~/GitDXD: Best Git Hosting OAT
git.dvorakmortonxd.dev
$ cat WHY_NOT_GITHUB.MD
Github is greedy
GitHub gave students cool stuff, then slowly removes them, move stuff into more expensive plans, I am tired of depending on free perks that can disappear whenever they feel like it. (Copilot Education/Pro for students, they basically stripped every good model making it practically worthless, fuck github)
Microsoft
GitHub is owned by Microsoft. That alone is enough for me to hate it. I do not want all of open source software sitting in the hands of a giant greedy company that makes closed-source software and loves locking people into its ecosystem. I also despise Windows but thats irrelevant.
AI Slop
GitHub keeps pushing Copilot and AI everywhere. I do not want my code host to constantly shove AI in my face. I just want somewhere to put my repositories without feeling like everything is being turned into training data or another Microsoft product.
Privacy
This server is run by me, a random student, so yeah, you do not have to blindly trust me either. But at least I am not a massive company trying to track you, sell AI tools, or measure every little thing you do for profit. If that is not enough, you can switch over to Gitlab or Codeberg, still better.
Github is a Monopoly
Everyone puts everything on GitHub now: code, issues, releases, docs, packages, websites, actions, discussions, everything. That is way too much power for one website owned by one company, especially when that company is FUCKING MICROSOFT.
Self-Hosting is better
This place exists because I wanted my own git host. No giant platform, no corporate branding, no pretending this is the future of software. Just my own little forge on my own domain, because running your own stuff is cool. If you want your own, look up forgejo, its great.