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The best Code Hosting & Git Forges

Every option ranked — open-source, self-hostable, and commercial — by our transparent Sovereignty Score, with honest trade-offs so you choose what fits you, not us.

Platforms for hosting Git repositories with pull/merge requests, code review, issue tracking, and CI/CD. Self-hostable git forges let teams keep source code, history, and developer workflows on infrastructure they control.

L5Applications — layer 5 of the AI stack

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Alternatives to GitHub

4 vetted options · top pick Forgejo

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