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19 self-hosted SourceForge alternatives

SourceForge is a software discovery and distribution platform that hosts open-source and commercial projects. It provides project pages, version control and release hosting, issue tracking, download mirrors, and a software directory with reviews and comparison tools.

Alternatives to SourceForge

Gitea is a lightweight, self-hosted Git service with repositories, pull requests, issues, wiki, packages, and built-in CI/CD via Actions and runners.

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57.6k stars7.1k forksMITlast commit Actively maintained

Lightweight, open source self-hosted Git service designed for easy installation across platforms.

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47.8k stars5.1k forksMITlast commit Actively maintained

GitBucket is a self-hosted Git web platform for managing Git repositories with issues, pull requests, wikis, Git LFS support, and a plugin system.

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9.4k stars1.3k forksApache-2.0last commit Actively maintained

Self-hostable Git server focused on SSH, featuring a terminal UI, access control, and Git LFS support, with cloning via SSH, HTTP, or the Git protocol.

7.2k stars238 forksMITlast commit Actively maintained

Review Board is a web-based tool for code and document reviews, with rich diff viewing, threaded discussions, and integrations with many version control and CI systems.

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1.7k stars438 forksMITlast commit Actively maintained

Gerrit Code Review is a web-based code review and workflow tool for Git that supports inline comments, access controls, and integrated Git hosting via SSH/HTTPS.

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1.2k stars275 forksApache-2.0last commit Actively maintained

Self-hostable Pastebin alternative for sharing and storing code snippets, files, and rich previews with API, OAuth login, folders, and previews for many formats.

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450 stars86 forksMITlast commit Actively maintained

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Rust-based, gitweb/cgit-like web interface for browsing bare Git repositories with RocksDB indexing, on-demand gitoxide loading, and Docker/Nix support.

210 stars23 forksWTFPLlast commit Slowing down

Web-based source code management to host and manage Git, Mercurial and Subversion repositories with fine-grained auth, REST API, plugins and a configurable UI.

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178 stars36 forksAGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained

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cgit is a fast C-based CGI web interface for browsing Git repositories, with caching, Atom feeds, snapshots, and optional filtering and syntax highlighting.

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Fossil is a distributed source control system with a built-in web interface plus integrated issue tracking, wiki, forum, and project collaboration features in a single executable.

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GitLab is a web-based DevOps platform providing Git repository hosting, issue tracking, merge requests, and built-in CI/CD pipelines for teams.

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Pagure is a self-hosted Git platform for hosting repositories, managing issues and pull requests, and collaborating with teams via a web interface and APIs.

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Smederee is an open-source, lightweight software forge that provides repository hosting, ticketing, code review and project management; implemented in Java/Scala for self-hosting.

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Forgejo is a self-hosted, lightweight Git forge with repositories, issues, pull requests, wikis, and packages for teams and communities.

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Self-hosted Git and Mercurial repository management with web UI, code review, fine-grained permissions, and integrations for teams and organizations.

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Self-hosted repository management platform for Git, Mercurial (Hg), and Subversion (SVN) with code review, permissions, and team collaboration features.

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Phorge is a self-hosted software development platform for code review, task tracking, and project collaboration, based on the Phabricator ecosystem.

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What replacing SourceForge actually involves

Every option on this page is open source and free to run on your own hardware, so you own the data and there is no subscription to cancel. 9 of 19 shipped a commit in the last six months. Licences in this list: MIT, Apache-2.0, WTFPL, AGPL-3.0. In exchange you take on hosting, backups and updates yourself.

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