Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Share private GitHub repos by auto-generated URL and paywall
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
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Share private GitHub repos by auto-generated URL and paywall launched in 2024; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
- 1
- 2
- 3
Increase LLM visibility, signups and activated users
Nov 2025 · nakora.ai · its alternatives →
- 4
Everything that would be here is in the README. I hope this gets big, it has tons of potential.
2013 · github.com · its alternatives →
- 5FA
Several months ago, I built a "stealth" feature that I could use. It hasn't been advertised, and I've been the only user. As I find it useful for myself, I believe others (software developers) may like it too. So, this is the first public post about it, and if it gets any positive feedback, I may put some time into promoting it more. In essence, given that you've opened a GitHub repo (there are ~225k of the more popular ones indexed as of now), you can replace "github" with "libhunt" within the URL, and you will find the top alternatives and related projects. For example, here are three…
2022 · its alternatives →
- 6
I kept failing at building in public for the same reason every time: not fear of judgment, just the blank page after a long day of shipping. Something always happened. But converting "refactored auth flow" or "fixed that edge case that's been annoying me for a week" into something worth posting felt like a second job on top of the actual job. So I'd skip it. Then skip it again. Then stop entirely. The approach: connect your GitHub, it pulls recent commits and repo activity, and generates draft posts for multiple platforms in your tone — raw founder voice, not content creator polish. The idea…
Mar 2026 · smashlanding.xyz · its alternatives →
- 7
I tend to create a private certificate authority for every side project, in order to create TLS certs for local development. I find it useful to have local development closely resemble production when at all possible, and "real" certificates are an important element. Anyway I got tired of having these CA private keys on my local machine, especially as I started thinking about setting up a private CA for my company (https://riza.io). So I started thinking about what the simplest way to host a private CA might be. You really only need two things: 1) secret storage, to hold the CA's…
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
- 8
Sell access to Github repositories with Github Sponsors.
2021 · its alternatives →
- 9
- 10
RepoSweeper▲57I built this in 2018 as a school project to bulk delete GitHub repos. It got 25k views on Medium and ~10k users organically, then I basically ignored it for years. Recently I dug into GitHub's community discussion board and some low hanging fruit for feature additions — archive, visibility changes, collaborator cleanup. GitHub's answer was always "use the API." So I built the UI. RepoSweeper now does: - Bulk archive / unarchive - Bulk visibility (public ↔ private) - Bulk collaborator add/remove - Staleness scoring so you know what to act on first - Handles 100+ repos with…
2024 · reposweeper.com · its alternatives →
- 11
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
- 12
I built this because I was job hunting and my best work lives on private self-hosted Gitea server. The options for sharing wasn't too much to brag about and I'm not a fan of github. Making my repos public was out of the question due to exposure of IP and so was adding recruiters as collaborators or sending ZIPs. So I made ShareMyGit which generates a read-only share link to your private repos or portfolio of repos. No mirroring, no duplication, no account creation for viewers. Works with gitea.com, forgejo-instansed and self-hosted instances of both or community ran forgejo instances.…
Feb 2026 · sharemygit.com · its alternatives →
- 13
Max 3 collaborators for private repositories
2019 · github.com · its alternatives →
- 14
and the open source Codes of Conduct
2016 · gadgetsprimer.com · its alternatives →
- 15
- 16IB
Hey HN, I built a platform that allows developers to buy and sell GitHub repositories using private forking. The idea is to help indie developers, open-source maintainers, and teams monetize their work while ensuring buyers get fully functional projects with minimal hassle. Many developers create great projects but lack the time or resources to maintain them. Instead of letting them fade away, why not sell them to someone who wants to continue the work? Here is how it works: - Sellers list theis GitHub repos in the platform - Buyers purchase repos - Buyers automatically added as…
2025 · gittrader.com · its alternatives →
- 17
A private GitHub on Postgres. Contribute to calebwin/gitgres development by creating an account on GitHub.
May 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
- 18SP
The other day I was on github assisting a compiler developer replicate an accidentally-quadratic observed behavior in generated code and was asked if I was willing to privately share my full source code with his company. While that was ultimately unnecessary as it was easy enough to find a simpler example, it did get me wondering about how exactly was I going to do that: 1. github does not (to my knowledge) allow private messages 2. all communication had thus far occurred on the public record (or at least Microsoft's version thereof) 3. my peer did not publish any contact information in his…
2023 · plaintext.world · its alternatives →
- 19SY
GitPaid lets you add a paywall to your GitHub repositories. Create a project, set your price, share your sale link, done. Once someone buys your repo, they get automatically invited to your GitHub repository. We would love to see your projects and really looking forward to your feedback, ideas and reported bugs. Feel free to ask us anything, we will be around answering in the comments.
2022 · git-paid.com · its alternatives →
- 20
Private repositories with unlimited collaborators at no cost
2020 · github.blog · its alternatives →
- 21
GitHub.com now include unlimited private repositories
2016 · github.blog · its alternatives →
- 22
I finally got fed up with making work + personal Git repos work on my machine. Ever clone a work repository and accidentally make commits using your personal email? Or forget how to make your work repos use your work SSH key? Yeah... same. So I built the tool I've always wanted. GitPersona - a CLI tool for managing many git profiles on a single machine. Shoutout to my boy Codex for helping me finally ship this.
Mar 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
- 23AG
2023 · news.ycombinator.com · its alternatives →
- 24
GitStory▲11Hi HN, I built GitStory to turn GitHub contribution graphs into a 'Spotify Wrapped' style cinematic experience. The Tech: It's built with Next.js 16 and uses the GitHub API to fetch user data. Challenges I solved: Rate Limits: GitHub's API is strict, so I implemented aggressive caching and optimized the queries to fetch everything in minimal calls. Animations: Used Framer Motion for the slide transitions to make it feel like a native mobile app on the web. Privacy: It supports public profiles by default, but you can use a fine-grained token for private repos (the token is never stored, only…
Dec 2025 · gitstory.pankajk.tech · its alternatives →
Also compare
Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →