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Why developers are ditching GitHub for Codeberg and self-hosting alternatives

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Re: Why developers are ditching GitHub for Codeberg and self-hosting alternatives

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Post by graemep »

sneak wrote: post #5

Did we all forget that GitHub’s military-industrial complex owners over at Microsoft made sure to send the “business as usual” signal to the USG when they refused to stop helping ICE violate human rights en masse? This was during the kidnap-and-rape-kids-in-cages days and before they started a general policy of kidnapping and/or summarily executing law-abiding citizens in the street. There are more reasons now to dis…

> Anyone still doing ongoing business with them in 2026 is, imho, a fool.

So that would be almost everyone.

Re: Why developers are ditching GitHub for Codeberg and self-hosting alternatives

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Post by allarm »

Cider9986 wrote: post #8

Why don't open source alternatives just copy the UI to make it easier to switch? Everyone knows the GitHub UI and it's intuitive. I'm happy to get more privacy and freedom, you don't have to make a worse design just to be different. Fluxer figured this out and they're the best discord replacement imo. https://fluxer.app/

I’m not disputing how intuitive the GitHub interface is, but seriously, why is it so hard for technical professionals to set aside 10–20 minutes of their time to learn a new interface? Why has this even become an issue worth discussing?

Re: Why developers are ditching GitHub for Codeberg and self-hosting alternatives

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Post by jorisw »

Sentiment for/against GitHub aside...

"Why X are doing Y" articles like these pretend that the premise of "X are doing Y" is true, conveniently skipping to the "Why" before proving that the premise is even accurate in any meaningful way.

This is why I never buy headlines that start out with "Why".

> developers are ditching

Proceeds to list but a handful of remotely meaningful repos against the hundreds of thousands on there

Re: Why developers are ditching GitHub for Codeberg and self-hosting alternatives

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Post by duskdozer »

Cider9986 wrote: post #8

Why don't open source alternatives just copy the UI to make it easier to switch? Everyone knows the GitHub UI and it's intuitive. I'm happy to get more privacy and freedom, you don't have to make a worse design just to be different. Fluxer figured this out and they're the best discord replacement imo. https://fluxer.app/

Acquiring github users may not be their highest priority.

Re: Why developers are ditching GitHub for Codeberg and self-hosting alternatives

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Post by jopsen »

onion2k wrote: post #11
ezoe wrote: post #7

I guess three nines availability is important.

Not even hitting 1 nine at the moment - https://mrshu.github.io/github-statuses/

I object!

The dashboard clearly says 89.15% uptime!

Who says nines need to be leading?

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