You don't need write access to a remote for that remote to be useful. Two or more people can collaborate using public repos that others may fetch from but not

You don't need write access to a remote for that remote to be useful. Two or more people can collaborate using public repos that others may fetch from but not push to. Then, in lieu of github PRs, you request other people pull from you with email or however you like. If you need access control without VPNs or whatnot (or if you simply want something closer to the github workflow), there are other services similar to github that can almost certainly provide what you need, such as gitlab. > "Also, the additional effort to manage multiple remotes is entirely nontrivial." With practice, I'd say it asymptotically approaches trivial.