Form & Composition
The legendary 'Octocat' mascot icon designed for the global home of open-source development.
Color Psychology
Solid tech-black represents the transparency, performance, and stability of the platform.
Design Elements
The approachable cat motif reflects the brand's mission to provide a secure and free hub for developers.
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GitHub is a proprietary developer platform that allows developers to create, store, manage, and share their code. It uses Git to provide distributed version control and GitHub itself provides access control, bug tracking, software feature requests, task management, continuous integration, and wikis for every project. GitHub, headquartered in San Francisco, is operated by Github, Inc., a subsidiary of Microsoft since 2018.
Source: Wikipedia