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# Getting Started

Learn the basics of Nightfall DLP for GitHub.

GitHub is a service that allows you to store and manage your code and other assets within repositories.

Nightfall DLP for GitHub protects your data, like API keys and secrets, from leakages that could happen when using GitHub. Nightfall scans commits to Git repositories, identifies sensitive information, and prevents it from being leaked.

Nightfall for GitHub supports organizations on GitHub.com:

* GitHub Free
* GitHub Team
* GitHub Enterprise Cloud

GitHub Enterprise Server (self-hosted) is not supported. GitHub Enterprise Cloud with data residency (a hostname on ghe.com) is not supported.

You can install and authorize Nightfall DLP app package in GitHub.

[Requirements](/github/getting_started/requirements.md)

[Installing Nightfall for GitHub](/github/getting_started/installation.md)


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