GitHub is owned by Microsoft (the United States, NASDAQ: MSFT), which acquired the brand on 26 October 2018.[1][2] GitHub was founded in 2008 in San Francisco, California and was independent until 2018.
GitHub hosts most of the world's open-source code. Microsoft acquired it in 2018 for $7.5 billion, which alarmed a developer community that had spent two decades treating the company as hostile to open source, though the platform was largely left alone afterwards.
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Microsoft acquired GitHub for $7.5 billion in stock. The European Commission cleared the deal unconditionally in October 2018, finding no risk that the buyer would degrade the platform for rival developer tools.
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The parent company of GitHub is Microsoft, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Yes. GitHub originated in the United States in 2008 and its owner, Microsoft, is also headquartered in the United States.
Microsoft completed its acquisition of GitHub on 26 October 2018, after announcing the deal on 4 June 2018.
GitHub was an independent company from its founding in 2008 in San Francisco, California until Microsoft acquired it in 2018.
Yes. As of 6 September 2026, GitHub is still owned by Microsoft. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
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