[repost] Best GitHub Alternative?

My account was flagged because I forked and contributed to the project Eaglercraft, and that means my account is basically useless. I have had enough of Microsoft's exploitation of power and want to switch to another alternative.

I tried GitLab, but I need to signup with a credit card and I am not comfortable giving my personal info out.
I tried Gitea and the experience is great, but I am limited to 5 repos. I tried Source Forge, but I cannot verify my phone number when creating a repo. The prompt just returns an API error.

What other alternative should I try?

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7 Comments

Dirk@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 3y

What other alternative should I try?

codeberg.org

thnvw@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 288d

Are you looking for a git server like GitHub, gitlab? Or are you just trying to use git to manage your repos?

I use git to manage repos on my PC's directory. I don't need to collaborate with others. So I don't need to push it to anywhere.

I back it up same as any other files.

If you are like me, you don't need to use any of the online service. A local repo is absolutely sufficient

ShunkW@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y (4 replies)

I mean, you contributed to a pirate program and are calling it exploitation of power that they protect their IP?

257m@lemmy.ml · 0 pts · 3y (3 replies)
ShunkW@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y (2 replies)

I'm sorry, but if I put hundreds of hours of work into something and I don't release it as FOSS then I would want my IP protected. I do believe in FOSS and have a couple projects that are now deprecated and not really used anymore. But that's MY decision whether it's released under license or not. You don't have a right to anyone else's work unless they say so.

257m@lemmy.ml · 0 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Banning someone for contributing to OSS is a exploitation of power whether or not that software violates the company's copyright.

ShunkW@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y

It wasn't OSS.