humanacollabora/forge_comparison.md

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Directory of forges

Whitelist

The following forges have no significant ethical issues:

forge registration publicly open software Tor-hostile sensitive info exposed to CloudFlare forced re/hCAPTCHA forced execution of non-free software notes
🧅 💀 gitea n n n n dead site
framagit.org 🟢 Gitlab (CE) n n n n
git.fuwafuwa.moe🧅 🟢 gitea n n n n SSH over Tor broken; HTTPS over Tor works
git.hardenedbsd.org 🟢 Gitlab (CE) n n n n possibly restricted to BSD efforts
git.jami.net 🟢 Gitlab (CE) n n n n possibly restricted to Jami efforts
git.nixnet.services 🔴 gitea n n n n used to be git.nixnet.xyz
git.sdf.org 🟢 gitea n n n n SSH over Tor broken (try HTTPS over Tor)
git.slashdev.space 🟢 gitea n n n n SSH over Tor broken (try HTTPS over Tor)
git.teknik.io 🔴 gitea n n n n
gitlab.freedesktop.org 🟢 Gitlab (CE) n n n n possibly restricted to Freedesktop efforts
gitlab.gnome.org 🟢 Gitlab (CE) n n n n possibly restricted to Gnome efforts
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
libregit.org 🔴 gitea n n n n reg by invite only
source.puri.sm 🟢 Gitlab (CE) n n n n open registration; not restricted to puri.sm efforts; no CAPTCHA (confirmed March 2021)
source.small-tech.org 🔴 Gitlab (CE) n n n n
sr.ht 🟢 gitea n n n n javascript-free
yerbamate.dev 💀 gitea n n n n dead site

Blacklist

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

forge registration publicly open software Tor-hostile sensitive info exposed to CloudFlare forced re/hCAPTCHA forced execution of non-free software notes
git.feneas.org 🟢 Gitlab (CE) n n forced h/reCAPTCHA; reCAPTCHA impedes registration
git.openprivacy.ca (exclusive walled garden) gitea 👁 n n n Tor users get 404 - suspected botnet; listed as a Cloudflare supporter
gitlab.com (exclusive walled garden) Gitlab (EE) n 🌩 forced h/reCAPTCHA; flagship instance running the Enterprise Edition; uses hCAPTCHA; heavily restricted with discriminatory policies