Choosing proprietary tools and services for your free software project ultimately sends a message to downstream developers and users of your project that freedom of all users—developers included—is not a priority.
Quote is still relevant. GitLab wouldn’t be my first choice but open core is better than fully proprietary. The work on Ayulla is a bit more interesting at the moment for the Git space, but I would prefer something atop Darcs or Pijul to Git.
— Matt Lee, https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/opinion-github-vs-gitlab
On a post about GitHub Vs Gitlab - lol.
https://forgejo.org/
Quote is still relevant. GitLab wouldn’t be my first choice but open core is better than fully proprietary. The work on Ayulla is a bit more interesting at the moment for the Git space, but I would prefer something atop Darcs or Pijul to Git.