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This is a developer tool designed to eliminate Git submodules and replace them with an alternative approach. It launched in June 2022 and targets GitHub users who want to move away from submodule management. The tool… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Get rid of Git submodules and never look back (now for GitHub users) launched in 2022; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    GitHub takes on Trello with new project management tools

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    simple terminal UI for git commands. Contribute to jesseduffield/lazygit development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    The Unified and Autonomous Development Platform. Contribute to theonedev/onedev development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Quickly browse the history of a file from GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket or any git repository

    2019 · githistory.xyz · its alternatives →

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    2012 · pixelapse.com · its alternatives →

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    Hey folks! I've been working on something on & (mostly) off for a little over a year, and picked it back up recently because of yet another related frustration at work. I've spent a lot of time ripping out git submodules from repos my teams use, but I've spent an equally large amount of time wondering why there doesn't seem to be a better option for managing arbitrary dependencies across repos in the Year of Our Lord 2024. So, I put together a really early version of such an arbitrary-dependency manager. It's called vdm, and you can find it in the linked URL above & below. I'm sharing mostly…

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    The best developer tools, free for students.

    2014 · education.github.com · its alternatives →

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    Your GitHub journey with a personalized year in code

    Dec 2025 · githubwrapped.xyz · its alternatives →

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    I’ve been in the MLOps space for ~10 years, and data is still the hardest unsolved open problem. Code is versioned using Git, data is stored somewhere else, and context often lives in a 3rd location like Slack or GDocs. This is why we built XetHub, a platform that enables teams to treat data like code, using Git. Unlike Git LFS, we don’t just store the files. We use content-defined chunking and Merkle Trees to dedupe against everything in history. This allows small changes in large files to be stored compactly. Read more here:…

    2022 · xethub.com · its alternatives →

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    🔥 🔥 🔥 The Open Source Retool Alternative. Contribute to openblocks-dev/openblocks development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    GitHired▲360

    Hey HN - today I’m launching GitHired. A hiring platform that ranks developers based on what they actually build — not what they claim on a PDF. It’s called GitHired, and here’s the core idea: GitHub > Resumes Instead of trusting “proficient in React” bullet points, we analyze a candidate’s actual GitHub: their real tech stack their most complex projects how active they are what kinds of contributions they make which skills match your job description and yes, we detect fake “green square farming.” Why we built this Because engineering hiring is broken. Resumes are inflated. Activity charts…

    Dec 2025 · githired.tech · its alternatives →

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    GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

    2018 · gist.github.com · its alternatives →

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    On a recent screen share with our designer at my FT job, I watched as our designer struggled with checking out a repository. It was painful because existing Git clients are confusing and nearly user hostile. Us software engineers are used to Git and terrible UX, but it shouldn't have to be that way. So, I wanted to make something better. Been working on this one for a while now, and while it's still very early stages, it's stable enough that I feel comfortable sharing it with the world :) I wanted a few things to be really easy and clear: - Merging between branches is explained before you do…

    2015 · satishmaha.com · its alternatives →

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    Track GitHub trending repositories in your favorite programming language by native GitHub notifications! - vitalets/github-trending-repos

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    GitRabbit▲143

    Boost consistency on GitHub with GitRabbits insights

    2024 · its alternatives →

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    Turn hours of code reading into minutes of understanding

    2025 · explaingithub.com · its alternatives →

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    2016 · veniversum.github.io · its alternatives →

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    Link files across repositories

    2019 · gitlab.com · its alternatives →

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    Manage many git repos with sanity 从容管理多个git库. Contribute to nosarthur/gita development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Cleanup your GitHub by deleting old repositories.

    2020 · its alternatives →

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    Decentralized Issue Tracking for git. Contribute to git-dit/git-dit development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    A self-hostable clone of GitHub Gist

    2022 · drift.maxleiter.com · its alternatives →

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