Repl.it is set of automation and UI tools that makes it easy for beginners learn to code and for developers to test or prototype projects.

Any feature that's implemented in the UI is implemented as abstraction over things you can do by opening the shell. Because we are a small team that prizes simplicity over completeness, and because GH is the most popular we just made that the default.

But you can open the shell (command/cntrl+k and type "shell") then use git to your hearts desire :)

We'll probably add native GitLab or whatever others want in the future. You can always leave feedback here and tell us what you want: https://repl.it/feedback

That's excellent to hear! Perhaps I can use it, after all – just as soon as I figure out how to add SSH keys to git, anyway.

I last used Repl.it so long ago, I didn't know that there was a shell. (Which is odd, since I read about how you can technically use arbitrary programming languages by installing them via the shell just a few hours ago…)

Leaving feedback now. (Fortunately, you don't need Google to do that, so I don't need to mess with my browser again.)

OK, that sounds a bit better, but what is both simplest to implement, most generic, and most useful is supporting _Git_, not some half-baked forge site APIs.

It's all actually git. And you can start a local repo without calli g to GitHub. You can just use it in half the time it takes to have this discussion.