https://finance.yahoo.com/news/microsoft-acquired-github-7-5b-130826089.html > says that as of March 2018, there were 28 million developers in its community, and 85 million code repositories, making it the largest host of source code globally and a cornerstone of how many in the tech world build software." data-reactid="8">GitHub says that as of March 2018, there were 28 million developers in its community, and 85 million code repositories, making it the largest host of source code globally and a cornerstone of how many in the tech world build software. > never turned a profit and chances are that the company decided that an acquisition was preferable over trying to IPO." data-reactid="16">But despite its popularity with enterprise users, individual developers and open source projects, GitHub has never turned a profit and chances are that the company decided that an acquisition was preferable over trying to IPO.