Comparison of source-code-hosting facilities

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". Template:DMCA 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 No Unknown Unknown
Azure DevOps Server Microsoft 2012[1] No No Azure DevOps Services

Microsoft Visual Studio

Most features are free for open source projects or teams of 5 members or less[2]
Bitbucket Atlassian 2008 No No Atlassian BitBucket Server, JIRA and Confluence Denies service to Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, Syria[3]
CloudForge CollabNet 2012 No Unknown Unknown
Codeberg Codeberg e.V.[4] 2019[5] Yes Yes Forgejo 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.[6] 2016-12[7] Yes Yes Gitea 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.[8] 2006 Partial Yes 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 No Yes Unknown Denies service to Crimea, North Korea, Sudan, Syria[9]

List of government takedown requests

GitLab GitLab Inc. 2011-09[10] Partial[11] Yes[12] GitLab FOSS – free software
GitLab Enterprise Edition (EE) – proprietary 		Denies service to Crimea, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, Syria[13]
GNU Savannah Free Software Foundation 2001-01 Yes Yes Savane For use by projects with GPL compatible licenses, subject to staff approval.

Code access review.[14]

Helix TeamHub Perforce Software 1995 No No 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 Yes No Launchpad Supports Bazaar and Git for version-controlled repository hosting.[15][16]
OSDN OSDN K.K. 2002–04 Unknown Yes Unknown For open-source projects only.[17] Ad-supported. Defunct as of April 9, 2025.
Ourproject.org Comunes Collective 2002 Yes Yes FusionForge For free software, free culture and free content projects.
OW2 OW2 2008 No No GitLab Oriented on middleware technology.
Phabricator Phacility, Inc. 2010 Yes Yes Phabricator End of life.[18]
SEUL Unknown 1997-05 Unknown No Unknown
SourceForge Slashdot Media 1999-11 Yes[19][20] Yes Apache Allura For use by open-source projects.[21] Ad-supported.
Subject to American export restrictions, so denies service to Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, and Syria.[22]
Name Manager Established Server side: all free software Client side: all-free JS code Developed or used CDE Notes

Features

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Name Code review Bug tracking Web hosting Wiki Translation system Shell server Mailing list Forum Personal repository Private repository Announce Build system Team Release binaries Self-hosting
Assembla Yes[23] Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes[24] Yes Yes Yes Unknown No
Azure DevOps Server Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Commercially (Azure DevOps Server)
Bitbucket Yes[25] Yes[a] Yes[26] Yes No No No No Yes Yes[b] No Yes[27] Yes No[28] Commercially (Bitbucket Server formerly Stash)[c]
Buddy Yes Yes No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes[d] Yes Yes Yes
CloudForge Unknown Yes Yes Yes No No No No Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown No
Codeberg Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes[e][29] Unknown Yes[30] Yes Yes Yes (Forgejo)
GForge Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Gitea Yes Yes No Yes No No No No Yes Yes Unknown Yes[31] Yes Yes Yes
GitHub Yes[32] Yes[33][f] Yes[34] Yes No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes[35] Yes Yes Commercially (GitHub Enterprise)
GitLab Yes[36] Yes Yes[37] Yes No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes[38] Yes Yes[39] Yes[g]
GNU Savannah Yes[40] Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No[41] No No Yes No Yes Unknown Yes
Helix TeamHub Yes[42] Yes No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes, with hooks. Jenkins, TeamCity, etc. No Yes Yes
Kallithea Yes No Yes No No Unknown No No Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes
Launchpad Yes Yes No No Yes No Yes No Yes Yes[h] Yes Yes[i] Yes Unknown Yes
OSDN Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes No
Ourproject.org Unknown Yes Yes Yes No Unknown Yes Yes Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Yes
Phabricator Yes Yes Yes Yes Unknown Yes Unknown Yes Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Yes
RhodeCode Yes No Yes No No Unknown No No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes
SourceForge Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes[j] Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Name Code review Bug tracking Web hosting Wiki Translation system Shell server Mailing list Forum 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 No Yes No Yes No No Yes No
Azure DevOps Server No Yes No No No Yes No No
Bitbucket No Yes Until Feb 2020[c] No No No No No
Buddy No Yes No No No No No No
Codeberg No Yes No No No No No No
GForge Yes Yes No Yes No No No No
Gitea No Yes No No No No No No
GitHub No Yes No Partial, until Jan 2024[43][44] No No No No
GitLab No Yes No No No No No No
GNU Savannah Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes[45] No No No
Kallithea No Yes Yes No No No No No
Launchpad Import only Yes[16][46] Import only[47] Import only Yes No No Unknown
Ourproject.org Yes No No Yes No No Unknown Unknown
OW2 Dropped[48] Yes No Dropped[48] No No No No
Perforce TeamHub No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No
Phabricator No Yes Yes Yes No No No No
RhodeCode No Yes Yes Yes No No No No
SEUL.org Yes No No Yes No No Unknown Unknown
SourceForge Dropped[49] Yes Yes Yes Dropped[50] No Unknown No[51]
Name CVS Git Hg SVN BZR TFVC Perforce Fossil

Popularity

Name Users Projects
Assembla Unknown Script error: No such module "Number table sorting".+[52]
Bitbucket Script error: No such module "Number table sorting".[53] Unknown
Buddy Unknown Unknown
CloudForge Unknown Unknown
Codeberg Script error: No such module "Number table sorting".[54] Script error: No such module "Number table sorting".[54]
Gitea Unknown Unknown
GitHub Script error: No such module "Number table sorting".[55] Script error: No such module "Number table sorting".[55]
GitLab Script error: No such module "Number table sorting".[56] Script error: No such module "Number table sorting".[57][k]
GNU Savannah Script error: No such module "Number table sorting".[58] Script error: No such module "Number table sorting".[58]
Launchpad Script error: No such module "Number table sorting".[59] Script error: No such module "Number table sorting".[60]
OSDN Script error: No such module "Number table sorting".[61] Script error: No such module "Number table sorting".[61]
Ourproject.org Script error: No such module "Number table sorting".[62] Script error: No such module "Number table sorting".[62]
OW2 Unknown Unknown
SEUL Unknown Unknown
SourceForge Script error: No such module "Number table sorting".[63] Script error: No such module "Number table sorting".[63]
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 Yes No Yes No No Only for Drupal related projects.
freedesktop.org Yes No Yes No No 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 Yes Yes Unknown No No 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[64]
  • Betavine – abandoned somewhere in 2015.
  • CodeHaus – shut down in May 2015[65]
  • CodePlex – shut down in December 2017.
  • Fedora Hosted – closed in March 2017[66]
  • 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.[67]
  • Phabricator – wound down operations 1 June 2021, all projects continued to be hosted with very limited support after 31 August 2021.[18]
  • Tigris.org – shut down in July 2020.[68]
  • Mozdev.org - shut down in July 2020.

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Anyone can submit Bug Reports without logging in.
  2. ^ Limited to 5 users on free plan (see Pricing – bitbucket.org)
  3. ^ a b Self hosted version is known as BitBucket Server and only supports Git repositories
  4. ^ Builds are run in Docker containers
  5. ^ Codeberg is only for public open-source code, private repositories exist but are not officially permitted except as needed to support FLOSS projects
  6. ^ Requires one to log in to report a Bug.
  7. ^ Has an open source FOSS edition and commercial Enterprise Edition
  8. ^ Currently only available for security vulnerability updates
  9. ^ Ubuntu
  10. ^ Private repositories can be used to set up a project before going live. However, SourceForge requires that the project remains open source. See SourceForge Support.
  11. ^ GitLab is not fundamentally organized by projects, so the count is somewhat difficult.

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