Re:Take Gitlab to the command line with GLab, an open-source...
by nonbirithm on Thursday August 06, 2020 @10:11AM
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The only reason I choose GitHub over Gitlab is the network effect.
If making someone create a new account on Gitlab means they won't contribute to a project, then I'd rather publish it on GitHub instead, even if GitHub is closed-source. The network of GitHub is intrinsic to that website and Gitlab might not ever be able to replicate the size of its userbase. (Of course, if I'm proven wrong I'd migrate.)
Yes, it doesn't help Gitlab to have this mentality, but out of the dozens of OSS repositories I've used only two have come from Gitlab. Every single other one I had originally found on GitHub.
If making someone create a new account on Gitlab means they won't contribute to a project, then I'd rather publish it on GitHub instead, even if GitHub is closed-source. The network of GitHub is intrinsic to that website and Gitlab might not ever be able to replicate the size of its userbase. (Of course, if I'm proven wrong I'd migrate.)
Yes, it doesn't help Gitlab to have this mentality, but out of the dozens of OSS repositories I've used only two have come from Gitlab. Every single other one I had originally found on GitHub.