Ask HN: Alternatives to GitHub
- ID
- 14941
- Status
- summarized
- Published
- 17 Aug 2026, 9:59 PM
- Fetched
- 19 Aug 2026, 4:28 PM
- Provider
- Hacker News
- Category
- dev-community
- Original URL
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49331033
- Source URL
- https://hnrss.org/best
Summary
- Score
- 6.0
- Created
- 19 Aug 2026, 4:30 PM
- Tags
- Audience
- developersvibe_coderssaas_founders
What happened
A Hacker News thread sparked by GitHub's recent reliability issues surveys practical alternatives, with commentaries recommending Forgejo, Gitea, GitLab, CodeBerg, and bare-bones setups like gitolite + CGit depending on whether you need CI, issue tracking, or just repo hosting. CodeBerg is flagged as explicitly hostile to LLM-related content, which may matter for AI-focused teams.
Why it matters
If your team relies on GitHub Actions or repo availability for production deploys, evaluate Forgejo or Gitea as self-hostable fallbacks that include CI and issue tracking. Avoid CodeBerg if your project involves LLM tooling, as their policy explicitly treats AI-related activity as hostile.
Discussion angle
What's the minimum viable git setup for a small Malaysian startup that doesn't want to be fully dependent on GitHub's uptime—gitolite on a RM50/mo VPS vs. managed GitLab vs. just keeping GitHub and adding a mirror?