DHH Should Move Rails Off GitHub
12 hours ago
- #CI
- #OpenSource
- #GitHub
- GitHub is introducing charges for Actions control plane, making it harder for open source projects.
- Blacksmith and Linear offer better alternatives for CI and workflow management, respectively.
- Commercial teams can afford to switch to better tools, but open source projects like Rails cannot.
- Zig has already moved off GitHub due to unreliable CI and aggressive Copilot push.
- DHH has a history of building exits from platform lock-in, like Omakub and Omarchy.
- Moving Rails off GitHub would force the maturation of alternatives like Forgejo and Codeberg.
- Open source needs a champion like DHH to lead the transition away from GitHub.