GitHub AlternativesOnly Self-Hosted apps categorised as Version Control Systems

GitHub is not available as a self-hosted solution but there are plenty of alternatives for power users and business that want to host a solution on-premise. The best Self-Hosted Version Control System alternative is GitLab, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to GitHub and 17 are Version Control Systems available as a self-hosted solution so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Self-Hosted Version Control System alternatives to GitHub are Gitea, Gogs, Forgejo and GitBucket.

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  1. GitLab icon
     764 likes

    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
     179 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. Gogs icon
     138 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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  4. Forgejo icon
     65 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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  5. GitBucket icon
     53 likes

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

    61 GitBucket alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Scala
     
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  6. SourceHut icon
     25 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.

    20 SourceHut alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
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  7. Phorge icon
     8 likes

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

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Oracle Solaris
    • FreeBSD
     
  8. Mantis Bug Tracker is a free and open source, web-based bug tracking system. It is written in the PHP scripting language and works with MySQL, MS SQL, and PostgreSQL databases and a webserver. MantisBT can be installed on Windows, Linux, Mac OS, OS/2, and others.

    99 Mantis Bug Tracker alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
     
  9. cgit icon
     18 likes

    A hyperfast web frontend for git repositories written in C.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  10. RhodeCode icon
     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.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  11. Kallithea icon
     34 likes

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Python
     
  12. GNU Savannah icon
     4 likes

    GNU Savannah is a project of the Free Software Foundation, which serves as a collaborative software development management system for free Software projects.

    73 GNU Savannah alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
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