GitHub
Code hosting owned by Microsoft, free for much and the default centre of open source gravity.
4 self-hosted replacements in this index, ranked by GitHub stars in the dataset.
Replacements
Gitea
Git with a cup of tea! Painless all-in-one software development service, including Git hosting, code review, team collaboration, package registry and CI/CD.
58,812 stars Active
1 Nov 2026 v28.3.0
Gogs
Painless Git Service written in Go.
47,911 stars Active
31 Oct 2026 latest-commit-build
GitLab
Git repository management, code reviews, issue tracking, activity feeds and wikis.
7,175 stars Active
2 Nov 2026 v18.11.0
Forgejo
Lightweight software forge focused on scaling, federation, and privacy (fork of Gitea).
No repository figures recorded
Popular comparisons
The most-starred pairings among these replacements, ranked by combined GitHub stars in the dataset.