The Best GitHub AlternativesTop Source Code Hosting Services & Version Control Systems like GitHub

GitHub is described as 'Web-based Git hosting service facilitating collaboration, with features like issue tracking, social networking, and wikis for project management' and is a leading source code hosting service in the development category. There are more than 100 alternatives to GitHub for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Self-Hosted, Linux, Windows and Mac apps. The best GitHub alternative is GitLab, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like GitHub are Gitea, Codeberg, Bitbucket and SourceForge.

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  1. GitLab icon
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    Provides a robust platform for on-premise or hosted Git repository management, integrating seamlessly with various dev tools, facilitating efficient workflow through offerings like issue tracking, code reviews, continuous integration, CI/CD pipelines, and option for unlimited private repositories.

    113 GitLab alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    • Ruby
    • Cloudron
     
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  2. Gitea icon
     178 likes

    Gitea is a fork of Gogs, lightweight code hosting solution written in Go and published under the MIT license.

    46 Gitea alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    • Raspberry Pi
    • Cloudron
    • Chocolatey
     
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  3. Codeberg icon
     117 likes

    A free Git source code hosting service with the objective to give the open-source code that is running our world a safe and friendly home, and to ensure that code remains free and secure forever.

    50 Codeberg alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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  4. Bitbucket icon
     406 likes

    Provides Git repository hosting with integrated issue tracking, wiki for documentation, pull requests, code review features, support for public and private repos, CI/CD integration, branch permissions, team collaboration, notification tools, and API access.

    80 Bitbucket alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
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  5. SourceForge icon
     343 likes

    Centralized open source platform providing code hosting for 502,000+ projects, version control, analytics, project wikis, software reviews, and access to a business software directory listing over 50,000 titles, serving millions of downloads and users monthly.

    75 SourceForge alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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  6. Gogs icon
     137 likes

    The easiest, fastest, and most painless way of setting up a self-hosted Git service. With Go, this can be done with an independent binary distribution across ALL platforms that Go supports, including Linux, Mac OS X, Windows and ARM.

    42 Gogs alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Go (Programming Language)
    • Cloudron
     
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  7. Forgejo icon
     62 likes

    Beyond coding. We forge. Forgejo is a self-hosted lightweight software forge. Easy to install and low maintenance, it just does the job.

    54 Forgejo alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Go (Programming Language)
    • Cloudron
     
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  8. GitBucket icon
     52 likes

    GitBucket is the easily installable open-source GitHub clone written with Scala.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Scala
     
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    1
  9. SourceHut icon
     23 likes

    sourcehut is a network of useful open source tools for software project maintainers and collaborators, including git repos, bug tracking, continuous integration, and mailing lists.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
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  10. Launchpad icon
     110 likes

    Launchpad is a collaboration and Bazaar code hosting platform for (primarily open-source) software projects.

    90 Launchpad alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Python
     
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  11. Radicle icon
     17 likes

    Peer-to-peer, open source stack built on Git enables decentralized, censorship-resistant code sharing and local-first data control, employing cryptographic verification, extensible collaborative objects, modular interfaces, and seamless data migration with no central entity.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
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