Ask HN: GitHub vs. Gitlab?

Coming up for air after a deep dive with Keystone.js – as you all have invested your time, I owe you an answer:

I’ve decided to go with GitLab going forward. It’s free, has integrated well with my team, runs itself in the cloud with the option of being run locally, and has some super promising stuff in the pipes. I’m excited to see what else it can do!

Before I get to the runners-up: massive thanks to everyone who participated here. This is a super cool community that I’m lucky to be able to tap into; and watching various well-thought arguments and rockstars give their two cents has been a real treat.

Bitbucket is the service that, unfortunately, I always seem to hear all of about 15 minutes too late. I see Bitbucket about on par with Github between what they offer – the biggest thing that it has going against it, then, is its lack of proliferation. Perhaps it’s that Github locked up their UI earlier, perhaps it’s just what I’ve been grandfathered into. But all too often, it proves to be the path of least resistance for a significant enough of the dev population – and that’s a good sign they’re doing something right.

Having said that, I would love to see this balance shift. :D Please, prove me wrong!

Rhodecode is definitely something to keep your eye on. Squabbles aside, it looks like they have a lot of really dedicated people working on something that looks extremely promising. Please keep fighting the good fight!

Again, endless thanks to everyone who jumped in here. I’m on skype @mike.of.the.jungle, if you’d like to say hi.