Github though is huge resource for most of the developers; it is restricted and not always possible to be use without any hurdle as there might be issue with the client and employers to host the code from their private servers. However you may have a few side projects that may not pay for those private repositories. And that why there few alternatives that can be used instead of Github. Some alternatives may be personally posted and some may not be. Here are 7 alternatives of Github.
Gitlab
This is open source software to collaborate on code. It keeps on updating its software and look like best alternative to Github. If you’re looking for self hosting then Gitlab is the best alternative of Github.
Gitorious
Gitorious can be a quite satisfying if you’re looking for codes that are self hosted at your servers. This tool is powerful alternative, but it has problem with installing and can be quite challenging. Though it is lacking certain feature but will definitely be upgraded with the new version which will be out in few months.
ChiliProject
This is a web based project management system. It supports your team throughout the complete project life cycle, from setting up and discussing a project plan, over tracking issues and reporting work progress to collaboratively sharing knowledge. Application is written using Ruby on Rails
Allura
This is open-source software for managing source code repositories, bug reports, discussions, wiki pages, blogs etc, but lacks in providing code review. It host projects on platform developed by python.
Bitbucket
Bitbucket can be used for small team who has less than 5 users.Even though it doesn’t allow self hosting, it can attract clients who have small team.
Kiln
This can be tried for free yet unfortunately it doesn’t allow team to have free account. It offers Mercurial from hosted solution.
Codeplane
Code plane tool is just like Github’s small duplicate version. It is unavailable for free but is affordable by private repositories to Unlimited people at a cheap price of $9/a month.
Wonderful !!! Thanks.
Updates: The Chile project is no longer being maintained and new accounts are being discouraged acording to their web site. Redmine is mentioned as an alternitive.
Gitorious is being acquired by Gitlabs.
Sourcegraph CEO here. Good post…I saw a few I hadn’t seen yet. 🙂 You should add Sourcegraph, the intelligent and hackable code host for teams. It actually understands your code, so you get jump-to-definition, cross-references, semantic search, and more. https://sourcegraph.com