SourceForge Alternatives

SourceForge is described as 'Open source community and software directory offering code hosting, analytics, version control, project management, and access to over 50,000 business titles' and is a very popular Version Control system in the development category. There are more than 50 alternatives to SourceForge, not only websites but also apps for a variety of platforms, including Self-Hosted, Linux, Mac and Windows apps. The best SourceForge alternative is GitHub, which is free. Other great sites and apps similar to SourceForge are GitLab, Codeberg, Gitea and Forgejo.

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  1. 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

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  2. Launchpad icon
     110 likes

    Launchpad is a collaboration and Bazaar code hosting platform for (primarily open-source) software projects.

    88 Launchpad alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Python
     
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    Comments about Launchpad as an Alternative to SourceForge
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    It has free PPA's for software.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Launchpad is Free and Open SourceSourceForge is Free and Proprietary
  3. Software Informer is a programme, whose primary aim is to give you the up-to-date information about the software you actually use. Whenever a more recent version of any programme becomes available, Software Informer notifies you and offers a link for downloading the update.

    72 Software Informer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    Comments about Software Informer as an Alternative to SourceForge
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    It is not related to code versioning control

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Software Informer is Free and ProprietarySourceForge is also Free and Proprietary
  4. Phorge icon
     7 likes

    Phorge is an open source, community driven platform for collaborating, managing, organizing and reviewing software development projects.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Linux
    • FreeBSD
    • Solaris
     
  5. Azure DevOps icon
     12 likes

    Continuous Delivery Services for teams to share code, track work, and ship software – for any language, all in a single package.

    64 Azure DevOps alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Microsoft Azure
     
  6. Free private Git repositories, pull requests, and code search. Get unlimited private Git repository hosting and support for TFVC that scales from a hobby project to the world’s largest repository.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Microsoft Azure
    • Azure DevOps
     
  7. Apache Allura icon
     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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
  8. RhodeCode icon
     25 likes

    Fast and powerful management tool for SVN, Mercurial, and GIT with a built in push/pull server and full text search and code-review. It works on http/https and has a built in permission/authentication system with the ability to authenticate via LDAP or ActiveDirectory.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source (AGPL-3.0)

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  9. GitPrep icon
     22 likes

    GitPrep is a GitHub clone. You can install portable Github system into Unix/Linux. You can create users and repositories without limitation. This is free software.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Perl
     
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