GitHub Alternatives

The most popular alternative is GitLab, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to GitHub so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting GitHub alternatives are Bitbucket (Freemium), Gitea (Free, Open Source), Gogs (Free, Open Source) and SourceForge (Free).

The list of alternatives was last updated on Sep 7, 2020
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  • 84 alternatives

  • GitLab

    Web-based git repository management with wiki, code reviews, issue-tracking and CI/CD pipeline.
    Almost everyone think this is great alternative to GitHub.
    • Freemium • Open Source
    • Linux
    • Online
    • BSD
    • Ruby
    • Cloudron
    Gu
    Unlimited private repos, self hosted, cheap and lots of features like time tracking, issue board lots
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    Gu
    Is truly free with unlimited private repos and other. Also includes great CI chain.
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    Positive comment • more than a year ago

    Gu
    Very simple to use, nice design and works perfectly. Don't have to pay to use private repos.
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  • Bitbucket

    Code collaboration version control. Offers hosted (freemium) for limited (5) users, and a commercial self-hosted for a subscription. Free licenses are available for qualified open source projects, nonprofits, and classrooms.
    Almost everyone think this is great alternative to GitHub.
    • Freemium
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    jamilsonjunior446815
    Unlimited private repositories makes Bitbucket perfect for personal and scholar projects.
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    Positive comment • more than a year ago

    Gu
    Bitbucket is an awesome alternative to GitHub for personal projects.
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    Positive comment • more than a year ago

    wavis437662
    Mercurial support, Jira integration, free unlimited private repos, and support from Atlassian make Bitbucket my corporate code repo service of choice.
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  • Gitea

    Gitea is a community managed fork of Gogs lightweight code hosting solution written in Go and published under the MIT license.
    Almost everyone think this is great alternative to GitHub.
    • Free • Open Source
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    • Raspberry Pi
    • Cloudron
    pb
    Easy, minimal setup but with basic fetures. Good for small teams.
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    Positive comment • more than a year ago

    kolaente720583
    Very lightweight, completly opensource and only communty based.
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    Positive comment • more than a year ago

    Gu
    Easy setup and lots of functionality
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  • Gogs

    The easiest, fastest, and most painless way of setting up a self-hosted Git service.
    Almost everyone think this is great alternative to GitHub.
    • Free • Open Source
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Go (Programming Language)
    • Cloudron
    Gu
    Self-hosted and really light weight. Installs on docker in just a few minutes. Super excellent!
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    Positive comment • 4 months ago

  • SourceForge

    SourceForge empowers open source developers to create powerful software and share it with the world. They also feature a business software comparison directory that lists over 50,000 software titles.
    Most users think this is great alternative to GitHub.
    • Free
    • Online
    Gu
    SourceForge has been consistent & reliable, thus a very capable alternative to GitHub.
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    Positive comment • more than a year ago

    Gu
    GitHub has recently been bought by MS; that worries me. SourceForge has been around before Linus developed Git, and has proved to be very stable. Only concern I may have is security/privacy. More research by me needed here.
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    Positive comment • more than a year ago

    Gu
    The good old sourceforge. Still free from crap.
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    Positive comment • 28 days ago

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  • Launchpad

    Launchpad is a collaboration and Bazaar code hosting platform for (primarily open-source) software projects.
    Most users think this is great alternative to GitHub.
    • Free • Open Source
    • Online
    • Python

  • GitBucket

    GitBucket is the easily installable open-source GitHub clone written with Scala.
    Most users think this is great alternative to GitHub.
    • Free • Open Source
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Scala
    ko
    GitBucket has most powerful API compatibility to GitHub.com/GitHubEnterprise!
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    Positive comment • more than a year ago

  • Phabricator

    Phabricator is a collection of open source web applications that help software companies build better software.Phabricator includes applications for:
    Some users think this is a great alternative to GitHub, some doesn't.
    • Free • Open Source
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Online
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
    • Cloudron

  • Trac

    Trac is an enhanced wiki and issue tracking system for software development projects. Trac uses a minimalistic approach to web-based software project management.
    Most users think this is great alternative to GitHub.
    • Free • Open Source
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    RonBowman763690
    The best issue tracker money can b... oh, wait, it's free!
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    Positive comment • more than a year ago

  • Tuleap

    Tuleap is the first fully libre and open source software (GPL licence) for Enterprise Application Lifecycle Management.
    • Free • Open Source
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)