What can replace GitHub.
5 European products that cover GitHub fully or in part. None of them is a clone — where something is missing, it says so.
CodebergDE
A non-profit code platform run by a Berlin association: no advertising, and nobody trains a model on your code.
EU / EEASolidEffort: MediumOpen sourceCatchAn association, not a company. No support contract and no availability guarantee — for critical pipelines, run Forgejo yourself.
codeberg.org Replaces: GitHub · Atlassian Bitbucket
ForgejoDE
A lean, self-hostable Git platform with CI, forked from Gitea under the roof of Codeberg e. V.
EU / EEASolidEffort: MediumOpen sourceSelf-hostableforgejo.org Replaces: GitHub · GitLab.com
JetBrainsCZ
The Prague toolbox for development — IDEs, a team server and an AI assistant that can stay local if you tell it to.
EU / EEAProvenEffort: SmallSelf-hostableCatchFounded by Russian-born engineers; Russian operations were shut down in 2022, with headquarters and development in the Czech Republic and Germany.
www.jetbrains.com Replaces: Microsoft Visual Studio · GitHub
openCodeDE
The public sector's code platform, run by ZenDiS, for software paid for with tax money that is meant to stay open.
EU / EEASolidEffort: MediumOpen sourceopencode.de Replaces: GitHub
Gitea—
A widely used, resource-light Git platform that replaces a whole GitHub on one small server.
OtherProvenEffort: MediumOpen sourceSelf-hostableCatchDomain and trademark passed to the commercial Gitea Ltd. in 2022 — the reason Forgejo forked. Where that company is registered is not clear from public sources; if you decide by jurisdiction, there is no dependable answer here. Forgejo under Codeberg e. V. is the variant with a known seat.
about.gitea.com Replaces: GitHub · Atlassian Bitbucket
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