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Re:Ask HN: Alternatives to GitHub on Monday August 17, 2026 @02:09PM (#49335209)
Bitbucket was the perfect alternative. I used it back in the day when they were the only ones who offered free private repos. Ahead of their time.

GH beat them on UI/UX and the PR workflow I think. Really nothing more than having a better ~$120k Product Designer working there. Kinda funny what actually makes people stick with 1 choice over another. Very often it’s just having better UI/UX, or offering something useful for free.

Re:Ask HN: Alternatives to GitHub on Monday August 17, 2026 @02:04PM (#49335136)
GitHub is like World of Warcraft, in that you can’t kill it with another GitHub.