--- title: GitHub is sinking | daily.dev description: GitHub's reliability and quality have declined significantly under Microsoft's ownership, with increasing downtime, bot spam, AI slop, and a degraded developer... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/github-is-sinking-10ib8mxpt twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: GitHub is sinking | daily.dev og:description: GitHub's reliability and quality have declined significantly under Microsoft's ownership, with increasing downtime, bot spam, AI slop, and a degraded developer... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/github-is-sinking-10ib8mxpt og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/10ib8MxPT.png og:image:alt: GitHub is sinking og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # GitHub is sinking **[dbushell](https://daily.dev/sources/dbushell)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary GitHub's reliability and quality have declined significantly under Microsoft's ownership, with increasing downtime, bot spam, AI slop, and a degraded developer experience. The post argues developers should migrate away from GitHub and explores alternatives including Codeberg (Forgejo-based, non-profit), Tangled, Gitea, GitLab, and Bitbucket. Self-hosting Forgejo is recommended as the best option for those willing to manage their own infrastructure. The author emphasizes that Git itself is decentralized and open source — GitHub is just one optional layer on top. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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