Every free source control tier that clears our bar in 2026: 11 offers meet the criteria and 2 offers are demoted with a named reason. Verified pricing, recorded changes, and a published ranking method.

Best Free Source Control Tools

Every free source control tier that clears our bar today. Updated 2026-09-11.

11 offers meet our criteria for this category and none is distinguishable from the others under any signal we record. They are listed in an order that rotates daily; here is how that order is derived. There is no top slot here to sell.
Why trust this data? Every free tier is verified against the vendor's pricing page with dates tracked. We monitor 554 pricing changes and flag vendors that have reduced or removed free tiers. Rankings start every offer at zero and can only demote. There is no signal a vendor can acquire, lobby for, or buy — there is nothing to add. A record reaches a function page when its category names the function or when it carries a subtype label that names the function. Adding a label to a record publishes it here; removing one withdraws it. No page holds a list of vendors. See all 14 source control offers →
1
Pagure.io stable
Free

Pagure.io is a free and open source software code collaboration platform for FOSS-licensed projects, Git-based Best for open source projects.

2
Free

Gerrit code review for GitHub repositories for free

3
Free

Framagit is the software forge of Framasoft based on the Gitlab software includes CI, Static Pages, Project pages and Issue tracking.

4
Free

Non-profit Git hosting for free and open-source projects. Public and private Git repos, powered by [Forgejo](https://forgejo.org/). Default soft limits per account/org: 100 repositories, 750 MiB Git storage, and 1.5 GiB combined for packages, LFS, and attachments; contributors may store up to 100 MB of private content. Increases are granted on request for valid use-cases via their public requests repository. Includes [Codeberg Pages](https://codeberg.page/) static site hosting, [Codeberg CI](https://docs.codeberg.org/ci/), [Codeberg Translate](https://translate.codeberg.org/), package/container hosting, project management, and issue tracking.

5
Free

Unlimited free and open source distributed version control system. Its distinctive feature is based on a sound theory of patches, which makes it easy to learn, use, and distribute. Solves many problems of git/hg/svn/darcs. Best for open source projects and unlimited usage needs.

6
Gitea stable
Free OSS

Free OSS (MIT). Lightweight self-hosted Git service. Repository hosting, issue tracking, pull requests, CI/CD (Gitea Actions), packages registry. Low resource usage Best for open source projects.

7
Free

Serves as a collaborative software development management system for free Software projects (for GNU Projects)

8
Free

Repository Hosting based on Git. Unlimited Public and private repositories. Best for unlimited usage needs.

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Free

Heptapod is a friendly fork of GitLab Community Edition providing support for Mercurial

10
Free

Serves as a collaborative software development management system for free Software projects (for non-GNU projects)

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Free

A complete workflow to write, review, and deploy code, a free account for one user, and one repository with 100 MB of storage

Demoted — and exactly why

These offers reach this page too and rank below the list above. Each one names the recorded fact behind it. A recorded limit reduction, pricing restructure or new restriction is shown on every surface where the offer appears, with its date and summary — but it does not move rank. We have change records for only 16% of vendors, and disproportionately for well-known ones, so ranking on them would demote the vendors we happen to watch most closely.

−1
SourceForge stable
Free

Find, Create, and Publish Open Source software for free Best for open source projects.

  • −1 stale_verification We cannot confirm this offer: 2 consecutive re-check attempts have failed (most recently 2026-09-10 — The page does not explicitly state a free tier for SourceForge itself. It mentions free credits and products for Google Cloud Platform, but doesn't confirm the free access to 'Find, Create, and Publish Open Source software' as described in the stored deal info. It's unclear if the original deal still exists.), never confirmed since it was indexed. This is our inability to verify, not a change by the vendor. (a limit of ours, not a change by the vendor)
−1
Free

Unlimited private and public repositories. Free forever. Powered by GitLab & Sapphire. Includes CI/CD, Static Hosting, Container Registry, Project Management and Issue Tracking. Best for unlimited usage needs.

  • −1 stale_verification We cannot confirm this offer: 4 consecutive re-check attempts have failed (most recently 2026-09-05 — HTTP 403), last confirmed 2026-06-12. This is our inability to verify, not a change by the vendor. (a limit of ours, not a change by the vendor)
Recompute today's order yourself. The order above is a permutation seeded only on the UTC date and the query key — no vendor name, slug, id or offer field is an input. The algorithm is published, so anyone can reproduce this page's order without asking us.
date
2026-09-11
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best-of:Source Control
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870859af13c2145cfcad7064133d686dffe5fe0b29819b79036e7785ced094a2
tie_count
11

Quick Comparison

Vendor Free Tier Key Limits Stability Verified
Pagure.io Free Pagure.io is a free and open source software code collaboration platform for FOSS-licensed projects, Git-based stable 2026-08-01
gerrithub.io Free Gerrit code review for GitHub repositories for free 2026-08-05
framagit.org Free Framagit is the software forge of Framasoft based on the Gitlab software includes CI, Static Pages, Project pages and Is... 2026-08-02
Codeberg Free Non-profit Git hosting for free and open-source projects. Public and private Git repos, powered by [Forgejo](https://for... 2026-08-26
pijul.com Free Unlimited free and open source distributed version control system. Its distinctive feature is based on a sound theory of... 2026-08-02
Gitea Free OSS Free OSS (MIT). Lightweight self-hosted Git service. Repository hosting, issue tracking, pull requests, CI/CD (Gitea Act... stable 2026-07-28
savannah.gnu.org Free Serves as a collaborative software development management system for free Software projects (for GNU Projects) 2026-08-02
RocketGit Free Repository Hosting based on Git. Unlimited Public and private repositories. 2026-08-01
heptapod.net Free Heptapod is a friendly fork of GitLab Community Edition providing support for Mercurial 2026-08-03
savannah.nongnu.org Free Serves as a collaborative software development management system for free Software projects (for non-GNU projects) 2026-07-31
beanstalkapp.com Free A complete workflow to write, review, and deploy code, a free account for one user, and one repository with 100 MB of st... 2026-08-02

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