Alternatives

Products that do what Git repositories hosted directly on Freenet does

Freenet's philosophy is "decentralize everything" and one of the things I've long wanted to apply that to is Git. The original Git concept was decentralized but for practical reasons most people use centralized hosting services like GitHub. For anyone unfamiliar, Freenet[1] is a general purpose platform for building decentralized systems. So I implemented a working prototype which already hosts the freenet-core repo, integrating as a git remote helper. It's still early so I'd greatly appreciate any feedback and will iterate quickly if there is interest. [1] https://freenet.org/

1. 1GT
   Gitorials – Tutorials as Git Repos▲147

   2017 · gitorials.com

2. 2SS
   Sorcia – Self-hosted web front end for Git repositories, written in Go▲100

   2020 · git.mysticmode.org

3. 3
   GetGit▲85

   Simple Git hosting

   2019

4. 4GA
   GitPlex – A new Git repo management server with code review▲193

   2016 · pmease.com

5. 5
   GitHuman▲91

   Decentralized alternative to GitHub and GitLab

   2019

6. 6GR
   Git-remote-dropbox – use Dropbox as a true Git server▲174

   2015 · anishathalye.com

7. 7CP
   CommitQ – Programming language-aware Git repository hosting▲93

   2013 · commitq.com

8. 8RA
   ReGit – A Tiny Git-Compatible Git Implementation▲96

   2021 · github.com

9. 9
   Github Pages▲98

   Every Github repo has a secret free website.

   2014

10. 10
    GitSync for macOS▲86

    Visual GitHub management directly from a graphical interface

    Jun 2026 · github.com

11. 11
    Deveo▲101

    Free private code hosting for Git, Mercurial, & SVN

    2016

12. 12RE
    Rebase-editor, a simple CLI app specifically for Git interactive rebase▲62

    2017 · github.com

13. 13GV
    Git version control hosting service▲25

    2015 · gitgo.io

14. 14GC
    Github competitor with free private repo▲61

    2012 · gitlab.io

15. 15FA
    Fork – a fast and friendly Git client for Mac and Windows▲49

    2018 · git-fork.com

16. 16GC
    GitPrint.com – A site to easily print Markdown files on GitHub▲68

    2014 · gitprint.com

17. 17GC
    Gitnonymous – Contribute anonymously to Git repositories over Tor▲46

    2015 · github.com

18. 18GC
    git clone, git pull with no central repository▲46

    2012 · pagekite.net

19. 19AW
    A website to help people learn git▲14

    2015 · git.rocks

20. 20GI
    Gitcase.io – Showcase your GitHub repos▲13

    2014 · gitcase.io

21. 21SP
    Shithub: Public Git Hosting on 9front▲22

    2021 · shithub.us

22. 22FP
    Free Private GitHub Repositories▲11

    2016 · github.com

23. 23SP
    Share private GitHub repos by auto-generated URL and paywall▲8

    Morning HN. I had an issue recently where I wanted to share some private Github repositories with a larger audience than usual (25k+) on Youtube and was simply considering making my code public. Came up with an idea to build a middleman service that handles user access/management, generate share links and even paywall individual repos. Thought I might as well share here in case there's another dev out there who might be interested in sharing a private repo. Keen to get any feedback as I'm currently building

    2024 · repobear.com

24. 24GW
    Git-workspace, a tool to locally mirror Git repos from GitHub + Gitlab▲5

    2020 · github.com

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