Ask HN: Alternatives to GitHub

#1

Post by dhruv3006 » Mon, Aug 17, 2026, 1:59 PM UTC

Github has been down consistently over the last few months - does it make sense to switch to alternatives?

Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to GitHub

#2

Post by melezhik » Mon, Aug 17, 2026, 2:05 PM UTC

DSCI - http://deadsimpleci.sparrowhub.io

- lightweight ( single binary written on golang ) - ci runner embedded ( podman / docker ) - pipelines are written on general programming languages - no YAML craziness - Perl/Python/Bash/Raku/Powershell/Php/Golang support - code editor

Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to GitHub

#3

Post by dawn3727 » Mon, Aug 17, 2026, 2:06 PM UTC

You might want to consider checking out GitLab and Gitee.

Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to GitHub

#4

Post by AnonFBC » Mon, Aug 17, 2026, 2:16 PM UTC

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Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to GitHub

#5

Post by teekert » Mon, Aug 17, 2026, 2:17 PM UTC

dawn3727 wrote: post #3

You might want to consider checking out GitLab and Gitee.

You mean Gitea [0], a community-driven fork is Forgejo. There was some drama, have to admit is still don't really understand it (ask an llm I'd say). Codeberg [2] uses Forgejo and offers it as a hosted service.

[0] https://about.gitea.com/

[1] https://forgejo.org/

[2] https://codeberg.org/

Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to GitHub

#6

Post by ashton314 » Mon, Aug 17, 2026, 2:17 PM UTC

Forgejo is splendid. Codeberg is a hosted instance; depending on what you’re developing it may or may not be a good fit for you. But the Forgejo stack itself is decently light-weight to self-host, very fast to use, and is easy to navigate.

Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to GitHub

#7

Post by quaintdev » Mon, Aug 17, 2026, 2:17 PM UTC

https://tangled.sh

Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to GitHub

#8

Post by polycaster » Mon, Aug 17, 2026, 2:20 PM UTC

https://forgejo.org/

Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to GitHub

#9

Post by Havoc » Mon, Aug 17, 2026, 2:20 PM UTC

teekert wrote: post #5

dawn3727 wrote: post #3

You might want to consider checking out GitLab and Gitee.

You mean Gitea [0], a community-driven fork is Forgejo. There was some drama, have to admit is still don't really understand it (ask an llm I'd say). Codeberg [2] uses Forgejo and offers it as a hosted service. [0] https://about.gitea.com/ [1] https://forgejo.org/ [2] https://codeberg.org/

Other way round. Forgejo is a fork of gitea

Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to GitHub

#10

Post by teekert » Mon, Aug 17, 2026, 2:21 PM UTC

Havoc wrote: post #9

teekert wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You mean Gitea [0], a community-driven fork is Forgejo. There was some drama, have to admit is still don't really understand it (ask an llm I'd say). Codeberg [2] uses Forgejo and offers it as a hosted service. [0] https://about.gitea.com/ [1] https://forgejo.org/ [2] https://codeberg.org/

Other way round. Forgejo is a fork of gitea

That's what I said, but indeed in a very bad way :)