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Companies that use GitHub

277 companies use GitHub, as of October 2026.

GitHub: Code hosting. We've found 277 companies using GitHub, most often in Engineering, Product and Design (19%) and Software (13%), typically with 1–10 employees and 59% based in United States.

Customers277companies use it
Most popular withProductivity128× more likely than average
Typical customer1–10employees · mostly United States
  1. Adobeadobe.comSoftware · United States
    10,000+ employeesSeen Oct 2026
  2. IBMibm.comIT Services · Sweden
    10,000+ employeesSeen Oct 2026
  3. Scribdscribd.comPublishing · United States
    201–1,000 employeesSeen Oct 2026
  4. Nikenike.comClothing · United States
    10,000+ employeesSeen Oct 2026
  5. Princeton College Democratsprinceton.eduPolitical Organization · United States
    11–50 employeesSeen Oct 2026
  6. Qualtricsqualtrics.comSoftware · United States
    1–10 employeesSeen Oct 2026
  7. Seen Oct 2026
  8. Proofpoint, Inc.proofpoint.comComputer Security · United States
    Seen Oct 2026
  9. Undp Papua New Guineaundp.orgInternational Affairs · Papua New Guinea
    10,000+ employeesSeen Oct 2026
  10. 11–50 employeesSeen Oct 2026
  11. Seen Oct 2026
  12. Rice Universityrice.eduHigher Education · United States
    1,001–5,000 employeesSeen Oct 2026
  13. Utah Department Of Public Safetyutah.govPublic Safety · United States
    1,001–5,000 employeesSeen Oct 2026
  14. HSBChsbc.comFinancial Services · United Kingdom
    10,000+ employeesSeen Oct 2026
  15. Zalandozalando.comClothing · Germany
    10,000+ employeesSeen Oct 2026
  16. 에어프레미아airpremia.comAirlines/aviation · South Korea
    201–1,000 employeesSeen Oct 2026
  17. AI Swedenai.seResearch · Sweden
    51–200 employeesSeen Oct 2026
  18. 1–10 employeesSeen Oct 2026

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GitHub customers also use

How much more likely GitHub customers are to use each tool than the average company.

What kind of companies use GitHub

Segments where GitHub customers are more common than among all the companies we track.

  • Productivity6% of customers128×more likely
  • Engineering, Product and Design15% of customers113×more likely
  • Security4% of customers103×more likely
  • Infrastructure5% of customers53×more likely
  • B2B6% of customers41×more likely
  • 1–10 employees42% of customers7.6×more likely
  • 10,000+ employees6% of customers2.7×more likely
  • Software11% of customers1.9×more likely

Industry

  1. Engineering, Product and Design19%
  2. Software13%
  3. IT Services10%
  4. B2B8%
  5. Productivity7%
  6. Financial Services6%
  7. Infrastructure6%
  8. Internet5%

Company size

  1. 1–10 employees42%
  2. 11–50 employees21%
  3. 51–200 employees14%
  4. 201–1,000 employees12%
  5. 1,001–5,000 employees6%
  6. 5,001–10,000 employees1%
  7. 10,000+ employees6%

Country

  1. United States59%
  2. United Kingdom8%
  3. Germany6%
  4. Sweden3%
  5. India3%
  6. Poland3%
  7. Australia2%
  8. Canada2%

Breakdowns cover the 265 customers with company details so far.

Alternatives to GitHub

Other tools in the same category, by how many companies use them.

GitHub FAQ

How many companies use GitHub?

We've found 277 companies using GitHub among the 187,483 we've scanned so far. We only count a company when a direct public record backs it up.

What kind of companies use GitHub?

GitHub customers are most often in Engineering, Product and Design (19%), Software (13%) and IT Services (10%). The most common company size is 1–10 employees (42% of customers with a known size).

Which countries use GitHub the most?

Most GitHub customers we've found are in United States (59%), United Kingdom (8%) and Germany (6%).

What are the alternatives to GitHub?

The most used alternatives in the same category are Atlassian (36,175 companies), Cursor (4,104 companies), TeamViewer (2,744 companies) and Docker (2,420 companies).

How does runsonwhat know a company uses GitHub?

We read public traces only. For GitHub that means a domain-verification record in the company's DNS and the company's published subprocessor list. Every match keeps the record it came from.