Git is a distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency. Created by Linus Torvalds in 2005, Git allows multiple developers to work on a project simultaneously without overwriting each other’s changes. It tracks changes in source code, enabling collaboration, history tracking, and easy branching and merging. Git’s decentralized nature means each developer has a full copy of the repository, enhancing reliability and offline capabilities. It is widely used in software development for its robust feature set and is the backbone of many collaboration platforms like GitHub and GitLab.