We host your code. Nothing more.
Code hosting is infrastructure, not shareholder value. Gitwick is an independent UK based code hosting platform, on the road to not-for-profit status. Your subscription funds this mission, not an exit.
Features
All of Forgejo. Hosted, maintained, and ready to go. Runners included.
Git repository management
Public and private repos, branches, tags, and the full Git workflow.
Pull requests & code review
Code review tools with inline comments, approval workflows, and threaded discussions.
Issues & project tracking
Integrated issue tracking with labels, milestones, and project boards.
CI/CD runners
The runners are included, with no third-party service or extra account to manage.
Teams & permissions
Org-level team management with fine-grained roles and access control. You decide who sees what.
Security & privacy
2FA, SSH keys, encrypted data, all stored in UK data centres.
Commitments
This is what Gitwick stands for and will not compromise on.
Not-for-profit company
The goal is to become a company limited by guarantee, however that takes time and money to set up properly. In the meantime, Gitwick is operated by Stevenson Research Limited (solely owned by me). Once there's enough traction, the new entity will be created.
✓ No exit. No shareholder returns. Ever.
Will not be enshittified
Right now, this is my own time and money, me, Kyle Stevenson. No venture capital, no private equity, no investors to answer to. I'm just a human that believes you and your organisation's code deserves a platform that serves its users, not extract the maximum value for shareholders.
✓ You are the user, not the product.
Independent hosting only
We run on independent, privately owned British hosting providers. No AWS. No Azure. No Google Cloud. Currently, we use Hostworld and Mythic Beasts. One day we'll run on our own recycled hardware in a co-location.
✓ We'll never use a hyperscaler
No vendor lock-in
Interoperability matters. Gitwick is built almost entirely on open source Forgejo, which is maintained by Codeberg. You can leave and run your own instance any time you like. We're offering convenience and trust, not captivity.
✓ Leaving Gitwick should be easy.
Zero surveillance. Zero AI training.
Your code is never analysed by Gitwick for AI training. Your personal data is never sold to data brokers. No tracking. No telemetry. In future, we'll publish annual transparency reports to keep ourselves accountable.
✓ You do not need to opt out.
Alternatives
Gitwick is not your only option. Here's why it might be your best one.
Why not use GitHub?
Owned by Microsoft, the granddaddy of enshittification. Beyond the principles of it, the uptime for a multi-billion-dollar enterprise is unbelievably bad. Every repository public and private is used to train their AI models unless you manually uncheck a box buried in settings and hope it's respected. Gitwick doesn't need a checkbox for this. It's simply not something we do.
Why not use Gitlab?
They are a publicly traded, which means its legal obligation is to shareholders, not users. That pressure is already showing with free tier restrictions have quietly tightened and subtle terms of services changes to extract more value from you. A public company can't credibly promise it won't be sold or pivoted.
Why not use BitBucket?
Owned by Atlassian, another public company with the same shareholder obligations. Atlassian's pattern is acquiring competitors rather than innovating, and Bitbucket's development pace reflects that. If your platform's future depends on a quarterly earnings call, that's a problem.
Why not use Codeberg?
It is an excellent, mission-driven service and worth supporting. However their mission and terms of service are aimed squarely at libre and open source software. They'd prefer you didn't use private repositories at all, and ask that you store no more than 100 MB in a private repo. That's a limit I recently hit myself, which means it's a non-starter for anyone doing commercial or private work.
Why not use Sourcehut?
A great alternative with no coporate backing, but it is not for everyone. The interface is deliberately sparse, no JavaScript, mailing lists instead of pull requests, and a workflow modelled on the Linux kernel. If that's your culture, it's excellent. If you're a team coming from GitHub, the learning curve is real and the familiarity simply isn't there.
Why not self-host?
You can, and I do. But self-hosting doesn't fix the underlying problem with our current ecosystem. Also, most people don't have the time, skills or hardware to run it properly, and the ones who do usually have better things to do. We need something that is principled, reliable, and can hold someone to account.
Pricing
We don't take outside investment. What you pay runs the service and funds the road to not-for-profit status. Whatever price you sign-up for is the price you keep, for as long as you stay with us.
Students & Open Source
Always free. No catches.
Free
Forever. No student verification faff. No expiry.
Individuals
£5/mo
Whatever price you sign up for is the price you keep.
Teams
up to 50 seats
£2.50/user/mo
Per user per month. Price locked for life.
If cost is a barrier, just email us and we'll sort something out.