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

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

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Post by gwbas1c »

I kind of wish there was some kind of way to be licensed as a professional (or amateur) in a way that could be used to block AI-originating PRs.

Not that it would be perfect, but if I could set the bar to "only licensed software engineers" can open PRs, it at least sets the bar that only accounts controlled by people who know what they're doing can open a PR to my repo, as opposed to letting anyone in the world who knows how to prompt open a PR.

(That being said, I personally haven't encountered AI SPAM on my github repos. Maybe my projects just aren't popular enough?)

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

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Post by pan69 »

Does anyone has experience with AWS CodeCommit? It might not be what OP is looking for but since we're talking about moving away from GitHub. Personally I already pay for GitHub so I don't mind paying for something else. Just wondering if anyone has experience to share.

https://aws.amazon.com/codecommit/

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

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Post by thayne »

ryandrake wrote: post #35

This is evidently not a popular opinion, but git repositories don’t need to be hosted on any platform. Your local repo is a complete copy and can be pulled and pushed from and to. If you really want a backup or “source of truth” copy, you can clone it anywhere you have shell access. We make so many simple things hard unnecessarily.

That only works if you are only using Github as a place to store your code. I'm not the OP, and maybe their situation is different, but I want to continue getting sincere human PRs and issue reports on my projects, but want to reduce or eliminate the amount of AI produced spam.

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

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Post by analog_daddy »

altairprime wrote: post #45

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 to upstream, when I accidentally did so using the github web UI on mobile. Felt embarrassed and immediately closed it. But, then it made sense that why people were frustrated with this sort of thing happening to big repositories.

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

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Post by winstonlee »

pan69 wrote: post #52

Does anyone has experience with AWS CodeCommit? It might not be what OP is looking for but since we're talking about moving away from GitHub. Personally I already pay for GitHub so I don't mind paying for something else. Just wondering if anyone has experience to share. https://aws.amazon.com/codecommit/

I don't have much confidence in it. I moved away after this.

https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/devops/aws-codecommit-returns-t...

The branch view and PR UI is terrible last I used.

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

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Post by schmookeeg »

austin-cheney wrote: post #55

Forgejo looks really popular right now. I have also heard good things about codeberg. https://forgejo.org/

I'm enjoying forgejo as a self-hosted repo. No complaints, and the actions I was using on GH transferred over cleanly. I understand it's not quite fully compatible though, but worth an exploratory smoke test.

I hate the name though and resist saying it aloud. But that's been true of a few of my tools over the years :)

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

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Post by velebak »

unsungNovelty wrote: post #13

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…

I second this. Ive been using sourcehut for a few years for personal stuff. Worth every penny at twice the price.

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

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Post by pan69 »

winstonlee wrote: post #56
pan69 wrote: post #52

Does anyone has experience with AWS CodeCommit? It might not be what OP is looking for but since we're talking about moving away from GitHub. Personally I already pay for GitHub so I don't mind paying for something else. Just wondering if anyone has experience to share. https://aws.amazon.com/codecommit/

I don't have much confidence in it. I moved away after this. https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/devops/aws-codecommit-returns-t... The branch view and PR UI is terrible last I used.

Ah, right. I never knew it went away (sott of) then then came back. That is kinda worrying indeed.
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