Ask HN: Alternatives to GitHub
Hacker News users are discussing potential alternatives to GitHub due to recent service instability and evolving needs. Recommendations include self-hosted solutions like GitLab and Forgejo, as well as specialized platforms like Sourcehut.
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As software development becomes increasingly decentralized, developers are seeking more resilient and self-sovereign infrastructure for version control.
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Github has been down consistently over the last few months - does it make sense to switch to alternatives?
What are people using as alternatives for GitHub Actions specifically these days?
I answered this in another thread, if you're already running a large GitHub organization, GitLab is the closest alternative in terms of features A big plus is that it also has an open-source Community Edition that you can self-host
I believe that the potential of "local first" forges is overlooked. The poster implies that the alternative to GitHub is GitLab or something. In fact, we have to collaborate locally with agents these days. When you have ten local worktrees changing in real time, going through a cloud server might not be the best plan. https://replicated.live/blog/crdt
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