Linus Torvalds—Created Git version control system and released it as open source under GPL-2.0
Development of Git began on April 3, 2005 after BitKeeper revoked free access. Torvalds built Git in roughly 5 days and released it in April 2005 under GPL-2.0. By 2022, nearly 95% of developers used Git as their primary version control system. Git became self-hosting on April 7, and managed kernel 2.6.12 release by June 16.
Scoring Impact
| Topic | Direction | Relevance | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Source | +toward | primary | +1.00 |
| Overall incident score = | +1.180 | ||
Score = avg(topic contributions) × significance (critical ×2) × confidence (0.59)
Evidence (1 signal)
Confirms product_decision Apr 6, 2005 verified
Linus Torvalds created Git and released it under GPL-2.0
Development of Git began on April 3, 2005. Torvalds announced the project on April 6 and Git became self-hosting the next day. Built in roughly 5 days, Git was released under GPL-2.0 and by 2022, nearly 95% of developers used Git as their primary version control system.