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 Self-Hosted, Open Source, EU, 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. Codebase icon

    Codebase

     25 likes

    Version management hosting with project management baked in.

    Push your Git, HG, Bazaar or SVN repository directly into CodebaseHQ, browse syntax-highlighted code and changesets from your browser.

    Manage all your tickets for bugs, tasks & enhancements with full history track.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    Main Page
     
  2. Beanstalk icon

    Beanstalk

     16 likes

    A complete workflow to write, review & deploy code.

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  4. GNU Savannah icon

    GNU Savannah

     4 likes

    GNU Savannah is a project of the Free Software Foundation, which serves as a collaborative software development management system for free Software projects.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
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    Backlog

    Backlog is a project management and collaboration tool for teams that want higher productivity, greater visibility, and simple project tracking. Development teams can work together with Design, Marketing, IT, and more to release ...

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  6. Heptapod icon

    Heptapod

     1 like

    Heptapod brings Mercurial support to GitLab Community Edition, an open source software to collaborate on code.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Self-Hosted
     
  8. Backlog icon

    Backlog

     12 likes

    Backlog is a project management and collaboration tool for teams that want higher productivity, greater visibility, and simple project tracking. Development teams can work together with Design, Marketing, IT, and more to release high-quality projects, faster.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
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  10. Hosted Gitea icon

    Hosted Gitea

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    Hosted Gitea is a private, fully managed alternative to GitHub and Gitlab. We deploy a fully provisioned Gitea instance and manage it for you. We take care of updates, security, backups, OS upgrades, and monitoring so you can focus on writing and comiting code.

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Chrome OS
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  11. Gitblit icon

    Gitblit

     20 likes

    Gitblit is an open-source, pure Java stack for managing, viewing, and serving Git repositories.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
  12. Gitness icon

    Gitness

     Like

    Gitness is an Open Source developer platform with Source Control management, Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    Sign-in portal
     
  13. OneDev icon

    OneDev

     1 like

    Super Easy All-In-One DevOps Platform. Contribute to theonedev/onedev development by creating an account on GitHub.

    12 OneDev alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
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    Comments about OneDev as an Alternative to GitHub
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    A devops platform rather than a git server

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • OneDev is Free and Open SourceGitHub is Freemium and Proprietary
  15. Deveo icon

    Deveo

     4 likes

    Deveo is a code hosting and collaboration platform that supports Git, Subversion and Mercurial. You can use it self-hosted on your own-premises, or from multi-tenant cloud as SaaS.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    Deveo issue listing
     
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