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Originally founded as a project to simplify sharing code, GitHub has grown into an application used by over a million people to store over two million code repositories, making GitHub the largest code host in the world.

Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to GitHub

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VS Code Git CodeSandbox GitHub Actions Phabricator GitHub Desktop Gogs Docker Hub Trac

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to GitHub are VS Code, Git, and CodeSandbox. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.
  1. Build and debug modern web and cloud applications, by Microsoft
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Software Development #IDE #Text Editors 1218 social mentions

  2. 2

    Git

    Git is a free and open source version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency. It is easy to learn and lightweight with lighting fast performance that outclasses competitors.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Software Development #Git #Code Collaboration 321 social mentions

  3. Online playground for React
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Software Development #Text Editors #Programming 313 social mentions

  4. Automate your workflow from idea to production
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #DevOps Tools #Code Collaboration #Continuous Integration 331 social mentions

  5. Phacility - Phabricator
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Software Development #Project Management #Git 3 social mentions

  6. GitHub Desktop is a seamless way to contribute to projects on GitHub and GitHub Enterprise.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Git #Code Collaboration #Git Tools 136 social mentions

  7. Free ebook for the JS Beginners
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Software Development #Text Editors #Developer Tools 218 social mentions

  8. 8
    A painless self-hosted Git service written in Go
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Software Development #Git #Code Collaboration 30 social mentions

  9. Docker Hub is a cloud-based registry service
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Software Development #Git #Code Collaboration 370 social mentions

  10. 10
    Trac is a project management and bug/issue tracking system. Provides an interface to Subversion and an integrated wiki.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Software Development #WiKis #Project Management 16 social mentions

  11. 11
    The simplest CI/CD tool ever made, acclaimed by top developers worldwide. It uses delivery pipelines to build, test and deploy software. Pipelines are created with over 100 ready-to-use actions, that can be arranged in any way.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    • Freemium
    • Free Trial
    • $75 / Monthly

    #Software Development #DevOps Tools #Continuous Deployment 10 social mentions

  12. RubyGems. org is the Ruby community's gem hosting service. Instantly publish your gems and then install them. Use the API find out more about available gems. Become a contributor and improve the site yourself.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Software Development #Code Collaboration #Front End Package Manager 105 social mentions

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  1. User avatar
    ravi-tg
    · about 2 months ago
    · Reply

    Its the best in terms of repository management but build minutes are very expensive for private repositories.

  2. Antonio Estepa - NexiaTools Founder avatar
    Antonio Estepa - NexiaTools Founder
    · about 2 months ago
    · Reply

    💻 GitHub is the undisputed home of software development. The collaborative workflow—from branching and pull requests to inline code reviews—is completely seamless. It’s not just a place to host repositories; it’s where teams actually build, debate, and ship code together. If you are doing any kind of collaborative coding, GitHub remains the absolute gold standard. 🌍✨.

  3. User avatar
    HarryR
    · about 2 months ago
    · Reply

    GitHub is more than a code repository ,it's one of the best places to collaborate, contribute to open-source projects, showcase your work, and learn from developers around the world.

  4. User avatar
    Shokai
    · about 2 months ago
    · Reply

    Basic in all developments.

  5. User avatar
    Michael_Moore
    · almost 3 years ago
    · Reply

    Exceptional platform for developers and collaborators.

  6. User avatar
    Dream100-AI
    · almost 3 years ago
    · Reply

    Best place for collabaroting for developers

  7. User avatar
    Pst-net
    · over 3 years ago
    · Reply

    I think there is no comments needed