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Because github still has 99% of that market. Just look at how many repositories opened by Google, Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, NSA, GCHQ and 100s of others big p

by akerro 9y ago

Because github still has 99% of that market. Just look at how many repositories opened by Google, Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, NSA, GCHQ and 100s of others big players are on Github and how many on Gitlab.

syshum 9y ago
Yes but how many of those are just mirrors and sources for non-contributors to find the code. See Linux Kernel as an example, the Kernel is mirrored on GitHub but none of the actual development takes place there.
- akerro 9y ago
  I don't think it's about mirror of source code being there, I think it's more about a community of people and developers being able to report issues there. Eg. steam client is not opensource, but it has github repo where we report distro/Xorg/Wayland/libs related issues, and they often respond.
dordoka 9y ago
That is true. But I reckon those big players just said "let's go with the flow and move some stuff to Github, good from the marketing point of view, etc". My point being that is just a trend. If Github is not careful, that trend can change anytime. Debian and GNOME are well known, big open source projects. This helps them a lot and pushes that trend a wee tiny bit in Gitlab's side.
sytse 9y ago
Some of these use GitHub for their open source work but mostly GitLab for their closed source work.
dalore 9y ago
People/companies go to GitHub to be social. It's the Facebook of computer code. That's why all the big players are there, so they can share/market themselves. It's also where a lot of programmers put their code so they can show it for interviews. That's why there are so many public repositories there.
- johnnycarcin 9y ago
  Totally agree with this. This is the reason that I self-host with Gitea but mirror everything to Github.I essentially use Github as a forwarder to my Gitea instance. However, I have seen a drastic decrease in interaction (PRs, issues, etc) with my self-hosted repos even though you can auth with your Github credentials.
alvil 9y ago
Most of these companies projects on Github are projects of their employees, not official projects :)

by akerro 9y ago

syshum 9y ago

Yes but how many of those are just mirrors and sources for non-contributors to find the code. See Linux Kernel as an example, the Kernel is mirrored on GitHub but none of the actual development takes place there.

akerro 9y ago
I don't think it's about mirror of source code being there, I think it's more about a community of people and developers being able to report issues there. Eg. steam client is not opensource, but it has github repo where we report distro/Xorg/Wayland/libs related issues, and they often respond.

dordoka 9y ago

That is true. But I reckon those big players just said "let's go with the flow and move some stuff to Github, good from the marketing point of view, etc". My point being that is just a trend. If Github is not careful, that trend can change anytime. Debian and GNOME are well known, big open source projects. This helps them a lot and pushes that trend a wee tiny bit in Gitlab's side.

sytse 9y ago

Some of these use GitHub for their open source work but mostly GitLab for their closed source work.

dalore 9y ago

People/companies go to GitHub to be social. It's the Facebook of computer code. That's why all the big players are there, so they can share/market themselves. It's also where a lot of programmers put their code so they can show it for interviews. That's why there are so many public repositories there.

johnnycarcin 9y ago
Totally agree with this. This is the reason that I self-host with Gitea but mirror everything to Github.I essentially use Github as a forwarder to my Gitea instance. However, I have seen a drastic decrease in interaction (PRs, issues, etc) with my self-hosted repos even though you can auth with your Github credentials.

alvil 9y ago

Most of these companies projects on Github are projects of their employees, not official projects :)