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SourceHut

Email-first open-source forge for git repos, CI, and collaboration.

At a glance:

First seen:2026-04-23

Last seen:2026-04-23

Sightings:1

Source:sourcehut.org

What it is

Email-first open-source forge for git repos, CI, and collaboration.

Why developers recommend it

A reliability thread surfaced it as a practical GitHub alternative people are considering now.

Hacker News evidence

2026-04-23

A commenter said they would move to SourceHut because it supports contributions by email without an account requirement.

Incident with multple GitHub services