# Page 3 | GitHub Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Page 3 - Is GitHub the right Application Development solution for you? Explore 6166 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/129067/GitHub/reviews --- GitHub 4.8 (6166) [View alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/129067/GitHub/alternatives/) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated April 16th, 2026 # Page 3 - Reviews of GitHub ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 51-75 of 6166 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use VR Verified Reviewer Sr. Solutions Engineer Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Gold Standard Repo" February 20, 2026 5.0 Overall great experience. GH is still the gold standard for repos and is baked into the workflows for many orgs. Pros Great free tier for personal use, fast and easy to create repos and push code, Actions make deployments easy and great integrations with IDEs. Cons Sometimes can be noisy. Builds can run slow on occasion. Copilot use is getting a little pushy. Can have a learning curve for those not familiar. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer seaman Writing and Editing Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "is good title and i like it." January 25, 2026 5.0 i'm already registed in github since 5years , and is good to work in this website to promote my knowing. Pros is easy to use and open source , i found always what i want , no value for money, also is good with customer support. Cons every time if i like ton choose some project for training or education github is the best place for this. Review Source EF Emanuele F. developer and consultant Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "An essential everyday tool" March 17, 2025 5.0 Github is an essential tool for those who work as programmer, both alone and in a team. If you use it alone, it offers version control, access to code from web UI, actions for deployment and continuous integration. If I use it within a team, it allows you to control the work of collaborators, create pull requests and predict the impact of changes, discuss pull requests through a dedicated commenting gui, track issues and discuss them with collaborators. "Projects" is another powerful tool to manage development end deadlines in a team workflow, but even if you work alone is very useful to organize development. Pros My favourite features of Github are: - "issues" to track and discuss feature requests and bugs - pull requests to propose changes and discuss them in comments by dedicated UI - github actions for automatic deployment and continuous integration - "Projects" form project management Cons I can't find anything that doesn't fit my current workflow and my team's one. Switched from [Mercurial](https://www.capterra.com/p/177239/Mercurial/) Mercurial was very easy and intuitive, but sadly it was missing some features compared to Github. Review Source aA ade A. Developer Consumer Electronics Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Github Tool" November 21, 2025 4.0 Github is an impactful tool with rich features. It enables automation and integration with other tools and services like Jenkins and AWS Pros Github is a very useful tool with practical features for software development. Its easy to use and setup. Cons Github is a key tool in software development. I think more improvements could be made to github actions. Switched from [SVN MultiSite Plus](https://www.capterra.com/p/78748/SVN-MultiSite-Plus/) better team collaboration and code management Review Source CC Christian C. Software Developer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "GitHub Made Development Easier" September 22, 2025 4.0 My overall experience with GitHub has been really positive. It’s a powerful platform that makes collaboration, version control, and project management much easier. While there’s a bit of a learning curve at the beginning, once you get used to it, it becomes an essential tool that I rely on regularly. Pros I really like how easy GitHub makes it to collaborate with others through pull requests and issues. It’s also great being able to track changes and roll back to earlier versions when needed. On top of that, I enjoy being part of such a large open-source community where I can learn from other projects and share my own work. Cons I think the thing I like least about GitHub is that it can feel a bit overwhelming at first, especially with all the different features and settings. Sometimes the interface can be a little confusing, and it takes some time to figure out where everything is. Review Source Pratik S. MERN Stack developer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Best code storage platform ever made" March 2, 2025 5.0 I had great experience with Git hub which made my code easily available from any device, there was also in build deploy feature for static web application, It best and most recommended platform to learn. Pros It is a one of the best platform to store the code and allow team members to work on same project simultaneously without having conflicts. Cons As I used git hub to store my store far more there was no cons I got for it, It was very easy to learn just had little tricky to understand UI to resolve conflicts which issue was resolved in git desktop (application of git hub). Switched from [GitLab](https://www.capterra.com/p/159806/GitLab/)[Bitbucket](https://www.capterra.com/p/233341/Bitbucket/)[Mercurial](https://www.capterra.com/p/177239/Mercurial/) It where little tricky to understand and they where not popular yet to provide login feature like git hub has login with git hub. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Lead Project Manager Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "A reliable platform to share code" January 5, 2026 5.0 Pros GitHub is a reliable platform to publish your code, share, and work collaboratively with your developers. I like how easy it is to track and manage software projects and resolve coding conflicts when merging your code with other developers. Cons User experience for non-developers can be very challenging, with concerns about accidentally sharing sensitive data (such as API keys) if the project is not set up correctly. Review Source VC Vinny C. Senior Software Developer Education Management Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "My review of GitHub" November 26, 2025 5.0 Overall, GitHub is easy to use. There are many features that make developing software in a team environment easy. Also, it is quick to setup and migrate from other version control tools. Pros I like that GitHub is a very intuitive version control tool to use. There is a huge community that uses GitHub and if I ever run into problems, it is very easy to find a solution on Stack Overflow. Cons There is a lot of downtime with GitHub. I am unsure what the service level agreement is with GitHub but in my career as a software developer, it has gone down at least 10 times. Review Source FM Flavio M. Senior QA Analyst Banking Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Excellent Version Control Collaboration" March 11, 2026 5.0 Pros The strong community support I believe is the greatest point on GitHub. Can get code reviews easily from community. It's remote friendly, I can have access to my repos from anywhere. It integrates with Azure DevOps, Jenkins and other third parties, which is great to enhance automation workflows. Cons No major issues found, but I'd say at the beginning found it a bit challenging with Git commands, branching and merging. Review Source DR Daniel R. Manager Design Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Much Ado about Software Managment " April 18, 2025 4.0 Once you master the commands and get your profiles set up its a very useful tool for software management. Something that you should use lightly rather than full on as it can consume much of your time resources. Invariably you need to find and make your own mistakes as you go along with the process of learning the systems. Pros The user friendliness if the system is very difficult. You need to take a few courses to learn and understand and need actual practical environments to get used to the various interfaces. A complicated yet relatively simple record keeping concept. Not for the uninitiated. Cons Leaningbthe command line interface is extremy time consuming and inintuitive. The learning resources dont help either as its mire of an artform to understanding and you really need a season PRO to guide you theiugh the ropes. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Software Engineer Music Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Crucial for Today’s Dev Teams and Projects" April 8, 2025 5.0 Fantastic. It is an efficient platform for coding collaboration and a strong version control system. Peer reviews enhance code quality, expedite development, and provide effective progress tracking. Pros Makes collaboration super easy, pull requests, and issue tracking all in one place. Integration with other tools is very effective and clean interface. Cons Private repositories and advanced features are limited to free plan. Review Source HG Hugo G. Software developer Non-Profit Organization Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Perfect GIT solution " April 28, 2025 5.0 It works perfectly, what would you need more? Pros Easy to use, always work, search has been improved a lot, is quick to respond, actions are free, what do you need more? Cons user repo exploration could be better I think, it may be missing some filters Review Source Nick B. Engineer III Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Quality, gold standard product " December 29, 2025 5.0 Overall, a great experience. Similar to other products in the space, such as Gitlab and Bitbucket. No issues implementing. Pros GitHub is the gold standard Git implementation. Incredibly easy to use, feature-rich, easy to get started, and reasonably priced. Cons As with any software, you need to have an understanding of the feature-set and the task you wish to accomplish. Occasional downtime may result in minor interruptions but isn't frequent enough to be a significant issue. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer CEO Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "GitHub-A hub for all your Open Source needs" February 13, 2025 5.0 The Overall experience is Great and the features GitHub provides makes it the best in its field as it has features like code revert , pull requests which help in open source and thus it provides a great learning platform Pros The thing I like most about GitHub is its open source capabilities and also that multiple people can work on same code with the help of pull requests Cons The thing I don't like about GitHub is that it is not completely safe for important codes as it is mainly an Open source. Switched from [Amazon S3](https://www.capterra.com/p/174285/Amazon-S3/)[kintone](https://www.capterra.com/p/143607/kintone/) It provides the best Open source platform with best features. Review Source Fungai Nicole C. Support Worker Hospital & Health Care Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Github, great for storing code and linking it to apps like Streamlit" April 11, 2025 5.0 I loved the theme and the ability to use 2-factor authentication to secure the account. I also liked that the website provides tips for creating a repository ie GitHub gives the users recommendations on how to upload their files and the code data by suggesting a README file. Other programmers can contribute to the code by suggesting edits or commenting errors in the code that need solving. The community is very helpful and patient. Pros It is easy to create repositories and link it to sites that can publish the code as an app for example Streamlit. Cons It can be hard to navigate for newcomers to coding. Review Source FV Filippo V. CTO Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Most used git tool out there" May 2, 2025 5.0 I am very satisfied in using Github. Most of my team, customers and parterns use it. It is quite easy to share stuff here. Pros It is the de-facto standard tool for managing git. I go here anytime I need some piece of software Cons At a certain point it becomes expensive and moreover the fact that it is owned by Microsoft gives some uncertainties about it. Alternatives considered [GitLab](https://www.capterra.com/p/159806/GitLab/) Reason for choosing GitHub It is more used by partners and customers Review Source ID Isaac D. Engineer Information Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Very reliable" October 23, 2025 5.0 Generally a good product super nice to use and definitely a very reliable product, everything in code relies on something like this. Pros It is just a very good product that will not fail you, it's intuitive, complex and fleshed out. super happy with it Cons It is definitely a hard thing to learn initially if you have never coded before that would be an issue Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Head of Product Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "The default solution for Git hosting but might not be the best for enterprise" January 16, 2025 4.0 Pros This is basically the default Git hosting for software engineering. Tooling and workflows are top notch, and generally well supported with lots of information available online. Cons Github lacks some enterprise features, and have had some security issues (the recent outage, hacks for faking repo stars). Alternatives considered [GitLab](https://www.capterra.com/p/159806/GitLab/) Reason for choosing GitHub We still use GitLab for internal and enterprise developments, but it's less geared towards sharing publically than Github. Switched from [Bitbucket](https://www.capterra.com/p/233341/Bitbucket/)[Azure DevOps](https://www.capterra.com/p/170547/VSTS-DevOps/) We use Github for our public/published work as it is the default, though not for internal projects. Github is almost the "default" option for sharing, and kind of a social media for software engineers. Review Source UÖ Umut Ö. Developer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Stable & Must Experience" December 15, 2024 5.0 Great UI UX experience, reliable and is perfect for managing projects of all sizes Pros The collaborative tools are excellent, and version control is seamless. Its also incredibly user-friendly for both individuals and teams Cons Overall, pricing may get a little bit shady sometimes in the sense of hiding features behind enterprise plan. Sometimes its really difficult to understand whats included in the plan and whats not. And generally it disappoints in this sense, because some basic features are just blocked meaningless and you just have to upgrade Alternatives considered [GitLab](https://www.capterra.com/p/159806/GitLab/) Reason for choosing GitHub I used both very often, sometimes at the same time, but when we picked Github, it was more for CI/CD simplicity & in general more features are present in Github Review Source FK František K. IT Tester Analyst Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Honest Github review" December 7, 2024 5.0 I have been using Github for many years now, and I must say it improved a lot, visually, offering lot of features and high value providing integrations. One of the most important tools for a developer. Collaboration on Github is great, the automation improved a lot, and because of so many templates, its really easy to create a pipeline for you project. Github offers lot of addition services like Copilot, which can provide a lot of value, but it will cost you. I prefer Github over Gitlab. Pros Lot of features, really nice UI & UX, lots of integrations which provide lot of value. CI&CD - Github actions is really great, project management inside Github repository. For smaller projects the pricing is friendly. And I would say its user friendly. Cons Pricing is really big con for bigger organizations, cloud gets expensive here, and I am not even mentioning premium features. Github project management is really simple here, not many features, but for simple and small projects its sufficient. Alternatives considered [GitLab](https://www.capterra.com/p/159806/GitLab/) Reason for choosing GitHub I choose Github for personal and freelance projects always, but in or company we use Gitlab because of the on-premise sollutions. Review Source JC Jem C. Software Engineer Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Github is the industry standard for version control. " November 28, 2024 5.0 It's great and I can't imagine ever using a different type of version control. I've used it for small projects and I've used it for big projects and it covers anything you could think of for either. Pros Github has a ton of features. I've previously used SVN and Github is miles ahead of SVN as far as features. SVN has long been touted as "simpler" but it's actually very easy to have a simple workflow with Github as well but if you need more features you can get them. If you think of something you need you can google it and it probably already exists on Github. Cons Anything past a basic setup can take a very long time to learn. I've been using it for years and years and I'm still always having to learn new things about it. Switched from [SVN MultiSite Plus](https://www.capterra.com/p/78748/SVN-MultiSite-Plus/) I saw a lot of people using Github for their personal projects as well as their work projects. Github also doubles as a portfolio for software engineers which helps with overall career trajectory. Review Source MS Michael S. SCADA Systemingeneure Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Musst have für jeden Software Developer" November 6, 2025 5.0 Pros Für jeden Softwareentwickler wahnsinnig nützlich. Beinhaltet alles was es braucht. Von der Versioniertun bis zum Web-Editor. Cons Der einzige Nachteil ist dass die Daten online gehalten werden und es keine günstige on-premise Lösung gibt. Viele Firmen wissen dann nicht wo ihre Daten gehalten werden. Review Source MR Mathieu R. Programmeur Jouabilité Gambling & Casinos Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Centralized Collaboration for Smooth Development" December 7, 2025 5.0 Pros GitHub makes collaborative work genuinely easier. Pull requests, discussions, and CI/CD actions fit naturally into the development workflow. For gameplay programming, where there are tons of iterations, it’s great to have everything centralized with clear visibility into the project history. Cons Nothing major—sometimes it just takes a bit of digging to find exactly what you’re looking for. Review Source PG Parsa G. AI Data and Insight Analyst Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Great automated preview system with great developer experience" July 28, 2025 5.0 Well structured monorepo with excellent CI/CD. Preview environments for each PR with isolated databases are great. Pros 1\. Automatic preview environments for each PR 2. Isolated database per branch for safe testing 3. Immediate deployment feedback with health checks Cons 1\. Slightly complex deployment pipeline for new developers 2. Sequential dependencies slow feedback loop 3. High maintenance overhead with multiple configs Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Lead Engineer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great Experience" February 20, 2025 5.0 Great tool to handle different repositories with different branches. Pros This is best version control i used till now. Cons I don't have anything to dislike in this github. Switched from [Bitbucket](https://www.capterra.com/p/233341/Bitbucket/) Github is easy to command line commands as compare to bitbucket. 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