GitHub alternatives for Bitcoin Core

Motivation

Basic Usability Issues

[20:29] <gribble> https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/15847 | Feedback for GitHub CEO · Issue #15847 · bitcoin/bitcoin · GitHub
[20:29] <gribble> https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/20227 | Dependency on GitHub · Issue #20227 · bitcoin/bitcoin · GitHub
[20:29] <gribble> https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/16472 | Github started banning/restricting whole countries · Issue #16472 · bitcoin/bitcoin · GitHub
[20:29] <gribble> https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/13411 | Moving to self-hosted issue and patch management · Issue #13411 · bitcoin/bitcoin · GitHub

Spam: https://twitter.com/MarcoFalke/status/1355097159113322497

Centralization/Single Point of Failure

The repo is primarily accessed through GitHub, which might (even against their will) shut down hosting at any point in time.

Instead of hopping to another centralized provider or self-hosted single point of failure, a goal should be to evaluate decentralized or federated hosters.

Alternatives

Possible alternatives:

• git-appraise
• Radicle
• git-bug
• bugs-everywhere