Item: GitHub
Rating: 10
Author: Justin Reynard

Overall Satisfaction with GitHub

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

My companies use github for collaboration. It makes it really easy to keep everyone on the same page, even if they're working across the world! We have people in Los Angeles, Phoenix, Chicago and London all working together through programming and project management tools included inside github!

Pros and Cons

Pros

Github is amazing for people with experience in programming. The public issue trackers have a wealth of information where I don't usually even need to go to stackoverflow anymore for help since the problem/solution probably exist
They give back to the community as well with amazing applications and tools like Atom and Electron.
Github's user interface is better than all the others, which is why many others just straight up copy it.

Cons

Their project management tools are constantly getting better but I would like to see them be a viable (lightweight!) Jira replacement.

Return on Investment

Minimal cost for code collaboration tools, project management and bug trackers. It's great not to have to pay multiple vendors

Alternatives Considered

Bitbucket and Gitlab

Github seems to be the leader and most progressive in terms of making sure the interface does what you need when you need it.

Other Software Used

Google Drive, Google Analytics

Likelihood to Recommend

The code isn't on your computer, so if your computer breaks or a programmer quits (or your house burns down) you always have a backup. But this can be a con, as well, if you work for a company that doesn't allow the code to leave the building (but do offer an enterprise plan!)

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GitHub is amazing for collaboration, no matter the size of your company!