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Please don't... Github is an institution and the only thing replacing it should be something equally global but based on a new protocol of sorts enabling truly decentralized and distributed sharing and collaboration on a higher interaction level.

But meanwhile, again please let's not fragment needlessly - that's certainly not something worth the price to pay for an (admittedly great) "alternative" service be it self-hosted or otherwise...

Edit: I'm strictly talking open-source projects here - Gitlab is a fantastic solution for private repos!

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No idea why you were down voted to oblivion, having a contrary opinion is not grounds for that.

I also completely agree, newer Internet users don't understand that we've lost a lot of the decentralized nature of the Internet. Usenet is a perfect example where everything that is used instead is fundamentally worse. With modern computers and better protocols and distributed algorithms a UUCP-like project hosting facility would be really cool.

:) protocols > services indeed!

There always will be a market for well designed implementations!

We do should look into new projects like keybase fs, ipfs and the likes to think up a really new solution for sure - we probably still need to tackle some more "basic" foundational solutions first though.