Pretty easy to setup a PR block for anybody you dont like. Like every other people. Or new people
Ask HN: Due to spam on GitHub, what platforms can I move my projects?
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#12Related question, is there a web-based self-hosted git replacement that's _light-weight_ (i.e. resilient to scraping)? Should have things like file view, file browser, etc but is not taxing on the server.
Re: Ask HN: Due to spam on GitHub, what platforms can I move my projects?
#13sourcehut.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 company is setup in a way to be here for the long game. So, I am progressively moving my projects (private and in small numbers, but still...) from gitlab to sourcehut over this year or next.
Link - https://sourcehut.org/
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#14New repository settings for configuring pull request access [feb13-2026]
https://github.blog/changelog/2026-02-13-new-repository-sett...
Re: Ask HN: Due to spam on GitHub, what platforms can I move my projects?
#15Self hosted forgejo is pretty good for me
Re: Ask HN: Due to spam on GitHub, what platforms can I move my projects?
#16Related question, is there a web-based self-hosted git replacement that's _light-weight_ (i.e. resilient to scraping)? Should have things like file view, file browser, etc but is not taxing on the server.
gitea runs well on a low end server in my experience. self hosting on hetzner and it's somehow the holy trinity of cheap, fast and reliable. I previously (years ago) self hosted gitlab but I remember it being very slow which was the reason I moved on
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#17Codeberg
Codeberg hosts some decently high profile projects.
It’s probably the one to go for.
Consider donating for their hardware costs. They are completely transparent about their costs and where the money goes.
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#18Codeberg
Codeberg hosts some decently high profile projects. It’s probably the one to go for. Consider donating for their hardware costs. They are completely transparent about their costs and where the money goes.
That's awesome, I didn't know they went to that level of transparency. I think this is a strong consideration.
Re: Ask HN: Due to spam on GitHub, what platforms can I move my projects?
#19Git 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?
That's pretty much what git over https does by default (is it even possible to do read-write to a git repo over https instead of ssh?).
Re: Ask HN: Due to spam on GitHub, what platforms can I move my projects?
#20Git 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?
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