GitHub alternatives

5 open source tools you can use instead of GitHub

The most-starred open source alternative to GitHub is Gitea. Other notable options: Gogs, GitLab, OneDev, Phabricator. All of them are free to download and most can run on your own server.

Gitea58.9k

go-gitea/gitea

Lightweight self-hosted Git service with code hosting, review and issue tracking in one package.

Alternative to: GitHub, GitLab

LicenseOpen sourceMIT

CategoryDeveloper ToolsSelf-hosted

LanguageGo

Last updatetoday

PlatformsLinuxWebDocker

Gogs47.9k

gogs/gogs

Lightweight Git service written in Go that you can easily host on your own server.

Alternative to: GitHub

LicenseOpen sourceMIT

CategoryDeveloper ToolsSelf-hosted

LanguageGo

Last update2 days ago

PlatformsWebDocker

GitLab24.5k

gitlabhq/gitlabhq

DevOps platform combining code hosting, CI/CD and project management.

Alternative to: GitHub, Bitbucket

LicenseOpen source

CategoryDeveloper ToolsSelf-hosted

LanguageRuby

Last update13 days ago

PlatformsWebDocker

OneDev15.3k

theonedev/onedev

Self-hosted DevOps platform with git hosting, CI/CD and issue tracking.

Alternative to: GitHub, GitLab

LicenseOpen sourceMIT

CategoryDeveloper ToolsSelf-hosted

LanguageJava

Last updatetoday

PlatformsWebDocker

Phabricator12.3k

phacility/phabricator

Code review and project management platform, no longer actively maintained

Alternative to: GitHub

LicenseOpen sourceApache-2.0

CategoryDeveloper ToolsSelf-hosted

LanguagePHP

Last update4 days ago

PlatformsWebDocker