How do I set up a private Git repository on GitHub Is it even possible

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I intend to share my source code on an invite-only basis to a few dozen users maybe  The source code itself should not be public  Participants are allowed and encouraged to submit their changes  So I need source control  preferably Git  hosted on a public server with private access for multiple users   I learned that it is possible to set up private Git repositories on GitHub which use https    links  On GitHub itself such a project does not show up in searches  For participating users the project shows a  lock  icon  So there are obviously private repositories  I just don t know how set one up  A lot of tutorials use SSH to set up private repositories but they all require you to have  your own server    I don t care about secure connections when pushing pulling source code nor do I have trust issues with GitHub  All I care about is giving access only to users I invite  Maybe I m naive and such a solution is only available via commercial hosting  e g   Unfuddle  Assembla   but if not  I d really like to know how it s done

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On January 7th 2019  GitHub announced free and unlimited private repositories for all GitHub users  paying or not  When creating a new repository  you can simply select the Private option

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Once you have a paid account on GitHub  it is not obvious how to create a private repository  To create a private repository for an organization with paid account  go to https   github com organizations MYORGANIZATIONNAME   The only way I ve figured how to navigate there is    Go to to your organization s home page  https   github com MYORGANIZATIONNAME Click on the  Edit MYORGANIZATION s Profile  button at the top right Click on the  GitHub  icon at the top left  non-obvious  Click on the  News Feed  tab  non-obvious  Click on the  New Repository  button at the right

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GitHub is a great tool in-all for making repositories  However  it does not do good with private repositories    You re forced to pay for private repositories unless you get some sort of plan  I have a couple of projects so far  and if GitHub doesn t do what I want I just go to Bitbucket  It s a bit harder to work with than GitHub  however it s unlimited free repositories

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Bitbucket - Their plans seem to be the best  They give you way more than GitHub do for free accounts - in fact  I m still only using the free plan - no need to sign up to the paid ones  plus the interface is almost identical to GitHub   A repository on Bitbucket can have up to five private users with unlimited public or private repositories - the only thing you seem to be paying for with the paid accounts are more users to access your private repositories

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Since January 7th  2019  it is possible  unlimited free private repositories on GitHub      But for up to three collaborators per private repository   Nat Friedman just announced it by twitter      Today    we   re thrilled to announce unlimited free private repos for all GitHub users  and a new simplified Enterprise offering     New year  new GitHub  Announcing unlimited free private repos and unified Enterprise offering      For the first time  developers can use GitHub for their private projects with up to three collaborators per repository for free        Many developers want to use private repos to apply for a job  work on a side project  or try something out in private before releasing it publicly    Starting today  those scenarios  and many more  are possible on GitHub at no cost         Public repositories are still free  of course   no changes there  and include unlimited collaborators

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If you are a student you can get a free private repository at https   github com edu  Update  As noted in another answer  now there is an option for private repos also for simple users

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Update  2019  latest  Since Jan 2019  GitHub allows private repositories for up to three collaborators  Previous answer  Here is the comparison for free plans listed by tree main Git Cloud based solutions   Here is the comparison for paid plans listed by tree main Git Cloud based solutions   Conclusion  I m not seeing people mentioning GitLab here  but it seems like the best free private plan for me  I myself am using it with no problems  GitHub  If you have a student account or want to pay for  7 monthly  GitHub has the biggest community and you can take advantage of it s public repositories  forks  etc  Bitbucket  If you use other products from Atlassian like Jira or Confluence  Bitbucket works great with them  GitLab  Everything that I care about  free private repository  number of private repositories  number of collaborators  etc   are offered for free  This seems like the best choice for me

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