Maybe because Sourceforge and Github are not open source. | Hacker News

Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit

		audessuscest on Feb 6, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: GitHub is undergoing a full-blown overhaul as exec... Maybe because Sourceforge and Github are not open source.

JohnTHaller on Feb 6, 2016 [–]

SourceForge is open source. The software underpinning the way the whole setup works is called Allura. Paid developers at SourceForge keep enhancing it. It's hosted by Apache: http://allura.apache.org/

Github is closed source.

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact