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About versions of Docs

You can read documentation that reflects the product you're currently using.

About versions of Docs

offers different plans for storing and collaborating on code. The plan you use determines which features are available to you. For more information, see ’s plans.

This website, Docs, provides documentation for all of 's plans. If the content you're reading applies to more than one plan, you can choose the version of the documentation that's relevant to you by selecting the plan you're currently using.

At the top of a page on Docs, select the dropdown menu and click a plan. If your browser window is not wide enough to display the full navigation bar, you may need to click first.

Screenshot of the header of GitHub Docs. The "Version" dropdown menu is expanded and highlighted with an orange outline.

Note

You can try changing the version now. You're viewing the Free, Pro, & Team version of this article.

Determining which product you use

You can determine which plan you're currently using by reviewing the URL in the address bar of your browser and the heading for the website you're on.

You may use more than one plan. For example, you might contribute to open source on .com and collaborate on code on your employer's Enterprise Server instance. You may need to view different versions of the same article at different times, depending on the problem you're currently trying to solve.

.com plans or Enterprise Cloud

If you access at https://.com, you're either using the features of a Free, Pro, or Team plan, or you're using Enterprise Cloud.

On .com, each account has its own plan. Each personal account has an associated plan that provides access to certain features, and each organization has a different associated plan. If your personal account is a member of an organization on , you may have access to different features when you use resources owned by that organization than when you use resources owned by your personal account. For more information, see Types of accounts.

If you don't know whether an organization uses Enterprise Cloud, ask an organization owner. For more information, see Viewing people's roles in an organization.

GHE.com

If you access at a subdomain of GHE.com, such as octocorp.ghe.com, you're part of an enterprise that uses Enterprise Cloud with data residency. You should use the " Enterprise Cloud" version of Docs.

Because you're using a managed user account, certain parts of the documentation may not apply to you. See Abilities and restrictions of managed user accounts.

If you see references to ".com" in the documentation, you may need to substitute these references for your enterprise's subdomain on GHE.com. For example, you will make API calls to https://api.SUBDOMAIN.ghe.com, rather than https://api..com.

Enterprise Server

If you access at a URL other than https://.com, https://*..us, or https://*.ghe.com, you're using Enterprise Server. For example, you may access Enterprise Server at https://.YOUR-COMPANY-NAME.com. Your administrators may choose a URL that doesn't include the word "."

In a wide browser window, the word "Enterprise" immediately follows the logo on the left side of the header.

Screenshot of the header of any page on GitHub. The GitHub logo and "Enterprise" are highlighted with an orange outline.

You can view the version of Enterprise Server that you're using in the footer of any page.

Screenshot of the footer of GitHub Enterprise Server. "GitHub Enterprise Server 3.7.5" is highlighted with an orange outline.