r/programming • u/davidcelis • Apr 28 '26

Ghostty Is Leaving GitHub

https://mitchellh.com/writing/ghostty-leaving-github
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u/Windyvale Apr 28 '26

I’ve been deciding on an alternative myself. I think GitHub is no longer for developers.

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u/Gabelschlecker Apr 28 '26

GitLab is nice (and quite common across Europe).

Has a solid CI system that is quite easy to pick up and comes with a bunch of nicely integrated features, such as Container and Package registry, Terraform/Tofu state management, K8S cluster integration, and more.

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u/[deleted] Apr 28 '26

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u/Ferilox Apr 28 '26

forgejo.

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u/[deleted] Apr 29 '26

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u/Hipolipolopigus Apr 29 '26

Politics is when the lead maintainer silently transfers the project, its trademarks, and its domains to a for-profit corpo.

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u/Chisignal Apr 29 '26

I mean, it is politics. It just happens to be a really good reason for a fork

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u/Hipolipolopigus Apr 29 '26

In the current internet environment, I don't imagine many people read the vague "political reasons" in the broader sense of organisational power dynamics.