From ccf2264f2a06277f539d835d3cd2bfc5564fa9c2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Bradley M. Kuhn" Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2025 13:06:54 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Update GitUpGitHub page with current information. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit There are a few minor wording edits and the like here, but the main changes are to add new information about the Microsoft integration of CoPilot into all operations of GitHub, and Microsoft's move to put GitHub under their CoreAI division. I also removed the “We'll add more later” text, as we may not have time to do it, and we can always add more when we like and promote it separately. --- conservancy/content/GiveUpGitHub/index.html | 91 +++++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 65 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-) diff --git a/conservancy/content/GiveUpGitHub/index.html b/conservancy/content/GiveUpGitHub/index.html index f8cb2ed5..0621b4c4 100644 --- a/conservancy/content/GiveUpGitHub/index.html +++ b/conservancy/content/GiveUpGitHub/index.html @@ -15,26 +15,25 @@ GitHub.

We realize this is not an easy task; GitHub is ubiquitous. Through their effective marketing, GitHub has convinced Free and Open Source Software -(FOSS) developers that GitHub is the best (and even the only) place for FOSS + (FOSS) developers that GitHub is the best (and even the only) place for FOSS development. However, as a proprietary, trade-secret tool, GitHub itself is the very opposite of FOSS. By contrast, Git was designed specifically to replace a proprietary tool (BitKeeper), and to make FOSS development distributed — using FOSS tools and without a centralized site. GitHub -has warped Git — creating add-on features that turn a distributed, +has distorted Git — creating add-on features that turn a distributed, egalitarian, and FOSS system into a centralized, proprietary site. And, all -those add-on features are controlled by a single, for-profit company. By +those add-on features are controlled by a single, for-profit company — Microsoft. By staying on GitHub, established FOSS communities bring newcomers to this proprietary platform — expanding GitHub's reach. and limiting the imaginations of the next generation of FOSS developers.

We know that many rely on GitHub every day. Giving up a ubiquitous, -gratis service that has useful (albeit proprietary) features is perennially +gratis service that has useful (albeit proprietary) features remains perennially difficult. For software developers, giving up GitHub will be even harder -than giving up Facebook! We don't blame anyone who struggles, but hope you +than giving up Facebook and Twitter/X! We don't blame anyone who struggles, but hope you will read the reasons and methods below to give up GitHub and join us in -seeking better alternatives! Also, please check back to this page regularly, -as we'll continue to update it throughout 2022 and beyond!

+seeking better alternatives!

Why Give Up GitHub?

@@ -42,33 +41,52 @@ as we'll continue to update it throughout 2022 and beyond!

the most important ones:

How Do I Give Up GitHub?

@@ -153,7 +175,7 @@ rather than GitHub. If you're an individual contributor who feels powerless to leave GitHub, read our (growing) list of recommendations below on how to take the first steps.

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Long term, we'll develop this stable URL (that can always be reached +

Long term, we've been maintaining this stable URL (that can always be reached by GiveUpGitHub.org) to include links to resources to help everyone — from the most privileged developer to newcomers and members of underrepresented groups in FOSS — to give up @@ -179,6 +201,13 @@ list regularly as we find more resources. If you'd like to suggest a resource not yet listed, you can discuss it on the Give-Up-GitHub mailing list.

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Our primary recommendation at this time for self-hosting + is Forgejo, and if you would like a + hosted service, we recommend CodeBerg + (which is built on Forgejo). Below we include a list of various options + for both third-party hosting and self-hosting:

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