GitHub is the largest hosted Git platform, now owned by Microsoft, bundling code review, issues and CI. Teams self-host a forge to keep proprietary source on their own network, avoid seat pricing for large organisations, and remove their dependency on one company's uptime and policies.
9 open-source alternatives to GitHub you can host yourself, ranked by GitHub stars and updated daily.
| # | App | Category | Stars | Language | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
go-gitea/gitea
|
Project Management | 59,033 | Go | today |
| 2 |
gogs/gogs
|
Project Management | 47,929 | Go | today |
| 3 |
harness/harness
|
Git Hosting & Code Review CI/CD |
38,895 | Go | today |
| 4 |
theonedev/onedev
|
Project Management | 15,355 | Java | 1d |
| 5 |
gitbucket/gitbucket
|
Project Management | 9,421 | Scala | 5d |
| 6 |
gitblit-org/gitblit
|
Git Hosting & Code Review | 2,362 | Java | 1y |
| 7 |
reviewboard/reviewboard
|
Project Management | 1,732 | Python | today |
| 8 |
jonashaag/klaus
|
Git Hosting & Code Review | 707 | Python | today |
| 9 |
scm-manager/scm-manager
|
Project Management | 186 | Java | 1d |