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There are rough edges and the seeding thing is a bit mehhh. And honestly there are a bunch of things I would do differently but I like the spirit of things. Not sure where the authors of the project ", "context": "builds own tooling around git", "use_case": "code forge", "switched_from": "", "story": "Radicle: Sovereign {code forge} built on Git"}]}, {"text": " that keeps repos and issues available locally even when a host is down.", "cites": [{"id": 789335376, "item_id": 49333461, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49333461", "by": "iamnothere", "date": "2026-08-17", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "With Radicle you can continue to work locally with all issues etc intact, even if your \u201cmain\u201d host is down.", "excerpt": "Disappointed to see only one mention of this. With Radicle you can continue to work locally with all issues etc intact, even if your \u201cmain\u201d host is down. You can also sync through other hosts in the network.", "context": "", "use_case": "decentralized code collaboration", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: Alternatives to GitHub"}, {"id": 789463744, "item_id": 49341484, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49341484", "by": "Nemo_bis", "date": "2026-08-17", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Sounds like the description of Radicle.", "excerpt": "Sounds like the description of Radicle. :-) https://radicle.dev/guides/protocol#collaborative-objects", "context": "", "use_case": "decentralized git collaboration", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: Alternatives to GitHub"}]}, {"text": " Complaints are scattered: one user cites rough edges and clunky seeding,", "cites": [{"id": 770366016, "item_id": 48147876, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48147876", "by": "minraws", "date": "2026-05-15", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "something like radicle feels like the right/better solution, definitely better than what github is atm.", "excerpt": "The more I have been using git and building my own tooling and services around it for usage, I have figured out that something like radicle feels like the right/better solution, definitely better than what github is atm. 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Runing a piece of software is a high barrier of entry to make a bug report, which the entire reason I use codeberg instead.", "context": "", "use_case": "code collaboration", "switched_from": "", "story": "Radicle: Disclosure of Vulnerability in the Network Protocol"}]}], "praise": [{"label": "Decentralization", "summary": "Recommended as a truly decentralized option that avoids re-centralizing code hosting.", "quotes": [{"id": 789581456, "item_id": 49348841, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49348841", "by": "xvilka", "date": "2026-08-18", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "it's best to invest all effort into a decentralized solution, like Radicle[1][2] or federated Forgejo[3][4]", "excerpt": "Instead of creating one more centralized alternative, it's best to invest all effort into a decentralized solution, like Radicle[1][2] or federated Forgejo[3][4]. 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Radicle[2] it is. 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There are rough edges and the seeding thing is a bit mehhh. And honestly there are a bunch of things I would do differently but I like the spirit of things. 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With Radicle you can continue to work locally with all issues etc intact, even if your \u201cmain\u201d host is down. You can also sync through other hosts in the network.", "context": "", "use_case": "decentralized code collaboration", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: Alternatives to GitHub"}]}, {"label": "Underrated", "summary": "One commenter calls it the most underestimated git forge.", "quotes": [{"id": 789434848, "item_id": 49339678, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49339678", "by": "alestsurko", "date": "2026-08-17", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "the most underestimated git forge is radicle", "excerpt": "In my opinion the most underestimated git forge is radicle.", "context": "", "use_case": "decentralised git forge", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: Alternatives to GitHub"}]}], "caveats": [{"label": "Contributor barrier", "summary": "Filing an issue requires installing Radicle, with no web option.", "quotes": [{"id": 797090944, "item_id": 49818184, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49818184", "by": "Velocifyer", "date": "2026-09-23", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "My main wish is if radicle had a way to make issues online, without installing the software.", "excerpt": "My main wish is if radicle had a way to make issues online, without installing the software. Runing a piece of software is a high barrier of entry to make a bug report, which the entire reason I use codeberg instead.", "context": "", "use_case": "code collaboration", "switched_from": "", "story": "Radicle: Disclosure of Vulnerability in the Network Protocol"}]}, {"label": "Rough edges", "summary": "A fan notes rough edges and an awkward seeding model.", "quotes": [{"id": 770366016, "item_id": 48147876, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48147876", "by": "minraws", "date": "2026-05-15", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "something like radicle feels like the right/better solution, definitely better than what github is atm.", "excerpt": "The more I have been using git and building my own tooling and services around it for usage, I have figured out that something like radicle feels like the right/better solution, definitely better than what github is atm. There are rough edges and the seeding thing is a bit mehhh. And honestly there are a bunch of things I would do differently but I like the spirit of things. Not sure where the authors of the project ", "context": "builds own tooling around git", "use_case": "code forge", "switched_from": "", "story": "Radicle: Sovereign {code forge} built on Git"}]}, {"label": "Unclear pitch", "summary": "Its introduction doesn't explain how it differs from self-hosted Git.", "quotes": [{"id": 747741088, "item_id": 46733818, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46733818", "by": "jbstack", "date": "2026-01-23", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "From this, I can't tell how it's any different to just plain self-hosted Git.", "excerpt": "Suggestion: improve the opening summary paragraph: \"Radicle is an open source, peer-to-peer code collaboration stack built on Git. Unlike centralized code hosting platforms, there is no single entity controlling the network. Repositories are replicated across peers in a decentralized manner, and users are in full control of their data and workflow.\" From this, I can't tell how it's any different to just plain self-ho", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Radicle: The Sovereign Forge"}]}, {"label": "Prescriptive protocol", "summary": "It defines a fixed protocol and feature set, which some commenters don't want.", "quotes": [{"id": 789581600, "item_id": 49348850, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49348850", "by": "0xbadcafebee", "date": "2026-08-18", "stance": "compare", "quote": "That's not really what I'm looking for. Radicle is trying to define specific functionality the system supports", "excerpt": "That's not really what I'm looking for. Radicle is trying to define specific functionality the system supports: a single protocol which combines multiple separate use cases into one standard. What I want is a system that doesn't define functionality. I want something protocol-less. The larger system design prescribes only loose i/o channels between components, so (for example) you know you can interrogate something G", "context": "", "use_case": "decentralized code collaboration", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: Alternatives to GitHub"}]}], "who": [{"by": "minraws", "context": "builds own tooling around git", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48147876", "date": "2026-05-15"}], "tags": ["peer-to-peer", "GitHub alternative", "for personal projects", "offline-capable"], "use_cases": ["decentralized code hosting", "code collaboration", "decentralized code collaboration", "decentralized git collaboration", "decentralised git forge", "personal project hosting"], "compared": [{"slug": "github", "name": "GitHub", "co": 6, "switched_from": 1, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "forgejo", "name": "Forgejo", "co": 5, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "gitea", "name": "Gitea", "co": 3, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "tangled", "name": "Tangled", "co": 3, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "codeberg", "name": "Codeberg", "co": 3, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "fossil", "name": "Fossil", "co": 2, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "git", "name": "Git", "co": 2, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "gitlab", "name": "GitLab", "co": 2, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}], "makers": [], "threads": [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49331033", "title": "Ask HN: Alternatives to GitHub", "mentions": 7}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50197251", "title": "A sci-fi team of artificial contributors for Radicle", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49817524", "title": "Radicle: Disclosure of Vulnerability in the Network Protocol", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49334209", "title": "Cursor launches Origin, GitHub alternative", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49036765", "title": "Codeberg Divides", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49021856", "title": "I Regret Migrating to Codeberg", "mentions": 1}], "sentiment_by_month": {"2025-11": {}, "2025-12": {}, "2026-01": {"neutral": 2, "recommend": 1}, "2026-02": {}, "2026-03": {}, "2026-04": {"neutral": 1}, "2026-05": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-06": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-07": {"recommend": 2}, "2026-08": {"recommend": 6, "compare": 2}, "2026-09": {"neutral": 1}, "2026-10": {"neutral": 1}}, "quotes": [{"id": 803156033, "item_id": 50197252, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50197252", "by": "alestsurko", "date": "2026-10-22", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "All works through the normal Radicle interface", "excerpt": "Hey everyone! I've open-sourced radicle-team, a project I've been working on for the last couple of months: https://radicle.network/nodes/index.radicle.garden/rad%3Az32RJhkP1WRhgJEcSCi5NgxAKLLwo and https://github.com/ales-tsurko/radicle-team It's a team of sci-fi characters living and working as artificial contributors on Radicle (https://radicle.network). Each character has different skills, a voice and all the cha", "context": "", "use_case": "code collaboration", "switched_from": "", "story": "A sci-fi team of artificial contributors for Radicle"}, {"id": 797090944, "item_id": 49818184, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49818184", "by": "Velocifyer", "date": "2026-09-23", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "My main wish is if radicle had a way to make issues online, without installing the software.", "excerpt": "My main wish is if radicle had a way to make issues online, without installing the software. Runing a piece of software is a high barrier of entry to make a bug report, which the entire reason I use codeberg instead.", "context": "", "use_case": "code collaboration", "switched_from": "", "story": "Radicle: Disclosure of Vulnerability in the Network Protocol"}, {"id": 789581600, "item_id": 49348850, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49348850", "by": "0xbadcafebee", "date": "2026-08-18", "stance": "compare", "quote": "That's not really what I'm looking for. Radicle is trying to define specific functionality the system supports", "excerpt": "That's not really what I'm looking for. Radicle is trying to define specific functionality the system supports: a single protocol which combines multiple separate use cases into one standard. What I want is a system that doesn't define functionality. I want something protocol-less. 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[1] https://radicle.dev/ [2] https://radicle.network/nodes/seed.radicle.dev/rad%3Az3gqcJUoA1n9HaHKufZs5FCSGazv5 [3] https://forgejo.org/ [4] https://codeberg.org/forgejo-contrib/federation/src/branch/main/FederationRoadmap.md", "context": "", "use_case": "decentralized code hosting", "switched_from": "", "story": "Cursor launches Origin, GitHub alternative"}, {"id": 789524257, "item_id": 49345266, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49345266", "by": "palata", "date": "2026-08-18", "stance": "compare", "quote": "Radicle is decentralised, not federated...", "excerpt": "Radicle is decentralised, not federated... Also if everybody moved to Tangled, I would have to somehow interact with it, wouldn't I? I dislike the social network aspect of GitHub, but it doesn't mean I don't need GitHub.", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: Alternatives to GitHub"}, {"id": 789463744, "item_id": 49341484, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49341484", "by": "Nemo_bis", "date": "2026-08-17", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Sounds like the description of Radicle.", "excerpt": "Sounds like the description of Radicle. :-) https://radicle.dev/guides/protocol#collaborative-objects", "context": "", "use_case": "decentralized git collaboration", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: Alternatives to GitHub"}, {"id": 789434848, "item_id": 49339678, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49339678", "by": "alestsurko", "date": "2026-08-17", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "the most underestimated git forge is radicle", "excerpt": "In my opinion the most underestimated git forge is radicle.", "context": "", "use_case": "decentralised git forge", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: Alternatives to GitHub"}, {"id": 789416464, "item_id": 49338529, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49338529", "by": "gdorsi", "date": "2026-08-17", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "For my personal projects I use https://radicle.dev/", "excerpt": "For my personal projects I use https://radicle.dev/", "context": "", "use_case": "personal project hosting", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: Alternatives to GitHub"}, {"id": 789335376, "item_id": 49333461, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49333461", "by": "iamnothere", "date": "2026-08-17", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "With Radicle you can continue to work locally with all issues etc intact, even if your \u201cmain\u201d host is down.", "excerpt": "Disappointed to see only one mention of this. With Radicle you can continue to work locally with all issues etc intact, even if your \u201cmain\u201d host is down. You can also sync through other hosts in the network.", "context": "", "use_case": "decentralized code collaboration", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: Alternatives to GitHub"}, {"id": 789311456, "item_id": 49331966, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49331966", "by": "bfrog", "date": "2026-08-17", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "radicle.xyz to avoid centralization again", "excerpt": "radicle.xyz to avoid centralization again", "context": "", "use_case": "decentralized code hosting", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: Alternatives to GitHub"}, {"id": 784644160, "item_id": 49040260, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49040260", "by": "xvilka", "date": "2026-07-24", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Radicle[2] it is.", "excerpt": "Maybe it will push more people and more effort into the true decentralization since the Forgejo/Codeberg federation[1] effort is way too slowly moving. Radicle[2] it is. [1] https://codeberg.org/forgejo-contrib/federation/src/branch/main/FederationRoadmap.md [2] https://radicle.dev/", "context": "", "use_case": "decentralized code hosting", "switched_from": "", "story": "Codeberg Divides"}, {"id": 784516752, "item_id": 49032297, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49032297", "by": "rudolfs", "date": "2026-07-24", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "OP might want to give Radicle a try", "excerpt": "OP might want to give Radicle a try: https://radicle.network", "context": "", "use_case": "code hosting alternative", "switched_from": "", "story": "I Regret Migrating to Codeberg"}, {"id": 777924720, "item_id": 48620295, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48620295", "by": "satvikpendem", "date": "2026-06-21", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Check out https://radicle.dev then.", "excerpt": "Check out https://radicle.dev then.", "context": "", "use_case": "code hosting without social account", "switched_from": "", "story": "Who Owns Your ATProto Identity? Hint: It's Probably Not You"}, {"id": 770366016, "item_id": 48147876, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48147876", "by": "minraws", "date": "2026-05-15", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "something like radicle feels like the right/better solution, definitely better than what github is atm.", "excerpt": "The more I have been using git and building my own tooling and services around it for usage, I have figured out that something like radicle feels like the right/better solution, definitely better than what github is atm. There are rough edges and the seeding thing is a bit mehhh. And honestly there are a bunch of things I would do differently but I like the spirit of things. Not sure where the authors of the project ", "context": "builds own tooling around git", "use_case": "code forge", "switched_from": "", "story": "Radicle: Sovereign {code forge} built on Git"}, {"id": 767181218, "item_id": 47948826, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47948826", "by": "gawa", "date": "2026-04-29", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "radicle is rolling their own protocol, more peer-to-peer than federated", "excerpt": "Some alternative forge are built with decentralization in mind: - forgejo [1] is working on ForgeFed [2], an extension of ActivityPub (the protocol made popular by Mastodon) - tangled is built on top of ATproto (the protocol behind Bluesky) [3] - radicle is rolling their own protocol, more peer-to-peer than federated [4] - fossil is a broader all-in-one solution: not only a new Version Control System (a replacement f", "context": "", "use_case": "peer-to-peer code collaboration", "switched_from": "", "story": "HashiCorp co-founder says GitHub 'no longer a place for serious work'"}, {"id": 747741088, "item_id": 46733818, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46733818", "by": "jbstack", "date": "2026-01-23", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "From this, I can't tell how it's any different to just plain self-hosted Git.", "excerpt": "Suggestion: improve the opening summary paragraph: \"Radicle is an open source, peer-to-peer code collaboration stack built on Git. Unlike centralized code hosting platforms, there is no single entity controlling the network. Repositories are replicated across peers in a decentralized manner, and users are in full control of their data and workflow.\" From this, I can't tell how it's any different to just plain self-ho", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Radicle: The Sovereign Forge"}, {"id": 746987728, "item_id": 46686733, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46686733", "by": "n0um3n4", "date": "2026-01-19", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "i moved from github a few weeks ago, never go back.", "excerpt": "i moved from github a few weeks ago, never go back. i think i'm gonna \"steal\" the idea and create tools like this. congratz!!", "context": "", "use_case": "code hosting", "switched_from": "GitHub", "story": "Radicle 1.6.0 \u2013 Amaryllis"}, {"id": 745566785, "item_id": 46597924, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46597924", "by": "dlahoda", "date": "2026-01-12", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "radicle does some project mgmt inside dotgit directory.", "excerpt": "radicle does some project mgmt inside dotgit directory. there are other projects doing similar. jj simplifies git. real alternative to fossil.", "context": "", "use_case": "project management in git", "switched_from": "", "story": "Fossil versus Git"}]}