European alternatives to GitHub
The dominant home for source code and open-source collaboration, owned by Microsoft since 2018. The platform is proprietary and US-governed, running on Microsoft's infrastructure under the CLOUD Act.
Company information about GitHub
- Company
- GitHub Inc.
- Parent company
- Microsoft Corporation
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, United States
- Founded
- 2008
- Data jurisdiction
- United States
- Ownership
- Publicly traded
- GDPR
- No
- Open source
- No
- Infrastructure
- Microsoft Azure
Why people switch away from GitHub
European alternatives to GitHub
German non-profit Git hosting platform founded in 2019 and run by Codeberg e.V., a registered charitable association in Berlin. Built on Forgejo, fully open-source, no ads, no data harvesting, no VC. 246,000+ users and 371,000+ repositories as of late 2025.
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Start somewhere.
Switching everything overnight is not realistic. Start where it matters most: your email, your cloud storage, your business tools. Replace one thing at a time.
The European Alternative already exists.
Pick Europe.
Why avoid United States-owned services?
CLOUD Act
Forces US companies to hand over data stored anywhere in the world upon government request, including data on European servers.
FISA Section 702
Authorises mass surveillance of non-US persons using data held by US tech platforms, without a warrant or notification.
GDPR vs US law conflict
EU courts have repeatedly found that US surveillance law conflicts with European fundamental rights. Schrems I and II both invalidated EU-US data transfer agreements.