When was github.com built?
Analyzed 8 November 2026. Re-analyze
Estimated launch
June 2012
There's good evidence for the year, but the exact month is less certain.
BuiltWhen verified that github.com launched in June 2012 (65% confidence), despite the domain being registered in October 2007, resolving a 5-year domain parking gap where the domain was held before web content was deployed.
- Website age
- ~14.5 years
- From estimated launch
- Domain registered
- October 2007
- Not the launch date
- First evidence
- June 2012
- Internet Archive (Wayback Machine)
- Current version
- Between July and August 2024
- Possible major redesign
History at a glance
The domain and the website have separate lives. Website age is measured from the launch, not from registration.
Timeline
October 2007
Domain registered
The domain was registered. This is not the same as the website launching.
Confirmed
December 2011 – June 2012
Between December 2012 and January 2013
Between March and September 2016
Between December 2020 and January 2021
Between July and August 2024
November 2026
Current website
“GitHub · Change is constant. GitHub keeps you ahead. · GitHub · GitHub”
ConfirmedVisit
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Detected on the live homepage. Select a technology to see the evidence.
No common technologies were detected with enough confidence to report.
Why we think it launched in 20123 pieces of evidence, each linked to its source
- First archived copy of the website: June 2012.
- Domain registered: October 2007 (56 months earlier).
October 2007
Domain registered
The domain's current registration began on this date. A website can only launch after this, but often launches much later.
Sets the earliest possible dateRDAP registry dataView source
June 2012
First archived copy of the website
The earliest successful snapshot of the homepage showing real website content in the Internet Archive.
The estimate is based on thisInternet Archive (Wayback Machine)View source
June 2014
Google Analytics first seen
Google Analytics appears in archived copies of the site from this date.
Background onlyInternet Archive (Wayback Machine)
What we checked
- Domain registry (RDAP)Checked
- Internet Archive indexChecked
- Live websiteChecked
- Archived page comparisonChecked
215 months of archived homepage copies; 32 compared in detail (sampling was cut short). BuiltWhen estimates from observable evidence and can be wrong. How estimates work
Domain registrationRegistered October 2007 · MarkMonitor Inc.
- Registered
- 9 October 2007
- Registration expires
- 9 October 2028
- Registry record updated
- 7 September 2026
- Registrar
- MarkMonitor Inc.
- Nameservers
- dns1.p08.nsone.net, dns2.p08.nsone.net, dns3.p08.nsone.net, dns4.p08.nsone.net, ns-1283.awsdns-32.org, ns-1707.awsdns-21.co.uk, ns-421.awsdns-52.com, ns-520.awsdns-01.net
Public registry data via RDAP. Registrant details are never collected.