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*'''Transparency:''' While some tools like [https://cli.github.com/ the <code>gh</code> CLI] are open-source,<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 Oct 2019 |title=GitHub’s official command line tool (source Git repository) |url=https://github.com/cli/cli |url-status=live |access-date=16 Sep 2025 |website=GitHub |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260128035607/https://github.com/cli/cli |archive-date=28 Jan 2026}}</ref> the platform itself is closed-source.

*'''Market control:''' GH is the platform that hosts the most important repositories in the world.{{Citation needed|reason=or is it?|date=2026-05-11}} It's the standard-de-facto for hosting and managing source-code, often overshadowing platforms such as [[wikipedia:Codeberg|Codeberg]] and [[wikipedia:GitLab|GitLab]].

*'''Reliability:''' ever since Microsoft acquired it, GH's uptime has degraded.<ref>https://damrnelson.github.io/github-historical-uptime/</ref> Projects such as [https://ghostty.org/ Ghostty] have left GH because of this.<ref>https://mitchellh.com/writing/ghostty-leaving-github</ref> There have been multiple incidents (elaborated in the next section), such as Git-history corruption and security vulnerabilities. GH has apologized and they plan to improve the situation.<ref>https://github.blog/news-insights/company-news/an-update-on-github-availability/</ref>

*'''Reliability:''' ever since Microsoft acquired it, GH's [[wikipedia:Uptime|uptime]] has degraded.<ref>https://damrnelson.github.io/github-historical-uptime/</ref> Projects such as [https://ghostty.org/ Ghostty] have left GH because of this.<ref>https://mitchellh.com/writing/ghostty-leaving-github</ref> There have been multiple incidents (elaborated in the next section), such as Git-history corruption and security vulnerabilities. GH has apologized and they plan to improve the situation.<ref>https://github.blog/news-insights/company-news/an-update-on-github-availability/</ref>

==Incidents==

=== Restricting accounts of "foreign" users (2019) ===

Due to trade sanctions from U.S.A., GH began restricting and even suspending accounts of any user who logged in from an affected country.<ref>https://github.com/tkashkin/GameHub/issues/289</ref>

===Questions about data usage (2024-present)===

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 *'''Transparency:''' While some tools like [https://cli.github.com/ the <code>gh</code> CLI] are open-source,<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 Oct 2019 |title=GitHub’s official command line tool (source Git repository) |url=https://github.com/cli/cli |url-status=live |access-date=16 Sep 2025 |website=GitHub |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260128035607/https://github.com/cli/cli |archive-date=28 Jan 2026}}</ref> the platform itself is closed-source.
 *'''Market control:''' GH is the platform that hosts the most important repositories in the world.{{Citation needed|reason=or is it?|date=2026-05-11}} It's the standard-de-facto for hosting and managing source-code, often overshadowing platforms such as [[wikipedia:Codeberg|Codeberg]] and [[wikipedia:GitLab|GitLab]].
-*'''Reliability:''' ever since Microsoft acquired it, GH's uptime has degraded.<ref>https://damrnelson.github.io/github-historical-uptime/</ref> Projects such as [https://ghostty.org/ Ghostty] have left GH because of this.<ref>https://mitchellh.com/writing/ghostty-leaving-github</ref> There have been multiple incidents (elaborated in the next section), such as Git-history corruption and security vulnerabilities. GH has apologized and they plan to improve the situation.<ref>https://github.blog/news-insights/company-news/an-update-on-github-availability/</ref>
+*'''Reliability:''' ever since Microsoft acquired it, GH's [[wikipedia:Uptime|uptime]] has degraded.<ref>https://damrnelson.github.io/github-historical-uptime/</ref> Projects such as [https://ghostty.org/ Ghostty] have left GH because of this.<ref>https://mitchellh.com/writing/ghostty-leaving-github</ref> There have been multiple incidents (elaborated in the next section), such as Git-history corruption and security vulnerabilities. GH has apologized and they plan to improve the situation.<ref>https://github.blog/news-insights/company-news/an-update-on-github-availability/</ref>
 ==Incidents==
+=== Restricting accounts of "foreign" users (2019) ===
+Due to trade sanctions from U.S.A., GH began restricting and even suspending accounts of any user who logged in from an affected country.<ref>https://github.com/tkashkin/GameHub/issues/289</ref>
 ===Questions about data usage (2024-present)===