⚡ Code Hosting

Code hosting platforms allow developers to store, manage, and collaborate on code using version control systems (usually Git), providing features such as issue tracking, code review, and continuous integration.

According to our research, code hosting technologies are detected on 2.3% of all websites.
97.6% of these sites use only one code hosting technology, 2.2% use two, and 0.2% use three or more of them.

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

The following chart shows the leading code hosting technologies in 2026, based on market share.

The most popular is GitHub, which dominates the market with an overwhelming 97.4% share.
It is followed by GitLab with 1.9% and SourceForge with 1.8%.

🚀 Country Highlights

Here is a list of technologies that are especially popular in certain countries.
Differences between global and country rankings are shown in parentheses.

✨ Best Code Hosting Technologies

Below is a more detailed list of 6 code hosting technologies we track, ranked by their market share.

RankNameMarket share
1
GitHub
San Francisco, California, United States

A Git-based platform for code hosting, version control, and collaboration.

Free$4+/user/month
2
GitLab
San Francisco, California, United States

A collaborative development platform for project management, collaboration, source control management, and Git automation.

Free$29+/user/month
3
SourceForge
San Diego, California, United States

A software platform with an open-source project repository, bug tracking, wiki, and Git and SVN integration.

Free
4
Google Code Archive
Mountain View, California, United States

Google Code was a code hosting service for open source projects.

FreeLegacy
5
Bitbucket
Sydney, Australia

A Git code management solution built for professional teams.

Free$3.30+/user/month
6
Codeberg
Berlin, Germany

A collaboration platform providing Git hosting and services for free and open source software, content and projects.

Free
Data is based on the analysis of 3,038,873 websites.
Statistics were last calculated on .
For details, see our methodology and disclaimer.