humanacollabora/forge_comparison.md

Directory of forges

Whitelist

The following forges have no significant ethical issues:

forge	registration publicly open	software	Tor-hostile	Cloudflare MitM	forced re/hCAPTCHA	forced execution of non-free software	notes
git.fsfe.org	✅	Gitea	n	n	n	n	Access intended only for FSFE projects and very small projects; SSH port: 22
de.edumat.io	✅	Gitea 1.5.2	n	n	n	n	no SSH
git.fuwafuwa.moe(onion)	✅	Gitea 1.13.6	n	n	n	n	SSH port: 22; SSH over Tor broken; HTTPS over Tor works
git.slashdev.space	✅	Gitea 1.13.6	n	n	n	n	SSH port: 22; SSH over Tor broken (try HTTPS over Tor)
opendev.org	✅	Gitea 1.13.7	n	n	n	n	SSH port: 22
dev.sum7.eu	✅	Gitea 1.14.0⚠	n	n	n	n
git.nixnet.services	❌	Gitea 1.14.1⚠	n	n	n	n	formerly git.nixnet.xyz
git.safemobile.org	✅	Gitea 1.14.1⚠	n	n	n	n
git.disroot.org	✅	Gitea 1.14.2⚠	n	n	n	n	SSH over Tor works; based in NL
forge.april.org	✅	Gitea 1.14.5⚠	n	n	n	n	French is the most common language
git.nogafam.es(onion)	✅	Gitea 1.15.0⚠	n	n	n	n	SSH disabled; large repos are git-inaccessible over Tor
try.gitea.io	✅	Gitea 1.15.0⚠	n	n	n	n	Intended only for Gitea experimentation; no expectation of future availability
framagit.org	✅	Gitlab (CE 13.10.2)	n	n	n	n	may become more restricted in mid-2021
git.jami.net	✅	Gitlab (CE)	n	n	n	n	possibly restricted to Jami efforts; acces to help page blocked to non-members so CE/EE unknown
gitlab.gnome.org	✅	Gitlab (CE)	n	n	n	n	possibly restricted to Gnome efforts
gitlab.tails.boum.org	✅	Gitlab (CE)	n	n	n	n	possibly restricted to Tails efforts but no AUP says otherwise
gitlab.torproject.org	✅	Gitlab (CE)	n	n	n	n	open registration; repo creation possibly restricted; Google reCAPTCHA is allegedley used, but not at registration time
source.small-tech.org	❌	Gitlab (CE)	n	n	n	n
notabug.org(onion)	✅	Gogs	n	n	n	n	based on liberated fork of Gogs; supports Tor (the onion web UI is currently disabled in response to attack but the onion site accepts git connections); supports SSH keys and SSH over Tor to NAB's onion service; no e-voting; NAB doesn't associate PGP keys to users, so PGP signed commits may be unavailable or more manual work needed.
launchpad.net	✅	Launchpad	n	n	n	n	It's unknown whether it functions without JavaScript; no wiki
gitee.com	✅	OSCHINA	n	n	n	n	based in China; registration over Tor with throwaway email works; no automatic mirror (unlike Gitea); some areas written in simplified chinese
code.netlandish.com	✅	Sourcehut	n	n	n	n	Access restricted to staff of the company working on the hosted projects
sr.ht	✅	Sourcehut	n	n	n	n	javascript-free; supports patches sent by email

Graylist

These forges are not as seriously flawed as the blacklisted ones, but they should still be avoided if possible. Non-Cloudflare sites that use a Cloudflare NS server pose a risk for disruptions because they can trivially and spontaneously flip a switch and route all your traffic through Cloudflare, potentially cutting access to some of your contributors. Dead sites are also graylisted because if they come back online, they are known to be unreliable. Codeberg is graylisted for falsely accusing a repository of illegal conduct and deleting the content of all forks from that project without evidence or redress.

forge	registration publicly open	software	Tor-hostile	Cloudflare MitM	forced re/hCAPTCHA	forced execution of non-free software	notes
(onion)	❌		n	n	n	n	dead site
git.passageenseine.fr	❌	Gitea	n	n	n	n	dead site
gitea.shuishan.net.cn	❌	Gitea	n	n	n	n	dead site
yerbamate.dev	❌	Gitea	n	n	n	n	dead site
git.teknik.io	❌	Gitea 1.9.0	n	n	n	n	Cloudflare NS server (they can route all traffic via CF at the flip of a switch)
gitea.it	✅	Gitea 1.12.4	n	n	n	n	Cloudflare NS server (they can route all traffic via CF at the flip of a switch)
git.kiwifarms.net	✅	Gitea 1.13.1	n	n	n	n	Cloudflare NS server (they can route all traffic via CF at the flip of a switch)
codeberg.org	✅	Gitea 1.14 customized⚠	n	n	n	n	Based in Germany; censored an anti-Cloudflare project in a reckless and destructive manner; functions without any JavaScript and the JavaScript that exists is all 1st-party (ref); devs make foolish decisions (improving performance by breaking some browsers, when the performance improvement only affects those they broke.)
git.sdf.org	✅	Gitea 1.14.1⚠	n	n	n	n	git.sdf.org censored the deCloudflare project without warning, reason, or recourse. So git.sdf.org apparently unwelcoming of projects driven by privacy, netneutrality, or anti-tech-giant types of activism. Performance is sluggish and the website often times out (perhaps because SDF is also tar-pitting many Tor IPs in defense of attack & it's unclear if this is a temporary measure); SSH over Tor broken but HTTPS over Tor works; some UTF-8 emoticons apparently broke in upgrade from 1.13.1 to 1.14.1.
git.shivering-isles.com	❌	Gitlab (CE)	n	n	n	n	Cloudflare NS server (they can route all traffic via CF at the flip of a switch); Registration is open but broken-- requires 2FA using a device that can QR-scan, and the email verification link is DoA: That stale link error triggers even when accessed immediately.
git.hardenedbsd.org	✅	Gitlab (EE)	n	n	n	n	Cloudflare NS server (they can route all traffic via CF at the flip of a switch); possibly restricted to BSD efforts
source.puri.sm	✅	Gitlab (EE)	n	n	n	n	open registration but activity is restricted to puri.sm efforts; accounts are subject to spontaneous unjustified bans (apparent censorship): ; no CAPTCHA (confirmed March 2021); is the JavaScript non-free with the enterprize edition?

Blacklist

These forges have severe ethical or trust issues and should be boycotted:

forge	registration publicly open	software	Tor-hostile	Cloudflare MitM	forced re/hCAPTCHA	forced execution of non-free software	notes
github.com	❌ (exclusive walled garden)		y	n	n	☣	access granted or denied based on national origin; copious ethical issues
sourceforge.net	❌ (exclusive walled garden)		n	n	n	☣	access granted or denied based on national origin; Important site functionality does not work without non-free JavaScript
bitbucket.org	✅	Bitbucket Server	n	n	n	☣	Amazon AWS-hosted; needs non-free javascript that clusterfucks uMatrix; has some relationship with Netlify; access to source code restricted
libregit.org	❌	Gitea	n	y	n	n	reg by invite only
git.openprivacy.ca	❌ (exclusive walled garden)	Gitea 1.12.4	y	n	n	n	Tor users get 404 - suspected botnet; listed as a Cloudflare supporter
git.feneas.org	✅	Gitlab (CE)	n	n	⚒	☣	reCAPTCHA impedes registration and imposes non-free s/w
gitlab.freedesktop.org	✅	Gitlab (CE)	n	n	⚒	☣	possibly restricted to Freedesktop efforts; reg. blocked by reCAPTCHA
salsa.debian.org	✅	Gitlab (CE)	n	n	⚒	☣	forced h/reCAPTCHA; possibly restricted to Debian efforts; serves as an alternative to Debian's email-only bug tracker
gitlab.com	❌ (exclusive walled garden)	Gitlab (EE)	n	y	⚒	☣	flagship instance running the Enterprise Edition; uses both hCAPTCHA & reCAPTCHA; heavily restricted with discriminatory policies; copious ethical issues

⚠ Gitea versions note: Gitea 1.14.0 breaks emoji in some browsers. The developers believe that by not supplying fonts to the web visitors who need them, they are improving server performance. Of course the server load is only reduced when talking to a browser that does not have the needed fonts. The idiots could also simply arbitrarily deny service to users at random to get a performance increase. Obviously they have misunderstood the point of performance in the first place: availability!

The best Gitea version ATM is 1.13.7 which opendev.org runs.