Comparison of source-code-hosting facilities

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A source-code-hosting facility (also known as forge) 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.

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General information

NameDeveloperInitial release Free server? Free client?Associated collaborative development environment Notes
Assembla Assembla, Inc.2005NoUn­knownUn­known
Azure DevOps Services Microsoft 2012 [1] NoNoAzure DevOps Services

Microsoft Visual Studio

Most features are free for open source projects or teams of 5 members or less [2]
Bitbucket Atlassian 2008NoNoAtlassian BitBucket Server, JIRA and Confluence Denies service to Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, Syria [3]
CloudForge CollabNet 2012NoUn­knownUn­known
Codeberg Codeberg e.V. [4] 2019 [5] YesYes 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] YesYes 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.
GForge The GForge Group, Inc. [8] 2006PartialYesCloud 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)2008-04NoYesUn­knownDenies 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 2001-01YesYes Savane For use by projects with GPL compatible licenses, subject to staff approval.

Code access review. [14]

Helix TeamHub Perforce Software 1995NoNoCloud 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 2004YesNoLaunchpadSupports Bazaar and Git for version-controlled repository hosting. [15] [16]
OSDN OSDN K.K.2002–04Un­knownYesUn­knownFor open-source projects only. [17] Ad-supported.
Ourproject.org Comunes Collective 2002YesYes FusionForge For free software, free culture and free content projects.
OW2 OW22008NoNo GitLab Oriented on middleware technology.
Phabricator Phacility, Inc.2010YesYes Phabricator End of life. [18]
SEUL Un­known1997-05Un­knownNoUn­known
SourceForge Slashdot Media 1999-11Yes [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, Syria. [22]
NameManagerEstablishedServer side: all free softwareClient side: all-free JS codeDeveloped or used CDENotes

Features

NameCode reviewBug trackingWeb hostingWikiTranslation systemShell serverMailing listForumPersonal repositoryPrivate repositoryAnnounceBuild systemTeamRelease binariesSelf-hosting
Assembla Yes [23] YesYesYesYesNoNoNoYesYes [24] YesYesYesUn­knownNo
Azure DevOps Services YesYesYesYesNoNoYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesCommercially (Azure DevOps Server)
Bitbucket Yes [25] Yes [a] Yes [26] YesNoNoNoNoYesYes [b] NoYes [27] YesNo [28] Commercially (Bitbucket Server formerly Stash) [c]
Buddy YesYesNoNoNoNoYesYesYesYesYesYes [d] YesYesYes
CloudForge Un­knownYesYesYesNoNoNoNoUn­knownUn­knownUn­knownUn­knownUn­knownUn­knownNo
Codeberg YesYesYesYesYesNoNoNoYesYes [e] [29] Un­knownYes [30] YesYesYes (Forgejo)
GForge YesYesYesYesYesNoYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
Gitea YesYesNoYesNoNoNoNoYesYesUn­knownYes [31] YesYesYes
GitHub Yes [32] Yes [33] [f] Yes [34] YesNoNoNoNoYesYesYesYes [35] YesYesCommercially (GitHub Enterprise)
GitLab Yes [36] YesYes [37] YesNoNoNoNoYesYesYesYes [38] YesYes [39] Yes [g]
GNU Savannah Yes [40] YesYesNoNoYesYesNo [41] NoNoYesNoYesUn­knownYes
Helix TeamHub Yes [42] YesNoYesNoNoYesYesYesYesNoYes, with hooks. Jenkins, TeamCity, etc.NoYesYes
Kallithea YesNoYesNoNoUn­knownNoNoYesYesNoNoYesYesYes
Launchpad YesYesNoNoYesNoYesNoYesYes [h] YesYes [i] YesUn­knownYes
OSDN YesYesYesYesNoYesYesYesYesNoYesNoYesYesNo
Ourproject.org Un­knownYesYesYesNoUn­knownYesYesUn­knownUn­knownUn­knownUn­knownUn­knownUn­knownYes
Phabricator YesYesYesYesUn­knownYesUn­knownYesUn­knownUn­knownUn­knownUn­knownUn­knownUn­knownYes
RhodeCode YesNoYesNoNoUn­knownNoNoYesYesYesNoYesYesYes
SourceForge YesYesYesYesNoYesYesYesYesYes [j] YesNoYesYesYes
NameCode reviewBug trackingWeb hostingWikiTranslation systemShell serverMailing listForumPersonal repositoryPrivate repositoryAnnounceBuild systemTeamRelease binariesSelf-hosting

Version control systems

Name CVS Git Hg SVN BZR TFVC Arch Perforce Fossil
Assembla NoYesNoYesNoNoNoYesNo
Azure DevOps Services NoYesNoNoNoYesNoNoNo
Bitbucket NoYesUntil Feb 2020 [c] NoNoNoNoNoNo
Buddy NoYesNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
CloudForge NoYesNoYesNoNoNoNoNo
Codeberg NoYesNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
GForge YesYesNoYesNoNoNoNoNo
Gitea NoYesNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
GitHub NoYesNoPartial, until Jan 2024 [43] [44] NoNoNoNoNo
GitLab NoYesNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
GNU Savannah YesYesYesYesYes [45] NoYesNoNo
Kallithea NoYesYesNoNoNoNoNoNo
Launchpad Import onlyYes [16] [46] Import only [47] Import onlyYesNoNoNoUn­known
OSDN YesYesYesYesYesNoNoUn­knownUn­known
Ourproject.org YesNoNoYesNoNoNoUn­knownUn­known
OW2 Dropped [48] YesNoDropped [48] NoNoNoNoNo
Helix TeamHub NoYesYesYesNoNoNoYesNo
Phabricator NoYesYesYesNoNoNoNoNo
RhodeCode NoYesYesYesNoNoNoNoNo
SEUL.org YesNoNoYesNoNoNoUn­knownUn­known
SourceForge Dropped [49] YesYesYesDropped [50] NoNoUn­knownNo [51]
Name CVS Git Hg SVN BZR TFVC Arch Perforce Fossil

Popularity

NameUsersProjects
Assembla Un­known526,581+ [52]
Bitbucket 5,000,000 [53] Un­known
Buddy Un­knownUn­known
CloudForge Un­knownUn­known
Codeberg 110,000 [54] 138,000 [54]
Gitea Un­knownUn­known
GitHub 94,000,000 [55] 330,000,000 [55]
GitLab 31,190,000 [56] 546,000 [57] [k]
GNU Savannah 93,346 [58] 3,848 [58]
Launchpad 3,965,288 [59] 40,881 [60]
OSDN 54,826 [61] 6,294 [61]
Ourproject.org 6,353 [62] 1,846 [62]
OW2 Un­knownUn­known
SEUL Un­knownUn­known
SourceForge 3,700,000 [63] 500,000 [63]
NameUsersProjects

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.

NameAd-free CVS Git SVN Arch Notes
Drupal YesNoYesNoNoOnly for Drupal related projects.
freedesktop.org YesNoYesNoNoOnly 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 YesYesUn­knownNoNoOnly for Mozilla-related projects. Defunct as of July 2020.
NameAd-free CVS Git SVN Arch Notes

Former hosting facilities

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Anyone can submit Bug Reports without logging in.
  2. ↑ Limited to 5 users on free plan (see Pricing – bitbucket.org)
  3. 1 2 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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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mercurial</span> Distributed revision-control tool for software developers

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">GitHub</span> Hosting service for software projects

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">OSDN</span> Web-hosted software development forge service including source code repository management

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gitorious</span>

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Travis CI</span> Service to build and test software projects

Travis CI is a hosted continuous integration service used to build and test software projects hosted on GitHub, Bitbucket, GitLab, Perforce, Apache Subversion and Assembla.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">AppVeyor</span>

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gitea</span> Free forge based on Git written in Go

Gitea is a forge software package for hosting software development version control using Git as well as other collaborative features like bug tracking, code review, continuous integration, kanban boards, tickets, and wikis. It supports self-hosting but also provides a free public first-party instance. It is a fork of Gogs and is written in Go. Gitea can be hosted on all platforms supported by Go including Linux, macOS, and Windows. The project is funded on Open Collective.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Magit</span> Emacs interface for the Git version control system

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