Git and code hosting

What HN commenters recommend, ranked by distinct recommenders. Under each: what people praise most and the most common caveat, or the strongest quote where there is no summary yet.

1. 1.
   Git · 59 recommenders · 8 warn
   Loved for Powerful commands, Reliable and proven · Caveat Confusing UX
2. 2.
   Jujutsu · 56 recommenders · 1 warns
   Loved for Git compatibility, History editing · Caveat GitHub team workflows
3. 3.
   GitLab · 36 recommenders · 18 warn
   Loved for Self-hosting, CI/CD · Caveat Slow, cluttered UI
4. 4.
   CCodeberg · 35 recommenders · 24 warn
   Loved for GitHub alternative, No-AI policy · Caveat LLM ban
5. 5.
   Magit · 32 recommenders · 3 warn
   Loved for Better git UX, Essential Emacs package · Caveat Performance
6. 6.
   GitHub · 26 recommenders · 83 warn
   Loved for Reliable for some, Free tier · Caveat Outages
7. 7.
   Fossil · 22 recommenders · 1 warns
   Loved for All-in-one, Easy self-hosting · Caveat Small ecosystem
8. 8.
   Tangled · 21 recommenders · 2 warn
   Loved for Federated design, Self-hosted knots · Caveat No private repos
9. 9.
   lazygit · 18 recommenders · 2 warn
   Loved for Terminal workflow fit, Fast, easy git · Caveat Advanced merges
10. 10.
    SourceHut · 18 recommenders · 8 warn
    Loved for SSH-able CI, Email workflow · Caveat Maintainer controversy
11. 11.
    RRadicle · 10 recommenders
    Loved for Decentralization, GitHub alternative · Caveat Contributor barrier
12. 12.
    MMercurial · 10 recommenders
    Loved for Simpler UX, Team satisfaction · Caveat Git dominance
13. 13.
    Perforce · 7 recommenders
    Loved for Large binaries, Scales to monorepos · Caveat Expensive
14. 14.
    Lore · 6 recommenders
    Loved for Large binary files, Avoids Git · Caveat LLM-generated docs
15. 15.
    GGerrit · 6 recommenders
    Loved for Code review, Self-hosting · Caveat Learning curve
16. 16.
    Bitbucket · 6 recommenders · 2 warn
    Loved for Easy and clean, Free private repos · Caveat Dropped features
17. 17.
    Sublime Merge · 5 recommenders
    Loved for Hard to replace, Speed · Caveat Slow development
18. 18.
    Graphite · 5 recommenders · 1 warns
    Loved for Stacked PRs, Daily use · Caveat Pricing
19. 19.
    jjui · 5 recommenders
    Loved for Primary jj interface, Simplifies jj · Caveat Inconsistent commands
20. 20.
    SourceGit · 4 recommenders
    it's totally replaced SourceTree for me. Very similar (or better) UI/UX but much more performant.
21. 21.
    Azure DevOps · 4 recommenders · 1 warns
    But we have no issues whatsoever with Azure Devops....ever. It's excellent.
22. 22.
    Codefloe · 3 recommenders
    It’s been rock solid and it is now the default choice for anything outside of work I’ll do.
23. 23.
    EEntire · 3 recommenders · 1 warns
    I've been using Entire for a while now (specifically checkpoints, but also testing Trails more recently) and there's no going back! It's amazing!
24. 24.
    ArtifactFS · 3 recommenders
25. 25.
    Git worktree · 3 recommenders · 1 warns
    the paradigmatic example where git worktree is useful