GitHub Alternatives for Windows

There are many alternatives to GitHub for Windows if you are looking for a replacement. The best Windows alternative 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 many of them are available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Windows alternatives to GitHub are Bitbucket, Gogs, GitHub Desktop and GitBucket.

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  1. Gitea icon

    Gitea

     177 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)

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    • Raspberry Pi
    • Cloudron
    • Chocolatey
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    Gitea vs GitHub Comments
    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
    • 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. Bitbucket icon

    Bitbucket

     407 likes

    Provides Git repository hosting with integrated issue tracking, wiki for documentation, pull requests, code review features, support for public and private repos, CI/CD integration, branch permissions, team collaboration, notification tools, and API access.

    80 Bitbucket alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    Bugtracker
     
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    Bitbucket vs GitHub Comments
    Top Positive Comment
    jamilsonjunior
    1

    Unlimited private repositories makes Bitbucket perfect for personal and scholar projects.

    Top Negative Comment
    Korwin
    3

    I wouldn't recommend one FOSS adversary as an alternative to another FOSS adversary.

    Ron Bowman
    Positive
    0

    Great if using other Atlassian products. Still very good if using it on its own.

    3 of 7 comments
    • Bitbucket is Freemium and ProprietaryGitHub is also Freemium and Proprietary
  4. Gogs icon

    Gogs

     137 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)

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Go (Programming Language)
    • Cloudron
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    Gogs vs GitHub Comments
    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 is Free and Open SourceGitHub is Freemium and Proprietary
    • Gogs is LightweightGitHub is not according to our users
  6. GitBucket icon

    GitBucket

     52 likes

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

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Scala
    User Interface
     
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    GitBucket vs GitHub Comments
    kounoike
    Positive
    3

    GitBucket has most powerful API compatibility to GitHub.com/GitHubEnterprise!

    • GitBucket is Free and Open SourceGitHub is Freemium and Proprietary
    • GitBucket is Privacy focusedGitHub is not according to our users
  7. Trac icon

    Trac

     146 likes

    Trac is an enhanced wiki and issue tracking system for software development projects. Trac uses a minimalistic approach to web-based software project management. Our mission is to help developers write great software while staying out of the way.

    155 Trac alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
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    Trac vs GitHub Comments
    Ron Bowman
    Positive
    4

    The best issue tracker money can b... oh, wait, it's free!

    RemovedUser
    Negative
    1

    Its usability is a trip into the past I did not miss.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • Trac is Free and Open SourceGitHub is Freemium and Proprietary
  9. Mantis Bug Tracker icon

    Mantis Bug Tracker

     75 likes

    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

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
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  10. Apache Allura icon

    Apache Allura

     15 likes

    Apache Allura is an open source implementation of a software forge, a web site that manages source code repositories, bug reports, discussions, wiki pages, blogs, and more for any number of individual projects.

    47 Apache Allura alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    git
     
  11. GitHub CLI icon

    GitHub CLI

     2 likes

    Take GitHub to the command line. Create pull requests and issues without leaving the command line. See the status of open issues and pull requests, and see what’s waiting for review. Filter issues and pull requests, and open them in your browser.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  12. Azure DevOps Server icon

    Azure DevOps Server

     4 likes

    Azure DevOps Server is a set of collaborative software development tools for the entire team, hosted on-premises. Azure DevOps Server integrates with your existing IDE or editor to help your cross-functional team work effectively on projects of all sizes.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
    • Microsoft Azure
     
  14. JitHub icon

    JitHub

     3 likes

    JitHub is a third party UWP client for github.com. You can use JitHub to manage the code, issues, pull requests, commits and much more in your repositories.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Windows
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12 of 29 GitHub alternatives