GitHub cuts subscription price by more than half and opens up free tier to private developers

GitHub, the Microsoft-owned software hosting site, said on Tuesday it will reduce prices on one of its most popular paid tiers and also moving a key feature of all its paid plans into its existing free tier. Now, GitHub says the “Teams” subscription, which previously cost $9 per user a month, will now be $4 per user a month. All existing paid customers on the plan will move to the new pricing model starting today.

And for those who want to use GitHub for private development but didn’t want to pay the per-user price, the company now says you’ll be able to sign up for the free version of GitHub and access that feature for the first time. That will now grant you access to unlimited collaborators on private repositories, something that used...

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