gitlab.com, github.com, gitee.com, gitflic.ru

 

Here is a list of well-known Git repository hosting services across different regions and purposes. You already mentioned some of the major ones:

Global/Major Platforms

• GitHub – US-based, owned by Microsoft, dominant in open source and professional collaboration.

• GitLab – Originally from Ukraine, now headquartered in the US, popular for DevOps integration and self-hosted GitLab CE.

• Bitbucket – Owned by Atlassian (Australia), used more in enterprise environments, integrates tightly with Jira.

• SourceHut – Minimalist and hacker-friendly, focused on email-based workflows, completely open source.

• Codeberg – Germany-based, Gitea-powered, non-profit, privacy-conscious alternative to GitHub.

• Launchpad – Canonical's platform (UK), supports Git and Bazaar, used for Ubuntu development.

Region-Specific Platforms

• Gitee – Mainland China's dominant Git platform (run by OSChina), often used by government and academia.

• GitFlic – Russia-based alternative, often used for projects banned or restricted on GitHub.

• Baijiayun Code – Another China-based code-hosting platform.

• Coding.net – Another Chinese Git service, used for enterprise and cloud IDEs (currently merged into Tencent Cloud DevOps services).

• Framagit – France-based GitLab instance run by the non-profit Framasoft; part of the de-googlisation initiative.

• Heptapod – GitLab fork supporting Mercurial and Git; popular in France and academia.

Self-Hosting Solutions (worth mentioning for control)

• Gitea – Lightweight, Go-based GitHub clone. Often used for personal or small-org hosting.

• Forgejo – A community-led fork of Gitea, after governance controversies.

• Gogs – Predecessor of Gitea, extremely lightweight, still maintained.

• Phabricator – No longer actively developed, but previously a major alternative used by Facebook and others.

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