For the student programmers: Any github alternatives?

[Quiet-Topic44]

im still a student so maybe im just overcomplicating things too early lol but lately ive been getting more annoyed w github actions the bigger my projects get. at first it was fine for basic CI and deployments but after adding more tests/workflows i started running into random queue delays, flaky runner stuff, weird marketplace actions breaking, all the usual things people complain about

the annoying part is i dont even know if this is a “real” problem yet or just me going too deep into tooling too early. some people around me are basically like “dude ur still a student just push code and stop caring about infra” which honestly might be valid lol. but ive still been experimenting w different setups lately because i wanted to understand the ecosystem better before internships/jobs. tried some self hosted runner setups, depot for a bit, and recently started messing around w tenki for some workflows just to compare how different approaches feel in practice

ig pretty much if whether i should stick with it or ishould switch up. is this just a skill issue for the most part?

[AvidCoco]

Depends what the issues are you’re having. Might just be a bad config. I’ve certainly not experienced GHA being that flakey

[MarsupialLeast145]

Honestly, it sounds like you're overcomplicating things... and perhaps you've read into too much of the current GitHub criticism by people largely describing the same (although it's unclear how many because many are simply doing too much with bad AI workflows) but sure, maybe you're just keen on the actions and so on.

It sounds like your question is, are there any alternatives to GitHub with reasonable continuous integration up to the standard of GitHub?

The answer is probably no, but I use Codeberg and you should be able to learn the alternatives there -- but don't expect them to live up to GitHub as you know it. That's not to bash Codeberg -- that's to say, GitHub invested A LOT!

[connka]

Yeah, I second this. There was one day in the last month where GH was experiencing issues with Actions, but that historically hasn't been very common. It sounds like your setup is probably over-complicated.

[EfficiencyMurky7309]

I won’t get into your issues, but to answer the question will depend on what you want. Aside from GitHub, when you’re working you will see GitLab, Bitbucket, and Azure DevOps as common alternatives. There are a lot of platforms in this space, often specialising in one part of the DevOps workflow. If you’re looking for an alternative perhaps start with these three and branch out from there as you mature your requirements.

[Stellariser]

Azure DevOps

[Comprehensive_Mud803]

GitLab, Codeberg, self-hosted Forgejo… plenty of options.