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Github was founded 7 years ago and now does "millions of dollars a year" [1], NPM was founded 6 years ago (and only became a company last year). There are 140,
by Everhusk 11y ago
Github was founded 7 years ago and now does "millions of dollars a year" [1], NPM was founded 6 years ago (and only became a company last year).
There are 140,362 total packages (where github was in 2010-2011) on NPM and 21 million repositories on Github now. Javascript is growing, NPM is the hub for all things javascript, so as long as things keep going the way they are, I don't think it is a stretch that NPM can be making that Github money.
[1] https://www.quora.com/How-much-money-does-GitHub-make https://www.quora.com/How-much-money-does-GitHub-make
[2] https://growthhackers.com/companies/github/ https://growthhackers.com/companies/github/
- mattmanser 11y agoYes, it is a stretch. A huge % of individual programmers want private source control as a quick and easy backup of their code. It is also completely language agnostic and will only fall into jeopardy if a new, better source control system comes out (and then they subsequently don't support it). That is not the case with npm and never will be.