GitHub Alternatives

One of the most popular alternatives to GitHub is GitLab, which is open source with a free version. Other popular alternatives are Codeberg, Forgejo, Gitea and GitHub Desktop. Version Control Systems like GitHub are a crowded field, with more than 100 alternatives for the web, self-hosting, Linux, Mac and Windows.

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  1. Gisia icon
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    Gisia is an open-source, self-hosted DevOps platform aimed at individual developers and small teams who want to run their own Git hosting, CI/CD, and issue tracking.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Docker
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  2. Gitweb icon
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    Gitweb is a Git web interface. It is written in Perl and can be used as a CGI script, or as a mod_perl legacy script (run by ModPerl::Registry handler). It allows browsing a git repository (or a set of git repositories) using a web browser.

    79 Gitweb alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Perl
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  3. 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
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  4. 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.

    17 Laboratory alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  5.  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
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  6. 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
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  7. Gitamin icon
     2 likes

    Gitamin is an open source git repository management software built with the Laravel PHP Framework. Gitamin supports a wide range of operations on git repository.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  8. 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
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  9. Sourcebot icon
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    Blazingly fast code search. Deployed as a single Docker image. Search million+ lines of code in your GitHub and GitLab repositories.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
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  10. RocketGit icon
     1 like

    Light and fast Git hosting solution under Affero GPL v3 license.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
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  11. GitHuman icon
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    GitHuman is a decentralized alternative to GitHub and GitLab (Git sharing for everyone without any discrimination or restriction). It's built with IPFS and IPLD. It works without a centralised server.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
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  12. Unified application security platform — 12 scanners including SAST, DAST, SCA, and pen-testing in one on-premise deployment. Replaces your entire AppSec stack.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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