Ask HN: Why are people leaving GitHub now?

#1

Post by l1am0 » Thu, Apr 30, 2026, 6:56 AM UTC

What did I miss, why do I see so much posts about people leaving GitHub NOW?

Re: Ask HN: Why are people leaving GitHub now?

#2

Post by stop50 » Thu, Apr 30, 2026, 7:01 AM UTC

- MS forcing AI

- the uptime is dropping

Re: Ask HN: Why are people leaving GitHub now?

#3

Post by Neteam » Thu, Apr 30, 2026, 7:01 AM UTC

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#4

Post by madhavdutt » Thu, Apr 30, 2026, 7:02 AM UTC

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#5

Post by sgt » Thu, Apr 30, 2026, 7:06 AM UTC

Interestingly, if you're in a EU timezone or near it, Github is normally pretty good. It's mostly affecting the Americans.

Re: Ask HN: Why are people leaving GitHub now?

#6

Post by fragmede » Thu, Apr 30, 2026, 7:07 AM UTC

Their uptime sucks enough that it's a real problem and not just an annoyance.

Re: Ask HN: Why are people leaving GitHub now?

#7

Post by madhavdutta » Thu, Apr 30, 2026, 7:08 AM UTC

Three things, Reliability is gone. Hashimoto (Ghostty) just left two days ago, Copilot is being forced and downtime. I left last week and moved to a selfhosted git.

Re: Ask HN: Why are people leaving GitHub now?

#8

Post by l1am0 » Thu, Apr 30, 2026, 11:19 AM UTC

sgt wrote: post #5

Interestingly, if you're in a EU timezone or near it, Github is normally pretty good. It's mostly affecting the Americans.

Ah I see. Yeah did not experience issues here in the EU.

Re: Ask HN: Why are people leaving GitHub now?

#9

Post by mavdol04 » Thu, Apr 30, 2026, 11:43 AM UTC

sgt wrote: post #5

Interestingly, if you're in a EU timezone or near it, Github is normally pretty good. It's mostly affecting the Americans.

I am in the EU timezone and had some minor issues recently with GitHub as well, but it never lasts very long.