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Re: Ask HN: Due to spam on GitHub, what platforms can I move my projects?

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New repository settings for configuring pull request access [feb13-2026] https://github.blog/changelog/2026-02-13-new-repository-sett...

Limiting the number if PRs per person also just launched.

https://github.blog/changelog/2026-06-17-limit-open-pull-req...

Re: Ask HN: Due to spam on GitHub, what platforms can I move my projects?

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Anywhere you accept unvouched pull requests will end up being spammed. You might find some respite at other sites, but whether you stay or go: you’re better off disabling pull requests on your projects for everyone but you, and then using discussions (like ghostty) where people petition to work on a feature; if they can convince you it’s a feature that’s valuable to you , then you can pull from their branch (like Lin…

Really surprised that this is not the first thing everyone does on their repositories. I am not a celebrity on github and not even agents bother with my repositories, however, even before the bot pull requests/issues, I always made sure to enable only the things I felt I would want to use and provide a way for someone to reach out in case I was expecting collaboration/feedback. I realized that anyone can create a PR…

I only thought to do this a few months ago. Change is rarely obvious and never evenly distributed.

Re: Ask HN: Due to spam on GitHub, what platforms can I move my projects?

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post #3

Git is pretty simple to host yourself. For literally decades I've used git and gitolite to host git for me and a revolving team of developers. But if you want it to be public though where anyone can access/fork it then you have to deal with "spam".

I'm not familiar with git, but can you post a read-only version publicly so others can still access all the commit history but not be subjected to pull requests?

I think cgit is the simplest one that provides a browsable http version of the repository if that's what you want. It's used by the Linux Kernel itself. Example: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/lin...

Re: Ask HN: Due to spam on GitHub, what platforms can I move my projects?

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sourcehut.org would be my choice. Drew is pretty adamant about stuff and his morales. You will dislike somethings (UI and some policies) but will like majority of the things (tech like CI/CD etc). It's OSS and can be self-hosted as well. But I think drew fighting LLM scrappers on our behalf is good for us. It's also cheap and should progressively improve going forward. It's my long term plan. And the project and comp…

> Drew is pretty adamant about stuff and his morales.

Which is, by all accounts, a double-edged sword. Cuts both ways.

Re: Ask HN: Due to spam on GitHub, what platforms can I move my projects?

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post #65

sourcehut.org would be my choice. Drew is pretty adamant about stuff and his morales. You will dislike somethings (UI and some policies) but will like majority of the things (tech like CI/CD etc). It's OSS and can be self-hosted as well. But I think drew fighting LLM scrappers on our behalf is good for us. It's also cheap and should progressively improve going forward. It's my long term plan. And the project and comp…

> Drew is pretty adamant about stuff and his morales. Which is, by all accounts, a double-edged sword. Cuts both ways.

I mentioned it right? Some you'll like, others you won't. :)

I don't have to like all of his policies. Cos I have a ton of things I don't like about GitHub compared to Sourcehut.

Re: Ask HN: Due to spam on GitHub, what platforms can I move my projects?

#67
post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Drew is pretty adamant about stuff and his morales. Which is, by all accounts, a double-edged sword. Cuts both ways.

I mentioned it right? Some you'll like, others you won't. :) I don't have to like all of his policies. Cos I have a ton of things I don't like about GitHub compared to Sourcehut.

Agreed. I’m also rather slowly migrating stuff to sr.ht and following tangled, still in beta.
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