Comparison of source-code-hosting facilities

A source-code-hosting facility (also known as forge software) is a file archive and web hosting facility for source code of software, documentation, web pages, and other works, accessible either publicly or privately. They are often used by open-source software projects and other multi-developer projects to maintain revision and version history, or version control. Many repositories provide a bug tracking system, and offer release management, mailing lists, and wiki-based project documentation. Software authors generally retain their copyright when software is posted to a code hosting facilities.

General information Name Developer Initial release Free server? Free client? Associated collaborative development environment Notes Assembla Assembla, Inc. 2005 Azure DevOps Server Microsoft 2012 Azure DevOps Services Microsoft Visual StudioMost features are free for open source projects or teams of 5 members or less Bitbucket Atlassian 2008 Atlassian BitBucket Server, JIRA and Confluence Denies service to Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, Crimea, Donetsk, and Luhansk}} CloudForge CollabNet 2012 Codeberg Codeberg e.V. 2019 Codeberg e.V. is a non-profit which operates a public Forgejo-based software forge and bug tracker, and related services such as Codeberg Pages, a Weblate translation server, and CI/CD features via Woodpecker CI. Gitea CommitGo, Inc. 2016-12 Gitea is an open-source software tool funded on Open Collective that is designed for self-hosting, but also provides a free first-party instance. Gitee OSChina (CN) 2013 Gitee is a proprietary online forge. GForge The GForge Group, Inc. 2006 Cloud version – free up to 5 users. On-premises version – free up to 5 users. GForge is free for open source projects. GitHub GitHub, Inc. (A subsidiary of Microsoft Corporation) 2008-04 Denies service to Crimea, North Korea, Sudan, Syria List of government takedown requests GitLab GitLab Inc. 2011-09 Denies service to Crimea, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, Syria GNU Savannah Free Software Foundation 2001-01 For use by projects with GPL compatible licenses, subject to staff approval. Code access review.Hosting requirements [Savannah]. Savannah.gnu.org. Retrieved 2015-04-01. Helix TeamHub Perforce Software 1995 Cloud version – free up to 5 users. On-premises version requires a license. Free cloud version has no limits on projects within 5gb storage limit. On-premises version has DevOps pipeline technology and free replicas. Launchpad Canonical 2004 Supports Bazaar and Git for version-controlled repository hosting. OSDN OSDN K.K. 2002–04 For open-source projects only. Ad-supported. Defunct as of April 9, 2025. Ourproject.org Comunes Collective 2002 For free software, free culture and free content projects. OW2 OW2 2008 GitLab Oriented on middleware technology. Phabricator Phacility, Inc. 2010 End of life. SEUL 1997-05 SourceForge Slashdot Media 1999-11 For use by open-source projects. Ad-supported.Subject to American export restrictions, so denies service to Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, and Syria. Name Manager Established Server side: all free software Client side: all-free JS code Developed or used CDE Notes

Features

Name Code review scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" Shell server Mailing list scope="col" Personal repository Private repository Announce Build system Team Release binaries Self-hosting Assembla Azure DevOps Server Bitbucket – Using Mercurial Queues And Bitbucket.org Publishing a Website on Bitbucket – Bitbucket – Atlassian Documentation . Confluence.atlassian.com. Retrieved 2013-09-21. Bitbucket Pipelines Issue #11404 – Bitbucket equivalent of GitHub Releases? (BB-13572) Buddy CloudForge Codeberg GForge Gitea GitHub no file attachments, but images can be embedded GitHub Issue Tracker – GitHub GitLab GNU Savannah Helix TeamHub Yes, with hooks. Jenkins, TeamCity, etc. Kallithea Launchpad OSDN Ourproject.org Phabricator RhodeCode SourceForge Name Code review scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" Shell server Mailing list scope="col" Personal repository Private repository Announce Build system Team Release binaries Self-hosting

Version control systems Name CVS Git Hg SVN BZR TFVC Perforce Fossil Assembla Azure DevOps Server Bitbucket Buddy Codeberg GForge Gitea GitHub Collaborating on GitHub with Subversion. Github.com (26 June 2012). Retrieved 2015-04-01. GitLab GNU Savannah Kallithea Launchpad Ourproject.org OW2 Perforce TeamHub Phabricator RhodeCode SEUL.org SourceForge SourceForge docs for bazaar, Bazaar is no longer available for new projects, they only offer limited support for Bazaar for projects previously using it on the Classic SourceForge system (1 July 2013). Feature Request: Fossil Repositories Name CVS Git Hg SVN BZR TFVC Perforce Fossil

Popularity Name Users Projects Assembla + Bitbucket Buddy CloudForge Codeberg Gitea GitHub GitLab GNU Savannah Launchpad People and teams in Launchpad. launchpad.net. Retrieved 2017-10-18. Projects registered in Launchpad. launchpad.net. Retrieved 2017-10-18 OSDN Ourproject.org OW2 SEUL SourceForge Name Users Projects

Discontinued: CodePlex, Gna!, Google Code.

Specialized hosting facilities The following are open-source software hosting facilities that only serve a specific narrowly focused community or technology.

Name Ad-free CVS Git SVN Arch Notes Drupal Only for Drupal related projects. freedesktop.org Only for interoperability and shared base technology for free software desktop environments on Linux and other Unix-like operating systems, including the X Window System (X11) and cairo (graphics). mozdev.org Only for Mozilla-related projects. Defunct as of July 2020. Name Ad-free CVS Git SVN Arch Notes

Former hosting facilities

Alioth (Debian) – In 2018, Alioth has been replaced by a GitLab based solution hosted on salsa.debian.org. Alioth has been finally switched off in June 2018. BerliOS – abandoned in April 2014 Betavine – abandoned somewhere in 2015. CodeHaus – shut down in May 2015 CodePlex – shut down in December 2017. Fedora Hosted – closed in March 2017 Gitorious – shut down in June 2015. Gna! – shut down in 2017. Google Code – closed in January 2016, all projects archived. See http://code.google.com/archive/. java.net – Java.net and kenai.com hosting closed April 2017. OSDN - shut down in April 2025. Phabricator – wound down operations 1 June 2021, all projects continued to be hosted with very limited support after 31 August 2021. Tigris.org – shut down in July 2020. Mozdev.org - shut down in July 2020.

Comparison of source-code-hosting facilities

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