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GitHub Alternatives

Discussions center on open-source and self-hosted alternatives to GitHub for Git repository hosting, with frequent recommendations of Gitea, GitLab, Forgejo, Gogs, and others for their features, lightweight nature, and cost-effectiveness.

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Sample Comments

farmin • Mar 27, 2022 • View on HN

Github fills the gab between fossil and git and I don't need to host it myself.

nerdponx • Sep 22, 2023 • View on HN

Gogs, Gitea, Gitee, Forgejo, Onedev, Gitness, Sourcehut, Gitlab, what else am I missing?

tpoacher • Oct 23, 2020 • View on HN

Great. Alternatives to github please.

freetard • Nov 20, 2009 • View on HN

Gitorious, google code and others allow that too.

maxicarlos08 • Jul 9, 2022 • View on HN

Gitea is a good and lightweight replacement for github

phendrenad2 • Nov 5, 2020 • View on HN

Is there an open-source alternative to GitHub that has all of the (A) Features and (B) UI Niceness that GitHub had 10 years ago?

chaz6 • Sep 8, 2025 • View on HN

My prefernce is Forgejohttps://forgejo.org/

beanjuiceII • Aug 15, 2025 • View on HN

what would it take? cheaper than github, better in every way and faster. now get to work

romanovcode • Nov 17, 2016 • View on HN

Just use Gitlab. It's free and open-source.

varbhat • Jul 15, 2020 • View on HN

For free Gitea instance, You can try https://codeberg.org