githost.io shutting down

Mike Linksvayer at 2015-04-11T20:11:35Z

https://githost.io/blog/posts/githost-shutting-down

For pay GitLab CE service didn't see growth they hoped for.

Found out at http://interi.org/2015/04/7511/#comment-43239

Submitted to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9360572

Semi-related, Kallithea now on HN frontpage https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9360098

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>> Taylor Gunnoe:

“You mean the growth from the buyout of gitorious?”

Probably not. Githost.io was independent of Gitlab.com/Gitlab BV, which bought out gitorious. I would guess Gitlab.com gratis everything is what really made githost.io not viable. Unfortunately probably not many people who want to pay extra just to not have access to some proprietary features.

Mike Linksvayer at 2015-04-12T02:23:06Z

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I suspect they expected a burst of growth because of gitorious' impending shutdown. I wonder just how much room there is for smaller code-hosting beehives with Github (and to a lesser degree Bitbucket) dominating the field so thoroughly.

lnxwalt@microca.st at 2015-04-12T04:04:24Z

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With federation, a lot more room than without it.

Claes Wallin (韋嘉誠) at 2015-04-13T11:16:24Z

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Wow, two weeks notice? That's pretty drastic. At least the Gitorious buyout had a little bit more time than that for people to migrate.

Claes Wallin (韋嘉誠) at 2015-04-13T11:17:52Z

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