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arrow-up149arrow-down1message-squareGithub alternative ?Icarus@lemmy.ml to Open Source@lemmy.ml · 2 years agomessage-square46fedilinkfile-text
what is the best alternative to github ? my main requirements are that it should be free, and it should not go down or get discontinued anytime soon
minus-squarehfkldjbuq@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoWe have Codeberg. So there is no need in recommending sourcehut if the priority is promoting democratic services.
minus-squarepoVoq@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoCodeberg is nice overall, but I fear centralizing on them is a really bad idea (and there are signs of that happening already).
minus-squarehfkldjbuq@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agoWhat are the signs? Gitea federation is being worked on. The Gitea fork is needed to address the Gitea for-profit issue.
minus-squarepoVoq@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-22 years ago We are hosting 42010 repositories, created and maintained by 34042 users. Compared to one month ago, this is an organic growth rate of +3372 repositories (+8.7% month-over-month) and +2271 users (+7.1%). https://blog.codeberg.org/letter-from-codeberg-hackathon-translation-service-more.html I hope Gitea federation will reduce this trend, but for now this centralisation is not good at all.
minus-squarehfkldjbuq@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-22 years agoAn issue I see is that public instances are not properly announced/listed. https://gitea.com/gitea/awesome-gitea#user-content-organizations https://explore.sapk.fr/ https://gitea.com/sapk/explore and for sourcehut, i could not find anything.
We have Codeberg. So there is no need in recommending sourcehut if the priority is promoting democratic services.
Codeberg is nice overall, but I fear centralizing on them is a really bad idea (and there are signs of that happening already).
What are the signs? Gitea federation is being worked on. The Gitea fork is needed to address the Gitea for-profit issue.
https://blog.codeberg.org/letter-from-codeberg-hackathon-translation-service-more.html
I hope Gitea federation will reduce this trend, but for now this centralisation is not good at all.
An issue I see is that public instances are not properly announced/listed.
and for sourcehut, i could not find anything.