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The best Code Review alternative to GitHub is Gitea, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to GitHub and 12 are Code Reviews so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Code Review alternatives to GitHub are Gogs, Phorge, Azure Repos and RhodeCode.

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  1. Gitea icon

    Gitea

     174 likes

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

    45 Gitea alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    • Raspberry Pi
    • Cloudron
    • Chocolatey
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    Comments about Gitea as an Alternative to GitHub
    Top Positive Comment
    6543
    7

    gitea v1.9.4 and newer has all features you want and know from github ... but selfhosted and lightweight! And if there is one feature missiong its sure on a list

    Pierre LeBaux
    Positive
    0

    Self-hosted, simple, great.

    Freeplay
    Positive
    3

    You can run your own instance, but you can use other instances like Codeberg as well!

    3 of 6 comments
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    Gitea icon
    • Gitea is Freemium and Open SourceGitHub is Freemium and Proprietary
    • Gitea is Lightweight, Privacy focused and Security-focusedGitHub is not according to our users
  2. Gogs icon

    Gogs

     135 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Go (Programming Language)
    • Cloudron
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    Comments about Gogs as an Alternative to GitHub
    Guest
    Positive
    0

    Self-hosted and really light weight. Installs on docker in just a few minutes. Super excellent!

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    petardudas
    Positive
    0

    It's very simple to set up.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Gogs icon
    Gogs icon
    • Gogs is Free and Open SourceGitHub is Freemium and Proprietary
    • Gogs is LightweightGitHub is not according to our users
  4. Phorge icon

    Phorge

     7 likes

    Phorge is an open source, community driven platform for collaborating, managing, organizing and reviewing software development projects.

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Linux
    • FreeBSD
    • Solaris
    Agile Kanban Workboard
     
  5. Azure Repos icon

    Azure Repos

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    Free private Git repositories, pull requests, and code search. Get unlimited private Git repository hosting and support for TFVC that scales from a hobby project to the world’s largest repository.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Microsoft Azure
    • Azure DevOps
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  6. RhodeCode icon

    RhodeCode

     25 likes

    Fast and powerful management tool for SVN, Mercurial, and GIT with a built in push/pull server and full text search and code-review. It works on http/https and has a built in permission/authentication system with the ability to authenticate via LDAP or ActiveDirectory.

    38 RhodeCode alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  7. Kallithea icon

    Kallithea

     34 likes

    Kallithea, a free software source code management system supporting two leading version control systems, Mercurial and Git.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Python
    Repositories
     
  9. Deveo icon

    Deveo

     4 likes

    Deveo is a code hosting and collaboration platform that supports Git, Subversion and Mercurial. You can use it self-hosted on your own-premises, or from multi-tenant cloud as SaaS.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    Deveo issue listing
     
  11. Gerrit Code Review icon

    Gerrit Code Review

     3 likes

    Gerrit simplifies Git based project maintainership by permitting any authorized user to submit changes to the master Git repository, rather than requiring all approved changes to be merged in by hand by the project maintainer.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    Discuss code
     
  12. MergeBoard icon

    MergeBoard

     1 like

    MergeBoard is the first code review tool to display code changes in a smart way. Its unique features help developers spend less time on code reviews and catch more bugs.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    Dashboard showing the merge requests you are responsible for.
     
  13. SkillRisk icon

    SkillRisk

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    SkillRisk is a specialized security analysis tool designed for the AI Agent ecosystem, specifically focusing on Claude Code and Model Context Protocol (MCP) skills.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
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  14. Revioo icon

    Revioo

     1 like

    A gamified platform where users can ask the community for feedback about their code.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
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