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Instead of SourceForge, try one of these 11.

Every alternative is lined up against SourceForge on what people actually switch for: price, open source, self-hosting, offline use and platforms. SourceForge sits in the first row, so you can see what you give up.

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Alternative
Price
Open source
Self-host
Offline
Platforms
Website
SourceForge
Veteran host for open source downloads and repositories.
PriceFree
Open sourceNo
Self-hostNo
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web
Visit
GitLab#1
Complete DevOps platform, self-hostable for free.
PriceFreemium
premium $29/user
Open sourceYes
Self-hostYes
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web
Visit
Gitea#2
Lightweight, self-hosted Git service in a single binary.
PriceFree
Open sourceYes
Self-hostYes
OfflineYes
Platforms
Web · Win · Mac · Linux
Visit
Forgejo#3
Community-run fork of Gitea for code hosting.
PriceFree
Open sourceYes
Self-hostYes
OfflineYes
Platforms
Web · Linux
Visit
Bitbucket#4
Git hosting with tight Jira and Atlassian integration.
PriceFreemium
from $3/user
Open sourceNo
Self-hostNo
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web
Visit
Codeberg#5
Nonprofit, privacy-respecting Git hosting run by a community.
PriceFree
Open sourceYes
Self-hostNo
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web
Visit
sourcehut#6
Minimal, scriptable Git hosting built on plain email.
PricePaid
from $4/mo
Open sourceYes
Self-hostYes
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web
Visit
Trac#7
Wiki and issue tracker for software development teams.
PriceFree
Open sourceYes
Self-hostYes
OfflinePartial
Platforms
Web · Win · Mac · Linux
Visit
Gogs#8
Painless self-hosted Git service written in Go.
PriceFree
Open sourceYes
Self-hostYes
OfflineYes
Platforms
Win · Mac · Linux
Visit
GitBucket#9
Scala-powered, GitHub-style server you deploy yourself.
PriceFree
Open sourceYes
Self-hostYes
OfflinePartial
Platforms
Web · Win · Mac · Linux
Visit
RhodeCode#10
Commercial repository manager for Git, Mercurial, and SVN.
PriceFreemium
Open sourceNo
Self-hostNo
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web
Visit
Gitblit#11
Java-based Git repository viewer and server for small teams.
PriceFree
Open sourceYes
Self-hostYes
OfflinePartial
Platforms
Web · Win · Mac · Linux
Visit

Price colours on the Visit buttons: FreeFreemiumPaid

How to read this. The first row is SourceForge itself, for comparison. “Yes” means fully supported by the maker. “Partial” means it works with caveats. Likes reflect community popularity; vendors can’t pay for them or for placement. How we compare.

SourceForge alternatives at a glance

SourceForge is a free dev platforms app. We compared 11 alternatives: 9 are open source, 7 are completely free, 8 can be self-hosted and 3 work fully offline. The most popular is GitLab, with 1.7k likes.

Most liked overallGitLab

Complete DevOps platform, self-hostable for free.

Freemium · Open source · Self‑hostable
Best free optionGitea

Lightweight, self-hosted Git service in a single binary.

Free · Open source · Self‑hostable · Works offline
Best open-source optionForgejo

Community-run fork of Gitea for code hosting.

Free · Open source · Self‑hostable · Works offline
Best to self-hostsourcehut

Minimal, scriptable Git hosting built on plain email.

Paid · Open source · Self‑hostable

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