# SourceHut: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 9 judge labels across 1 category by 6 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/sourcehut

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Source control hosting](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/developer/source-control-hosting/index.md) | 0% | 9 | 11% | 9 |

## What the models said for it

- "consider mirrors on privacy-focused alternatives like Codeberg ... or SourceHut for reduced corporate exposure" (Grok 4.20, Source control)
- "Some alternatives to GitHub include Codeberg, SourceHut, Gitea, and GitLab" (Llama 4 Maverick, Source control)
- "Consider open-source alternatives like GitLab, Codeberg, SourceHut" (MiniMax M2.5, Source control)
- "choose platforms like SourceHut that explicitly avoid this" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, Source control)

## And against it

- "SourceHut, for example, offers transparency but lacks the external certifications available from larger vendors." (Perplexity Sonar, Source control)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named SourceHut, from 17 of the 17 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- hiraditya.github.io: 9
- discuss.privacyguides.net: 6
- dev.to: 5
- en.wikipedia.org: 5
- bitbucket.org: 4
- about.gitlab.com: 3
- awesome-privacy.xyz: 3
- g2.com: 3
- git-tower.com: 3
- github.com: 3

### Pages cited

- https://hiraditya.github.io/posts/where-should-your-code-live: 9
- https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/version-control-systems-github-alternatives/18488: 6
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_source-code-hosting_facilities: 5
- https://bitbucket.org/product/code-repository: 4
- https://guptadeepak.com/tools/top-5-git-hosting-platforms-2026: 3
- https://openresource.dev/guide/getting-started/source-code-hosting-platforms: 3
- https://opensourcereviews.github.io/forge/index.html: 3
- https://rhodecode.com/blog/best-self-hosted-source-code-management-platforms-in-2026: 3

## Record

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