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Re:GitHub Is Down by Nextgrid on Monday February 09, 2026 @11:41AM (#46947396)
> have you considered moving or having at least an alternative

Not who you're responding to, but my 2 cents: for a popular open-source project reliant on community contributions there is really no alternative. It's similar to social media - we all know it's trash and noxious, but if you're any kind of public figure you have to be there.

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Re:GitHub Is Down by malfist on Monday February 09, 2026 @11:56AM (#46947604)
N.I.N.A. (Nighttime Imaging 'N' Astronomy) is on bitbucket and it seems to be doing really well.

Edit: Nevermind, looks like they migrated to github since the last time I contributed

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Re:GitHub Is Down by jeltz on Monday February 09, 2026 @11:52AM (#46947551)
Several quite big projects have moved to Codeberg. I have no idea how it has worked out for them.
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Re:GitHub Is Down by mring33621 on Monday February 09, 2026 @02:03PM (#46949380)
LOL Codeberg's 'Explore' link is 503 for me!
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Re:GitHub Is Down by Zambyte on Monday February 09, 2026 @04:19PM (#46951510)
Zig has been doing fine since switching to Codeberg
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Re:GitHub Is Down by Macha on Monday February 09, 2026 @05:03PM (#46952150)
I would have said Codeberg’s reliability was a problem for them but… gestures vaguely at the submission
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Re:GitHub Is Down by gostsamo on Monday February 09, 2026 @12:24PM (#46948012)
I get that, but if we all rely on the defaults, there couldn't be any alternatives.
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