GitHub Alternatives

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, Mac and Windows 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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GitHub alternatives are mainly Version Control Systems, but if you're looking for Source Code Hosting Services or Project Management Tools you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Europe, Self-Hosted, EU, Open Source, Free + Source Code Hosting and Android. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to GitHub.
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  1. Tangled icon
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    Tangled is a new social-enabled Git collaboration platform, built on top of the AT Protocol. We envision a place where developers have complete ownership of their code, open source communities can freely self-govern and most importantly, coding can be social and fun again.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  2. ProjectR icon
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    Slack integrated development tool for a remote team, designed for both: customers and developers. As a result, one of them gets a quality product with a clear business logic. Others get clear Git history and conflict-free merging of code.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Slack
     
  3. Unlimited Subversion, Git, and Mercurial repositories and unlimited Trac instances all for $6 per month. With only One Plan and One Price, Repository Hosting makes hosted project management simple again.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  4. RepoStore icon
     1 like

    Explore apps published on GitHub, view release details, and install APKs instantly — all in one place. Developed using pure Kotlin, optimized for modern Android devices.

    19 RepoStore alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
     
  5. ForgeFed icon
     3 likes

    ForgeFed (formerly GitPub) is a decentralized federation protocol based on the W3C's ActivityPub, which extends ActivityStream 2.0. It provides a server to server API for pull request, forking and subscription of repositories provided by Git web services (services like...

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Git
     
  6. gitstorage icon
     1 like

    An on-premise device that combines the best of hosted options and on-premise solutions for source code collaboration and security. Enables storing code securely (encrypted) on LAN and automatic backups (encrypted) to DropBox.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
  7. SCM-Manager icon
     11 likes

    The easiest way to share and manage your Git, Mercurial and Subversion repositories over http.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  8. A Simple GitLab frontend. Uses GitLab's REST API to fetch data about users/groups and repositories (those so-called 'projects'). Then it parses that data and shows it in a JS-free lightweight webpage inspired by Cgit and SourceHut.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  9.  1 like

    OSDN offer open source projects a full service lineup that includes source code repositories, web-site hosting features, ticket system, web forums, mailing lists, together with an environment for web-based project management.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  10. Gitdab icon
     4 likes

    A git hosting provider based on Forgejo, previously Gitea.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  11. RocketGit icon
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    Light and fast Git hosting solution under Affero GPL v3 license.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
     
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