The Best GitLab AlternativesTop Version Control Systems & Source Code Hosting Services like GitLab

GitLab is described as 'Offers on-premise or hosted Git repository management, including issue tracking, wikis, code reviews, and continuous integration and deployment' and is a leading Version Control system in the development category. There are more than 100 alternatives to GitLab for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Self-Hosted, Linux, Mac and Windows apps. The best GitLab alternative is GitHub, which is free. Other great apps like GitLab are Gitea, Gogs, Codeberg and Forgejo.

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  1. GitHub icon
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    Git hosting service offering version control, collaboration, and project management tools. Provides issue tracking, code review through pull requests, wikis, and deployment workflows.

    118 GitHub alternatives

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    • Freemium
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    • Windows
    • Online
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    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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  2. Gitea icon
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    Gitea is a fork of Gogs, lightweight code hosting solution written in Go and published under the MIT license.

    54 Gitea alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • BSD
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    • Raspberry Pi
    • Cloudron
    • Chocolatey
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  3. Gogs icon
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    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.

    49 Gogs alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Windows
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    • Self-Hosted
    • Go (Programming Language)
    • Cloudron
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  4. Codeberg icon
     139 likes

    A free Git source code hosting service with the objective to give the open-source code that is running our world a safe and friendly home, and to ensure that code remains free and secure forever.

    59 Codeberg alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
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  5. Forgejo icon
     74 likes

    Beyond coding. We forge. Forgejo is a self-hosted lightweight software forge. Easy to install and low maintenance, it just does the job.

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Go (Programming Language)
    • Cloudron
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  6. Bitbucket icon
     409 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.

    88 Bitbucket alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
    • Online
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  7. SourceForge icon
     346 likes

    Centralized open source platform providing code hosting for 502,000+ projects, version control, analytics, project wikis, software reviews, and access to a business software directory listing over 50,000 titles, serving millions of downloads and users monthly.

    85 SourceForge alternatives

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  8. SourceHut icon
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    sourcehut is a network of useful open source tools for software project maintainers and collaborators, including git repos, bug tracking, continuous integration, and mailing lists.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  9. Radicle icon
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    Peer-to-peer, open source stack built on Git enables decentralized, censorship-resistant code sharing and local-first data control, employing cryptographic verification, extensible collaborative objects, modular interfaces, and seamless data migration with no central entity.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Linux
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  10. Plane icon
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    Open source alternative supporting project management, issue and task tracking, custom workflows, Kanban, list, calendar views, analytics, imports, secure encryption, Slack and GitHub integrations, Agile and Waterfall frameworks, and advanced customization.

    95 Plane alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
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    • iPhone
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