# Source control hosting: what AI models recommend, October 2026

Gane Index, October 2026 Edition. Asked as "source control hosting platform" and as "Git hosting service", six framings each, to fourteen models with search on, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/developer/source-control-hosting/2026-10

This is the permanent record of the October 2026 Edition, published October 1, 2026 and superseded since. The current standing: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/developer/source-control-hosting/index.md

**Standing:** GitHub leads with 70% of first choices; verdict clear leader. 53 first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts.

## First-choice share

| Rank | Product | Share | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [GitHub](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/github/index.md) | 70% | 16% | 83 |
| 2 | [GitLab](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/gitlab/index.md) | 21% | 14% | 81 |
| 3 | [Bitbucket](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/bitbucket/index.md) | 4% | 26% | 76 |
| 4 | [Gitea](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/gitea/index.md) | 2% | 15% | 27 |
| 5 | [Azure Repos](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/azure-repos/index.md) | 2% | 0% | 16 |
| 6 | [Azure DevOps](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/azure-devops/index.md) | 2% | 27% | 30 |
| 7 | [Forgejo](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/forgejo/index.md) | 0% | 5% | 19 |
| 8 | [Codeberg](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/codeberg/index.md) | 0% | 9% | 11 |
| 19 | [AWS CodeCommit](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/aws-codecommit/index.md) | 0% | 40% | 15 |
| 33 | [SourceForge](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/sourceforge/index.md) | 0% | 90% | 10 |

Rank is by share of first choices among all 33 products named; products with the same share are tied, and the order among them carries no meaning. The table lists those with at least 10 labels.

## Each model's first choice on the direct prompt

- Claude Haiku 4.5: GitHub; alternatives Bitbucket, GitLab
- GPT-5.4 mini: GitHub; alternatives Azure DevOps, Bitbucket, GitLab
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: GitHub; alternatives GitLab
- Perplexity Sonar: GitHub; alternatives Bitbucket, GitLab
- Grok 4.20: Bitbucket, GitHub; alternatives GitLab
- Mistral Small: GitHub; alternatives Bitbucket, GitLab
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: GitHub; alternatives Bitbucket, GitLab
- Llama 4 Maverick: no first choice
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: GitHub; alternatives Bitbucket, GitLab
- Kimi K2: GitHub; alternatives GitLab
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: GitHub; alternatives Bitbucket, GitLab
- MiniMax M2.5: GitHub, GitLab; alternatives Azure DevOps, Bitbucket
- GPT-6 Luna: GitHub; alternatives Bitbucket, GitLab
- Muse Glimmer 30B: GitHub; alternatives Azure DevOps, Azure Repos, GitLab

## Sources the answers cite

73 of 84 answers came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models. Sites named in the most answers:

- g2.com: 30 answers, 62 citations
- guideflow.com: 25 answers, 25 citations
- gane.ai/index: 24 answers, 34 citations
- guptadeepak.com: 22 answers, 22 citations
- us.fitgap.com: 20 answers, 24 citations
- about.gitlab.com: 19 answers, 29 citations
- bitbucket.org: 18 answers, 33 citations
- github.com: 18 answers, 28 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://guideflow.com/blog/version-control-software (25 answers)
- https://guptadeepak.com/tools/top-5-git-hosting-platforms-2026 (22 answers)
- https://gane.ai/index/it/developer/source-control-hosting (18 answers)
- https://graphite.com/guides/choosing-repository-management-platform (14 answers)
- https://zipdo.co/best/source-control-software (14 answers)
- https://g2.com/categories/source-code-management (13 answers)
- https://us.fitgap.com/search/version-control-hosting-software/free (13 answers)
- https://resources.rework.com/tools/dev-tools/best-gitlab-alternatives (12 answers)
- https://g2.com/categories/version-control-hosting (11 answers)
- https://note.com/snake_dragon/n/n87068052df3a?hl=en (11 answers)

## Warned against

- GitHub: 13 of 83 labels negative. "GitHub - due to controversies" (Llama 4 Maverick, negative prompt)
- Bitbucket: 20 of 76 labels negative. "*Atlassian ended support for Bitbucket Server in February 2024*" (Muse Glimmer 30B, negative prompt)
- SourceForge: 9 of 10 labels negative. "SourceForge: Universally panned in developer surveys and AI recommendations (89% negative labels across models)." (Grok 4.20, negative prompt)
- GitLab: 11 of 81 labels negative. "GitLab SaaS - not budget-friendly for small, scaling teams" (Llama 4 Maverick, negative prompt)

## Movement since September 2026

Floor: 11 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat.
Same leader: GitHub at 67%.

- GitHub: 74% to 67%, −7. Inside the floor by 4 points · rank 1 of 29, unchanged.
- GitLab: 19% to 24%, +5. Inside the floor by 6 points · rank 2 of 29, unchanged.
- Azure DevOps: 0% to 2%, +2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 5 of 29, unchanged.
- Bitbucket: 4% to 4%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 3 of 29, unchanged.
- Gitea: 2% to 2%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 4 of 29, unchanged.
- Forgejo: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 8 → 6 of 29.
- Azure Repos: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 7 of 29, unchanged.
- Codeberg: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 6 → 8 of 29.
- AWS CodeCommit: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 16 → 18 of 29.

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, October 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.