Git vs GitHub

What is Git?

Git is a version control system that lets you manage and keep track of your source code history.

What is GitHub?

GitHub is a cloud-based hosting service that lets you manage Git repositories.

Git	GitHub
First Release in 2005	Company Launched in 2018
Maintained by Linux Foundation	Purchased by Microsoft in 2018
Installed Locally	Hosted in Cloud
Focused on version control and code sharing	Focused on centralized source code hosting
It is tool to manage different versions of edits,made to files in git repository	It is a space to upload a copy of the git repository
It provides functionalities like Version Control System Source Code Management	It provides functionalities Git like Version Control System Source Code Management as well as adding few of its own features
Primarily command-line tool.	Administered through the web.
Provides Desktop Interface named git GUI	Desktop Interface named GitHub Desktop
Minimal external tool configuration features	Active marketplace for tool integration
No user management feature	Built in user management
Competes with mercurial,subversion IBM	Competes with Atlassian bit bucket and Gitlab
Open Source License	Include a free tier and pay for use tier.

If you have open-source projects that use Git,then GitHub is designed to help you better manage them.