Cloud9 - Your code, anywhere anytime. Set Up Git. If you've found yourself on this page, we're assuming you're brand new to Git and GitHub.
This guide will walk you through the basics and explain a little bit about how everything works along the way. Download and Install Git At the heart of GitHub is an open source version control system (VCS) called Git*. Created by the same team that created Linux, Git is responsible for everything GitHub related that happens locally on your computer. Addie.