Some suggested alternatives and how-tos about if_ms_buys_github_imma_out

[RomainAn]

Just windows bashing

[franzos]

For very lightweight use, this may work: https://keybase.io/blog/encrypted-git-for-everyone

[xkr47]

More alternatives:

• https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17213780
• https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17223477
• https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17223675
• https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17223201

[vassudanagunta]

That's totally the plan, @jussihi! But GitLab is doing much to promote itself, taking advantage of this news. So I'd rather host a neutral discussion of alternatives. I really need some sleep, but will work on something tonight or in the morning. I hope you can help.

[sguzman]

Why is GitLab capitalizing on this opportunity a problem for you?

[vassudanagunta]

Did I say it was a problem for me? I'm saying they are a for profit business and they can take care of themselves. If the community decides on its own that GitLab is a good alternative, then great. But that should be done on the merits, not based on fandom.

[sguzman]

The way you phrased it originally implied some degree of skepticism or animosity towards GitLab which didn't seem substantiated.

Why does them being a profit business matter? Github is a profit business too.

I just think you're dismissing GitLab prematurely. They seem to currently be the forerunner for being able to pickup the torch that Github is putting down. Whether that comes to fruition, we'll have to see what the community chooses.

I saw that video, but I think Gitlab is a similar deal to Github. It's marginally better because Gitlab is actually free software, but gitlab.com could still be bought in a similar way. Gitlab is also too big and maintenance heavy for me to self-host. So I'll be moving elsewhere.

[vassudanagunta]

Subsumed by #32. This thread will be used a a resource.

[0xferit]

But we actually need an open platform @franzos like GitHub and Bitbucket.

[nkoehring]

@ferittuncer None of them is open. They are only free. A hosted, free and open – especially as in OpenSource – SCM service is not so easy to find. Gitlab is, what they by themselves call "Open Core". The hosted version is Gitlab EE, which used to be under an OpenSource license. They later changed that because it was "confusing". More to read about gitlab: https://akr.am/blog/posts/gitlab-isnt-really-open-source

[vassudanagunta]

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17241487

[0xferit]

You misunderstood @nkoehring. I meant that we need an open platform where everyone can easily reach each other's repositories discover what others do. I'm not saying GitHub and/or BitBucket is FOSS.

[vassudanagunta]

Hey guys. I love the work you've been doing. Not everyone loves mine. Please read Issue 114.

[vassudanagunta]

Hello,

The GitHub Evacuation Project has moved to GitLab (not an endorsement or even a final home). Your enthusiasm and contribution is still needed. Please check out the new project home, and read the project wiki for info to get restarted.

Thank you!

vas