Most of the applications I use host their code on GitHub. I’m actively looking for replacements for as many of them as possible, because it’s just immoral to participate with Microsoft, IMO.
But that’s a poor article. A more accurate headline might be “Concerns about GitHub’s parent company, Microsoft”. But that wouldn’t generate the same attention.
Nice. Yeah I dont 100% agree with everything in the article, but the general gist is one I agree with. I see more open source devs starting to make the migration to other platforms.
I dont like having 90%ish of all git repos all in one handbasket. Even if MS was benevolent, its not good to have all things in one place. A bad actor could take down all of GH and we would be screwed.
Im seeing some people talk about codeberg. I personally have my online mirrors there. I also personally host my own forgejo with my new projects. Thats my stack at the moment.
I dont like having 90%ish of all git repos all in one handbasket. Even if MS was benevolent, its not good to have all things in one place. A bad actor could take down all of GH and we would be screwed.
That is not how git works though. If github disappeared today it would be a lot of confusion, but the code exists everywhere it is checked out. The owner/maintainer (or anyone really) can just add a new remote and push it. If they use github specific features like issues, they would be lost though.
Most of the applications I use host their code on GitHub. I’m actively looking for replacements for as many of them as possible, because it’s just immoral to participate with Microsoft, IMO.
But that’s a poor article. A more accurate headline might be “Concerns about GitHub’s parent company, Microsoft”. But that wouldn’t generate the same attention.
Nice. Yeah I dont 100% agree with everything in the article, but the general gist is one I agree with. I see more open source devs starting to make the migration to other platforms.
I dont like having 90%ish of all git repos all in one handbasket. Even if MS was benevolent, its not good to have all things in one place. A bad actor could take down all of GH and we would be screwed.
Im seeing some people talk about codeberg. I personally have my online mirrors there. I also personally host my own forgejo with my new projects. Thats my stack at the moment.
GL with your search!
That is not how git works though. If github disappeared today it would be a lot of confusion, but the code exists everywhere it is checked out. The owner/maintainer (or anyone really) can just add a new remote and push it. If they use github specific features like issues, they would be lost though.
I hope that trend continues. Codeberg is my homepage for the time being. I’m finding substitutes there.
I’ll check out Forgejo too, thanks for the recommendation!