"Why doesn't the Open Source community actually band up and make a Github alternative that is actually good and free for Open Source?" Because Github's major t

"Why doesn't the Open Source community actually band up and make a Github alternative that is actually good and free for Open Source?" Because Github's major thing was providing hosting and tools, along with the network of users. Hosting costs money. How would an alternative get around that? Self hosting couldn't be a requirement, because most projects don't have any kind of income, and so wouldn't be able to afford it.