See also: Collaborative development environment and Comparison of version-control software

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

NameDeveloperInitial releaseFree server?Free client?Associated collaborative development environmentNotes
AssemblaAssembla, Inc.2005
Azure DevOps ServerMicrosoft2012[1]Azure DevOps Services Microsoft Visual StudioMost features are free for open source projects or teams of 5 members or less[2]
BitbucketAtlassian2008Atlassian BitBucket Server, JIRA and ConfluenceDenies service to Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, Syria[3]
CloudForgeCollabNet2012
CodebergCodeberg e.V.[4]2019[5]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.
GiteaCommitGo, Inc.[6]2016-12[7]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.
GiteeOSChina (CN)2013Gitee is a proprietary online forge.
GForgeThe GForge Group, Inc.[8]2006Cloud version – free up to 5 users. On-premises version – free up to 5 users.GForge is free for open source projects.
GitHubGitHub, Inc. (A subsidiary of Microsoft Corporation)2008-04Denies service to Crimea, North Korea, Sudan, Syria[9] List of government takedown requests
GitLabGitLab Inc.2011-09[10][11][12]Denies service to Crimea, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, Syria[13]
GNU SavannahFree Software Foundation2001-01For use by projects with GPL compatible licenses, subject to staff approval. Code access review.[14]
Helix TeamHubPerforce Software1995Cloud 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.
LaunchpadCanonical2004Supports Bazaar and Git for version-controlled repository hosting.[15][16]
OSDNOSDN K.K.2002–04For open-source projects only.[17] Ad-supported. Defunct as of April 9, 2025.
Ourproject.orgComunes Collective2002For free software, free culture and free content projects.
OW2OW22008GitLabOriented on middleware technology.
PhabricatorPhacility, Inc.2010End of life.[18]
SEUL1997-05
SourceForgeSlashdot Media1999-11[19][20]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]
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[23][24]
Azure DevOps Server
Bitbucket[25][a][26][b][27][28]
Buddy[c]
CloudForge
Codeberg[d][29][30]
GForge
Gitea[31]
GitHub[32][33][e][34][35]
GitLab[36][37][38][39]
GNU Savannah[40][41]
Helix TeamHub[42]Yes, with hooks. Jenkins, TeamCity, etc.
Kallithea
Launchpad[f][g]
OSDN
Ourproject.org
Phabricator
RhodeCode
SourceForge[h]
NameCode reviewBug trackingWeb hostingWikiTranslation systemShell serverMailing listForumPersonal repositoryPrivate repositoryAnnounceBuild systemTeamRelease binariesSelf-hosting

Version control systems

NameCVSGitHgSVNBZRTFVCPerforceFossil
Assembla
Azure DevOps Server
Bitbucket
Buddy
Codeberg
GForge
Gitea
GitHub[43][44]
GitLab
GNU Savannah[45]
Kallithea
Launchpad[16][46][47]
Ourproject.org
OW2[48][48]
Perforce TeamHub
Phabricator
RhodeCode
SEUL.org
SourceForge[49][50][51]
NameCVSGitHgSVNBZRTFVCPerforceFossil

Popularity

NameUsersProjects
Assembla+[52]
Bitbucket[53]
Buddy
CloudForge
Codeberg[54][54]
Gitea
GitHub[55][55]
GitLab[56][57][i]
GNU Savannah[58][58]
Launchpad[59][60]
OSDN[61][61]
Ourproject.org[62][62]
OW2
SEUL
SourceForge[63][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-freeCVSGitSVNArchNotes
DrupalOnly for Drupal related projects.
freedesktop.orgOnly 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.orgOnly for Mozilla-related projects. Defunct as of July 2020.
NameAd-freeCVSGitSVNArchNotes

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

Notes

  1. ^ Anyone can submit Bug Reports without logging in.
  2. ^ Limited to 5 users on free plan (see Pricing – bitbucket.org)
  3. ^ Builds are run in Docker containers
  4. ^ Codeberg is only for public open-source code, private repositories exist but are not officially permitted except as needed to support FLOSS projects
  5. ^ Requires one to log in to report a Bug.
  6. ^ Currently only available for security vulnerability updates
  7. ^ Ubuntu
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ GitLab is not fundamentally organized by projects, so the count is somewhat difficult.

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  51. ^ Feature Request: Fossil Repositories
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