Github is not something that should be replaced. Rather, a different kind of model needs to exist. Before Git, there were things like Subversion, for instance. All of that slowed way down after Git showed up to the party because people liked the fact Git was "easier to use" and eventually networking effects. When Microsoft purchased Git, the death knell had all ready sounded, but nobody was listening.
GitHub has alternatives, but no replacement
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Re: GitHub has alternatives, but no replacement
#13Running a git forge is easy, I find the social coding/network effect the stickiest part of GitHub. I want my code to be discoverable, and I want to discover others' code.
I wanted to leave GitHub but I'm still stuck there. What it would take for me to finally leave is some kind of federation of the social features, so I can port my stars over, see what others are working on, etc.
Re: GitHub has alternatives, but no replacement
#14If your a small company developing something closed source is there any reason to use GitHub over just setting up a git infrastructure on your private server?
Re: GitHub has alternatives, but no replacement
#15Running a git forge is easy, I find the social coding/network effect the stickiest part of GitHub. I want my code to be discoverable, and I want to discover others' code. I wanted to leave GitHub but I'm still stuck there. What it would take for me to finally leave is some kind of federation of the social features, so I can port my stars over, see what others are working on, etc.
In the end GitHub will be a dating site
Re: GitHub has alternatives, but no replacement
#16This guy is defining himself into a corner:
>GitLab is capable, but it feels incredibly corporate, even more so than GitHub.3 Nor have I found it as good as GitHub at helping people stumble across projects and developers.
So it's not enough for an alternative to do everything you want ... it ALSO has to look "not incredibly corporate", and it has to bring millions of users to your project. Otherwise it's not viable.
Re: GitHub has alternatives, but no replacement
#17Running a git forge is easy, I find the social coding/network effect the stickiest part of GitHub. I want my code to be discoverable, and I want to discover others' code. I wanted to leave GitHub but I'm still stuck there. What it would take for me to finally leave is some kind of federation of the social features, so I can port my stars over, see what others are working on, etc.
Fediverse all the things.
Re: GitHub has alternatives, but no replacement
#18Running a git forge is easy, I find the social coding/network effect the stickiest part of GitHub. I want my code to be discoverable, and I want to discover others' code. I wanted to leave GitHub but I'm still stuck there. What it would take for me to finally leave is some kind of federation of the social features, so I can port my stars over, see what others are working on, etc.
I remember there's at least one serious effort for forge federation. But don't know what it's called or how to search for it.
Edit: here's one: https://forgefed.org/
Re: GitHub has alternatives, but no replacement
#19If your a small company developing something closed source is there any reason to use GitHub over just setting up a git infrastructure on your private server?
Convenience.
Re: GitHub has alternatives, but no replacement
#20How’s about radicle.dev ? Apparently like GitHub, but decentralized like Git.