GitHub
github.comSummary
GitHub is a leading developer platform providing tools for collaborative coding, automation, security, and project management. It enables teams to build, ship, and maintain software with features like version control, CI/CD, code review, and AI-powered assistance. It caters to individual developers, small teams, and large enterprises, offering various plans with scalable features and deployment options.
Features9/14
See allMust Have
3 of 5
API & Database Integrations
Code Customization
Access Control & Security
Drag-and-Drop UI Builder
Flexible Deployments
Other
6 of 9
Debugging & Monitoring
Version Control Integration
Audit Logs & Analytics
Workflow Automation
Mobile-Responsive Support
AI-Generated App Assistant
Prebuilt React Components
Custom Theming & Branding
Partner & Customer Portals
PricingTiered
See allFree
- Unlimited public/private repositories
- Dependabot security and version updates
- 2,000 CI/CD minutes/month (Free for public repositories)
- 500MB of Packages storage (Free for public repositories)
- Issues & Projects
- Community support
Team
- Everything included in Free, plus...
- Access to GitHub Codespaces
- Protected branches
- Multiple reviewers in pull requests
- Draft pull requests
- Code owners
- Required reviewers
- Pages and Wikis
- Environment deployment branches and secrets
- 3,000 CI/CD minutes/month (Free for public repositories)
- 2GB of Packages storage (Free for public repositories)
- Web-based support
Enterprise
- Everything included in Team, plus...
- Data residency
- Enterprise Managed Users
- User provisioning through SCIM
- Enterprise Account to centrally manage multiple organizations
- Environment protection rules
- Repository rules
- Audit Log API
- SOC1, SOC2, type 2 reports annually
- FedRAMP Tailored Authority to Operate (ATO)
- SAML single sign-on
- Advanced auditing
- GitHub Connect
- 50,000 CI/CD minutes/month (Free for public repositories)
- 50GB of Packages storage (Free for public repositories)
Rationale
GitHub is a comprehensive developer platform that offers many features aligning with the concept of a low-code internal tools platform, particularly in its Enterprise offering. While it's not explicitly a 'low-code' platform in the drag-and-drop UI builder sense for general internal tools, it provides the underlying infrastructure for code-based application development, integrations, security, and deployment. It supports API integrations, extensive code customization (JavaScript, Python, etc., through actions and custom scripts), robust access control and security features (SSO, RBAC, protected branches), flexible deployment options (GitHub Actions, self-hosted runners), debugging tools (workflow visualization, logs), version control (Git integration, pull requests), audit logs, and workflow automation (GitHub Actions). The AI-generated app assistant feature is covered by GitHub Copilot. While it doesn't have a drag-and-drop UI builder for general internal tools, it provides the components and framework for building applications through code.