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GitHub

Git hosting with pull requests, Actions CI/CD and security tooling

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GitHub hosts Git repositories with pull request code review, issues, projects and wikis. It includes GitHub Actions for build and test automation, Dependabot, code and secret scanning, and Copilot for AI assistance. A self-hosted Enterprise Server option is available.

  • Pull request review
  • Branch protection rules
  • Built-in CI/CD
  • Self-hosted option
  • Code security scanning
  • Fine-grained permissions (not listed)

Also includes

  • Issue tracking
  • Project boards
  • Code search
  • Wiki and documentation
  • Package registry
  • Static site hosting
  • Code owners
  • SAML single sign-on
  • Audit logs
  • IDE and AI assistant integration
  • Dependency update automation
  • Mobile app

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Bitbucket

Free plan· $3.65/user/mo 1–500+ people

Atlassian's Git hosting with Pipelines CI/CD and Jira links

Key features

  • Pull request review
  • Branch protection rules
  • Built-in CI/CD
  • Self-hosted option
  • Code security scanning
  • Fine-grained permissions

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GitLab

Free plan· $29/user/mo 2–500+ people

DevSecOps platform with Git hosting, CI/CD and security scanning

Key features

  • Pull request review
  • Built-in CI/CD
  • Self-hosted option
  • Code security scanning

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Harness Code Repository

Free plan 2–500+ people

Git hosting inside the Harness delivery platform, built for agent code

Key features

  • Pull request review
  • Branch protection rules
  • Built-in CI/CD
  • Code security scanning
  • Fine-grained permissions