GitHub Community

Noun · Open Source

Definitions

  1. The network of users, maintainers, and contributors interacting through GitHub's repositories, issues, pull requests, and discussions. In open-source culture the GitHub community is both a collaboration space and a social reputation system.

    In plain English: The community of people collaborating and interacting through GitHub.

    Example: "The project grew quickly because the GitHub community around it was active, welcoming, and unusually fast to answer first-time contributor questions."

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