What's the difference between say:
"The project will be on GitHub",
"The project will be in GitHub" and
"The project will be at GitHub"?
Answer
Github's own preference seems to be on:
Host and manage your code on GitHub.
I can't think of a specific rule for it, but on feels right to me. In English, we generally seem to use on for things that use a method of broadcast or distribution. Something can be on the air, which might mean that it's on TV or on the radio; we might see an interview on the nightly news, or news might arrive on the wire. (This is not the only way we use on, of course, but I'm only discussing communication right now.)
In seems to be used more for means of communication that something could literally be inside of: you might read something in a book or a newspaper, or a fact could be found in a report.
At is used more for locations, addresses, or time: at the press conference, or at nine o'clock. We would say that the code is at http://github.com/blahblahblah to specify an exact address. (Credit to @Sarah for pointing that out!)
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