> Probably because Linus Torvalds wrote it, and also because GitHub was actually quite a significant improvement over SourceForge. I'd say it was because GitHu

> Probably because Linus Torvalds wrote it, and also because GitHub was actually quite a significant improvement over SourceForge. I'd say it was because GitHub created a solid community that worked. And yes, Sourceforge was a huge piece of garbage with it's awful clickbait, misleading "download" buttons, and scammy crapware foisting. That Torvalds wrote git doesn't automatically make me want to use it, I think most people feel the same.