Wikipedia page
yes
SourcesWikipedia
Social presenceIts website links to its profiles on Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, X and YouTube
  • Its YouTube channel has 700,000 subscribers and 3040 videos, the latest uploaded on 24 Oct 2026
PlatformProfileAudience
FacebookNot checked
InstagramProfileUnknown
XProfileUnknown
LinkedInProfileUnknown
YouTubeProfile700,000 subscribers
TikTokProfile146,400 followers
YouTube channel
3,040 videos, 700,000 subscribers, last upload 24 Oct 2026

What data this site collects about you

What its privacy policy saysWe found this business stores and uses your data
Says it does not sell your personal data.
“If GitHub detects the GPC signal from your device, GitHub will not share your data (we do not sell your data).”
Collects where you are.
“Geolocation Information: Depending on the Service's functionality, we collect regional geolocation data.”
May make automated decisions or build a profile about you.
“You have the right to opt out of profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects concerning the consumer.”
Says you can ask it to delete your data.
“Right to request Deletion: You reserve the right to request the deletion of your data, barring a few exceptions.”
Has a data protection officer you can contact.
“Please contact our Data Protection Officer at dpo[at]github[dot]com for any feedback or concerns.”

Safety

Malware and phishingNo malware or phishing warnings found for its websiteThis check is not perfect: it can miss a harmful site, and it can wrongly warn about a safe one.
Malware or phishing threat status
None
Data breach historyNo known data breach involving the company
Known data breaches found
0
Domain and email securityIts email is protected: mail forged in its name goes to spam
Email
MX records
Yes
SPF record
Yes
DKIM key
Yes
DMARC record
Yes
DMARC policy
quarantine
Certificate
Security certificate browsers warn about
No
Certificate issuer
Sectigo Limited
Certificate type
DV
Certificate expires
29 Nov 2026
Hosting
Nameservers
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Address
20.26.156.215

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