I really like @mitchellh perspective on this topic of moving off GitHub.

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> If you're a code forge competing with GitHub and you look anything like GitHub then you've already lost. GitHub was the best solution for 2010. [0]

> Using GitHub as an example but all forges are similar so not singling them out here This page is mostly useless. [1]

> The default source view ... should be something like this: https://haskellforall.com/2026/02/browse-code-by-meaning [2]

[0] https://x.com/mitchellh/status/2023502586440282256#m

[1] https://x.com/mitchellh/status/2023499685764456455#m

[2] https://x.com/mitchellh/status/2023497187288907916#m

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rtpg 26 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

I really don't get this... like you're a code checkout away from just asking claude locally. I get that it is a bit more extra friction but "you should have an agent prompt on your forge's page" is a _huge_ costly ask!

I say this as someone who does browse the web view for repos a lot, so I get the niceness of browsing online... but even then sometimes I'm just checking out a repo cuz ripgrep locally works better.

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Starlevel004 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Person who pays for AI: We should make everything revolve around the thing I pay for

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blibble 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

for [1] he's right for his specific use case

when he's working on his own project, obviously he never uses the about section or releases

but if you're exploring projects, you do

(though I agree for the tree view is bad for everyone)

	▲	mbreese 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I also check for the License of a project when I'm looking at a project for the first time. I usually only look at that information once, but it should be easily viewed. I also look for releases if it's a program I want to install... much easier to download a processed artifact than pull the project and build it myself. But, I think I'm coming around to the idea that we might need to rethink what the point of the repository is for outside users. There's a big difference in the needs of internal and external users, and perhaps it's time for some new ideas. (I mean, it's been 18 years since Github was founded, we're due for a shakeup)

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bastardoperator 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Crazy... https://github.com/ghostty-org/ghostty