Overview
Summary
The useful answer before the supporting detail.
SourceHut is a network of open source tools for software project maintainers and collaborators, including git repos, bug tracking, continuous integration, and mailing lists S1. It is used by developers who want a free software platform with no tracking or advertising S1. Its practical value is a complete, hackable forge that is 100% free and open source S1.
Product identity and positioning
Name, category, positioning, audience, and first-party claims.
- Identity: SourceHut is a network of open source tools for software project maintainers and collaborators S1.
- Core purpose: Provides a software development platform with git repos, bug tracking, CI, and mailing lists S1.
- Intended users: Software project maintainers and collaborators S1.
- Product scope: A suite of tools including builds, chat, lists, and more S1.
- Positioning: The software development platform you've been waiting for S1.
- Claimed distinction: Aims for a higher standard of quality than most software & services in this domain S51.
Use cases and audiences
Who the product serves and the jobs it is designed to handle.
Traffic and search
Search summary
The useful answer before the supporting detail.
sourcehut is a network of useful open source tools for software project maintainers and collaborators, including git repos, bug tracking, continuous integration, and mailing lists. sourcehut.org: an estimated 5,709 total monthly visits and about 213 monthly organic visits across 18 ranking keywords. Scout crawled 15 pages and measured a technical health score of 86/100.
- Total traffic (modeled): 5,709 monthly visits across all channels.
- Organic search traffic (estimated): 213 monthly visits from search.
- Strongest sampled ranking: sourcehut at position 1.
- Leading page in the collected evidence: https://sourcehut.org/.
- Closest measured organic competitor: news.ycombinator.com, appearing 4 times in the sampled first-page SERPs.
- Technical crawl: 15 pages, health score 86/100.
Website intelligence — Collected evidence
Company identity and positioning
| Page type | Evidence | Source |
|---|---|---|
| other | sourcehut is a network of useful open source tools for software project maintainers and collaborators, including git repos, bug tracking, continuous integration, and mailing lists. | https://sourcehut.org/ |
| other | Welcome to sourcehut! This suite of open source tools is the software development platform you've been waiting for. We've taken the wisdom of the most successful open-source communities and turned it into a platform of efficient engineering tools. | https://sourcehut.org/ |
| other | Register for sr.ht or log in | https://sourcehut.org/ |
| other | "Small internet" protocols? The Plan 9 renaissance? Esoteric programming languages for music creation, and novel smartphone operating systems? These projects and more are waiting to be found on the sourcehut project index. Browse projects | https://sourcehut.org/ |
| other | Fine grained access control, including access for users without accounts | https://sourcehut.org/ |
| other | Post-build triggers for email, webhooks, etc | https://sourcehut.org/ |
| other | Tools for working with third party mailing lists | https://sourcehut.org/ |
| other | Private bug reports and bug trackers for security issues | https://sourcehut.org/ |
Domain performance
Modeled total traffic, six-month trend, engagement, countries, and domain identity.
Total website traffic
Monthly visits5,709
Global rank#3,817,416
Top-country rankUS #2,387,964
Bounce rate58.8%
Pages per visit1.05
Visit duration0s
| Month | Modeled visits |
|---|---|
| 2026-04 | 9,661 |
| 2026-05 | 9,893 |
| 2026-06 | 7,869 |
| 2026-07 | 5,669 |
| 2026-08 | 1,416 |
| 2026-09 | 5,709 |
Six-month trafficModeled monthly visits
Top visitor countries
| Country | Name | Traffic share |
|---|---|---|
| US | United States | 59.7% |
| KR | Korea, Republic of | 40.3% |
59.7%United States
United States59.7%Korea, Republic of40.3%
Domain identity
| Signal | Value |
|---|---|
| Registered | Oct 9, 2018 |
| Last changed | Aug 12, 2026 |
| Expires | Oct 9, 2029 |
| WHOIS server | whois.publicinterestregistry.org |
| DNSSEC | — |
| Nameservers | ns1.sr.ht, ns2.sr.ht, ns3.sr.ht |
Website capture
Organic keywords
Top keywords and an independent Google result page.
Top organic keywords
| Keyword | Volume | CPC | Estimated value |
|---|---|---|---|
| sourcehut | 1,470 | $7.46 | $1,240 |
| github | 10,089,950 | $1.62 | $80 |
| source hut | 160 | $0.00 | $30 |
| guthu | 610 | $0.00 | $0 |
| plan 9 vs 9front | 430 | $0.00 | $0 |
Independent Google result page
Query: sourcehut
| Position | Title | URL | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sourcehut - the hacker's forge | https://sourcehut.org/ | sourcehut is a network of useful open source tools for software project maintainers and collaborators, including git repos, bug tracking, ... |
| 2 | sourcehut hub | https://sr.ht/ | Welcome to sourcehut, the hacker's forge! Register here or Log in to get started, or check out some of our featured projects: Featured projects. ~transkb ... |
| 3 | sourcehut pages | https://srht.site/ | sourcehut is a network of useful open source tools for software project maintainers and collaborators, including git repos, bug tracking, ... |
| 4 | Installation - man.sr.ht | https://man.sr.ht/installation.md | This document familiarizes you with the internals of SourceHut and the installation and deployment of the software on your own systems. Note: Just want to ... |
| 5 | Tools to Work with the SourceHut Development Ecosystem | https://github.com/hrbrmstr/sourcehut | SourceHut (https://sourcehut.org/) provides support for collaborative development of anything that can can be managed by Git or Mecurial version control systems ... |
| 6 | Overview of SourceHut as a GitHub alternative | https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/ywbrtc/four_years_of_sourcehut_sourcehut_is_a_open/ | I am not really familiar with how sourcehut works but i think it's like emacs/vim, you sacrifice speed of learning for efficiency of use , ... |
| 7 | A Beginner's Guide to SourceHut | https://lobste.rs/s/p9lo9w/beginner_s_guide_sourcehut | Sourcehut provides a domain name per user ( username.srht.site ). But as long as you have domains of your own for them, you can host as many ... |
Important pages
Pages earning the most estimated search traffic in the sample.
Website intelligence — Collected evidence
Prioritized website intelligence pages
| Type | Page | Words | Change | URL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| other | sourcehut - the hacker's forge | 572 | new | https://sourcehut.org/ |
| pricing | sourcehut pricing - the hacker's forge | 408 | new | https://sourcehut.org/pricing/ |
| pricing | SourceHut + Plan 9 = ❤ | 388 | new | https://sourcehut.org/blog/2020-05-11-sourcehut-plus-plan-9/ |
| pricing | Planned deprecation of dispatch.sr.ht | 746 | new | https://sourcehut.org/blog/2022-08-01-dispatch-deprecation-plans/ |
| pricing | The state of SourceHut and our plans for the future | 1,446 | new | https://sourcehut.org/blog/2024-06-04-status-and-plans/ |
| pricing | Proposed price increases for SourceHut | 1,203 | new | https://sourcehut.org/blog/2025-12-01-proposed-pricing-changes/ |
| integrations | SourceHut API 2.0 dev log | 2,137 | new | https://sourcehut.org/blog/2020-09-25-api-2-updates/ |
| integrations | Announcing docs.sourcehut.org | 538 | new | https://sourcehut.org/blog/2025-03-27-announcing-docs-sourcehut-org/ |
| changes | SourceHut terms of service updates, cryptocurrency-related projects to be removed | 823 | new | https://sourcehut.org/blog/2022-10-31-tos-update-cryptocurrency/ |
| pricing | Update on our infrastructure plans | 1,413 | new | https://sourcehut.org/blog/2024-06-12-infrastructure-updates/ |
Features
No supporting public-page evidence was collected for this category.
Pricing and plans
| Page type | Evidence | Source |
|---|---|---|
| pricing | All users who host projects on SourceHut are expected to pay according to their means. Choose the subscription plan most appropriate to your means — there is no difference between the subscriptions besides price. | https://sourcehut.org/pricing/ |
| pricing | \ | €4/mo† \ |
| pricing | \ | €8/mo† \ |
| pricing | \ | €12/mo† \ |
| pricing | † VAT not included. Applicable taxes are calculated based on your billing address during checkout. | https://sourcehut.org/pricing/ |
| pricing | SourceHut never asks for payment from anyone whose financial situation would not comfortably support their subscription fee. We are committed to never pricing anyone out of using our services — hundreds of people have applied for and received financial aid for any number of reasons. Please contact support if you wish to apply for financial support. | https://sourcehut.org/pricing/ |
| pricing | Just here to contribute? Payment is only required for users who wish to host their own projects on SourceHut. If you're just here to contribute to an existing project, feel free to sign up for an account without paying for it. And many features don't even require an account! | https://sourcehut.org/pricing/ |
| pricing | The use of non-free JavaScript code, supplied by our payment processor, is required to collect and securely transmit your payment details. If you are unwilling or unable to run this code to process your payment, please apply for financial aid on this basis. | https://sourcehut.org/pricing/ |
| pricing | In accordance with European regulations, your billing records are retained for up to 7 years, even if you delete your account. | https://sourcehut.org/pricing/ |
| pricing | SourceHut + Plan 9 = ❤ | https://sourcehut.org/blog/2020-05-11-sourcehut-plus-plan-9/ |
| pricing | My favorite operating system is Plan 9 from Bell Labs. The simplicity and cohesive design throughout really stands out. In my opinion, Plan 9 is much, much better than any other operating system I’ve used, and I’ve used a lot of operating systems. Plan 9 is not perfect, but it’s a substantial advance to the state of the art. | https://sourcehut.org/blog/2020-05-11-sourcehut-plus-plan-9/ |
| pricing | Bell Labs has moved on, but 9front keeps the dream alive as the most active (and sarcastic) fork of Plan 9. In the vain hopes that more people will become interested in Plan 9, and to provide better support to the existing community, and because I was bored, I spent some time this weekend adding 9front support to builds.sr.ht, providing the world’s first continuous integration service for Plan 9. | https://sourcehut.org/blog/2020-05-11-sourcehut-plus-plan-9/ |
| pricing | Here’s an example build manifest for Plan 9: | https://sourcehut.org/blog/2020-05-11-sourcehut-plus-plan-9/ |
| pricing | Plan 9 is very different. It’s not POSIX, and not even Unix, and you can’t approach it expecting to use or even port any of the software you’re used to. Plan 9 is best appreciated on its own merits, and you should think in terms of what new things you can do with it, rather than what old things you can force into it. If you want to check it out, go into it expecting to learn — not to mold it into something familiar. | https://sourcehut.org/blog/2020-05-11-sourcehut-plus-plan-9/ |
| pricing | Many staples of the modern software industry trace their lineage to Plan 9. The Go programming language is a direct descendant of Plan 9, along with Linux and BSD’s /proc filesystems, user namespaces, and more. Even if you’ve never heard of Plan 9, you’ve been affected by it. Consider submitting a few builds to play around with it! | https://sourcehut.org/blog/2020-05-11-sourcehut-plus-plan-9/ |
| pricing | dispatch.sr.ht is a SourceHut service which provides integrations between SourceHut and third-party services like GitHub and GitLab, and it is scheduled to be deprecated and shut down. Here’s the plan: | https://sourcehut.org/blog/2022-08-01-dispatch-deprecation-plans/ |
| pricing | Additionally, dispatch provides integrations with non-free services, which is something that we have a stated policy against. Dispatch pre-dates this policy and was grandfathered in — it was originally written to allow me to rig up builds for sway, which is hosted on GitHub. | https://sourcehut.org/blog/2022-08-01-dispatch-deprecation-plans/ |
| pricing | At some point we have to question if this is in our best interests. These projects generally only use SourceHut for builds, and have no intention of migrating anything else. I would not necessarily have a problem with it if GitHub and GitLab were free software, per SourceHut’s mission to “make free software better”. But as it is, it feels like we’re propping up non-free forges and giving users an excuse not to migrate elsewhere. | https://sourcehut.org/blog/2022-08-01-dispatch-deprecation-plans/ |
| pricing | So, in summary: dispatch is difficult to maintain and has no clear path for addressing its implementation problems, is exceptionally expensive to operate, violates our policies for integration with non-free software, and serves a community which is largely external to SourceHut and dependent on non-free platforms. | https://sourcehut.org/blog/2022-08-01-dispatch-deprecation-plans/ |
| pricing | I hope that these tools will be effective for your project, and if you have any questions about migration we would be happy to assist you on IRC or on the sr.ht-discuss mailing list. However, I have a humble request for those who choose to migrate to these tools: if you are using a non-free platform like GitHub or GitLab (.com/EE) for your project’s primary hosting, please make a plan to migrate from builds.sr.ht. GitHub provides GitHub Actions and GitLab has its own CI system as well. If you’re not comfortable moving to SourceHut or another free-software platform, that’s your choice and we respect it — but it is a bit burdensome for us to accommodate you. Thank you for your understanding. | https://sourcehut.org/blog/2022-08-01-dispatch-deprecation-plans/ |
Integrations and supported platforms
| Page type | Evidence | Source |
|---|---|---|
| integrations | September 25, 2020 by Drew DeVault | https://sourcehut.org/blog/2020-09-25-api-2-updates/ |
| integrations | SourceHut API 2.0 dev log | https://sourcehut.org/blog/2020-09-25-api-2-updates/ |
| integrations | Completing the project now known as “API 2.0” is one of the most important steps in finalizing the sr.ht beta, and I’ve been trying to keep the community abreast of developments, especially on the sr.ht-dev mailing list. I’m summarizing for the blog as well today, some of our recent developments in this respect and planned work to come. | https://sourcehut.org/blog/2020-09-25-api-2-updates/ |
| integrations | Read more: why is API 2.0 is important to the beta? | https://sourcehut.org/blog/2020-09-25-api-2-updates/ |
| integrations | SourceHut is a distributed system of "mini-services", each fulfilling its role in a particular domain — git.sr.ht handles git, builds.sr.ht handles CI, lists.sr.ht handles mailing lists, and so on. In order for these services to communicate effectively, good API design is critical. A good API is also necessary for SourceHut users to extend sr.ht with their own tools. | https://sourcehut.org/blog/2020-09-25-api-2-updates/ |
| integrations | The legacy API was designed within the context of our Flask applications for the purpose of quickly meeting these needs during the design & development of the sr.ht alpha. It's... not great. The RESTful design implies a tree-like structure, which does not map as well onto our data model — the "graph" of GraphQL does much better in this regard. Additionally, the implementation is somewhat inconsistent and leaves a lot to be desired in terms of robustness. The stronger type system of GraphQL enforces a baseline of consistency which, while achievable with the legacy approach, is much easier with the 2.0 approach. | https://sourcehut.org/blog/2020-09-25-api-2-updates/ |
| integrations | The API design is an essential participant in proving the architecture design of sr.ht. In order to meet the confidence level we need to start the beta, we need a greater degree of confidence than the legacy approach offered. API 2.0 meets this requirement. Additionally, stability is going to be important post-beta: this is our last opportunity to make a clean break with the legacy API and ship a better, more stable design into production which we can comfortably support for longer. | https://sourcehut.org/blog/2020-09-25-api-2-updates/ |
| integrations | Progress updates | https://sourcehut.org/blog/2020-09-25-api-2-updates/ |
| integrations | Some of the progress which has been completed recently includes: | https://sourcehut.org/blog/2020-09-25-api-2-updates/ |
| integrations | OAuth 2.0 support | https://sourcehut.org/blog/2020-09-25-api-2-updates/ |
| integrations | The new meta.sr.ht API supports OAuth 2.0 for authentication. We previously advertised “OAuth” support, but the new implementation is actually conformant with the RFC. A draft of our OAuth 2.0 documentation can be read here. | https://sourcehut.org/blog/2020-09-25-api-2-updates/ |
| integrations | The design makes meta.sr.ht-api the source of truth for all things OAuth, and the meta.sr.ht-web (Python) frontend just issues GraphQL queries to manage it. meta.sr.ht-api is responsible for issuing personal access tokens, authorization tokens, and access tokens, and possibly refresh tokens in the future. | https://sourcehut.org/blog/2020-09-25-api-2-updates/ |
| integrations | The relevant GraphQL resolvers are `@internal`, so meta.sr.ht-web is the only client which is allowed to use them. However, this is a good proof-of-concept for later work which will expand this design to other resolvers, which third-party clients are permitted to use, to relocate more sources of truth from -web into -api. The ultimate intention is to remove SQLAlchemy from the -web services entirely and just have them execute GraphQL queries to fetch the necessary information to present the web UI. | https://sourcehut.org/blog/2020-09-25-api-2-updates/ |
| integrations | The access tokens themselves (both personal access tokens and bearer tokens) take the form of a BARE\-encoded payload specifying the username, client ID, authorized scopes, and token expiration, authorized with HMAC, and base64 encoded. Resolvers which can be accessed with these tokens, and the required scopes to access them, are controlled by the new `@access` directive in the GraphQL schema. | https://sourcehut.org/blog/2020-09-25-api-2-updates/ |
| integrations | To revoke a token, its SHA is computed and a revocation entry is added to Redis. Additionally, the token record in the database has its expiration set to the current time. When token authorization is checked, its hash is computed and the revocation status is quickly queried from Redis. In general, Redis is treated as an ephemeral cache on sr.ht — in the event that the data is lost, a new revocation list can be constructed by simply querying the database for expired tokens and issuing new revocations for them. | https://sourcehut.org/blog/2020-09-25-api-2-updates/ |
| integrations | These changes brings the total number of authorization methods up to four: | https://sourcehut.org/blog/2020-09-25-api-2-updates/ |
| integrations | `@internal` authentication, based on a single-use token encrypted with SourceHut internal private keys, and used for service-to-service authorization. It has access to resolvers which are not normally available to the public. | https://sourcehut.org/blog/2020-09-25-api-2-updates/ |
| integrations | OAuth 2.0 authentication, via either bearer tokens or personal access tokens, which are limited by the scopes laid down on each resolver with `@access`. | https://sourcehut.org/blog/2020-09-25-api-2-updates/ |
| integrations | SourceHut web login cookie authorization, intended for use with the web-based GraphQL playgrounds, which have an access level equivalent to personal access tokens. | https://sourcehut.org/blog/2020-09-25-api-2-updates/ |
| integrations | Legacy OAuth tokens, which must have `*` permissions, and are only granted read-only access. | https://sourcehut.org/blog/2020-09-25-api-2-updates/ |
Product and company updates
| Page type | Evidence | Source |
|---|---|---|
| changes | October 31, 2022 by Drew DeVault | https://sourcehut.org/blog/2022-10-31-tos-update-cryptocurrency/ |
| changes | SourceHut terms of service updates, cryptocurrency-related projects to be removed | https://sourcehut.org/blog/2022-10-31-tos-update-cryptocurrency/ |
| changes | SourceHut is planning to roll out updates to our terms of service, effective in 2023. The changes most likely to impact users is the prohibition of cryptocurrency- or blockchain-related projects on SourceHut. | https://sourcehut.org/blog/2022-10-31-tos-update-cryptocurrency/ |
| changes | These domains are strongly associated with fraudulent activities and high-risk investments which take advantage of people who are suffering from economic hardship and growing global wealth inequality. Few to no legitimate use-cases for this technology have been found; instead it is mostly used for fraudulent “get rich quick” schemes and to facilitate criminal activity, such as ransomware, illicit trade, and sanctions evasion. These projects often encourage large-scale energy waste and electronics waste, which contributes to the declining health of Earth’s environment. The presence of these projects on SourceHut exposes new victims to these scams and is harmful to the reputation of SourceHut and its community. | https://sourcehut.org/blog/2022-10-31-tos-update-cryptocurrency/ |
| changes | We recognize that the basic idea of a blockchain, as it were, may be generally useful. However, most projects which market themselves with blockchain technology are subject to the same social ills as cryptocurrency. Consequently, we have chosen to include “blockchain” related projects in this ban for the time being. | https://sourcehut.org/blog/2022-10-31-tos-update-cryptocurrency/ |
| changes | We will exercise discretion when applying this rule. If you believe that your use-case for cryptocurrency or blockchain is not plagued by these social problems, you may ask for permission to host it on SourceHut, or appeal its removal, by contacting support. | https://sourcehut.org/blog/2022-10-31-tos-update-cryptocurrency/ |
| changes | Projects which seek out cryptocurrency donations are strongly discouraged from doing so, but will not be affected by this change. | https://sourcehut.org/blog/2022-10-31-tos-update-cryptocurrency/ |
| changes | What to do if you don’t agree to the changes | https://sourcehut.org/blog/2022-10-31-tos-update-cryptocurrency/ |
| changes | If your project is affected by these changes, or you do not agree with them, you have until January 1st, 2023 to migrate to another platform. You may use hut(1) to obtain an export of your account data using standard formats that you may import into a third-party SourceHut instance, or another host which is compatible with these formats (such as Codeberg, GNU Mailman, etc). If you wish, you may request to have your account deleted by contacting support.[1](#fn:1) | https://sourcehut.org/blog/2022-10-31-tos-update-cryptocurrency/ |
| changes | Other changes to the terms of service | https://sourcehut.org/blog/2022-10-31-tos-update-cryptocurrency/ |
| changes | Changes to the terms of service require notifying all users, so we try to batch them when possible to reduce the number of annoying emails everyone has to deal with. You can review a complete diff of the changes here. | https://sourcehut.org/blog/2022-10-31-tos-update-cryptocurrency/ |
| changes | Here are some other changes we’re including in this update: | https://sourcehut.org/blog/2022-10-31-tos-update-cryptocurrency/ |
| changes | Applicability of Dutch law | https://sourcehut.org/blog/2022-10-31-tos-update-cryptocurrency/ |
| changes | We are in the process of moving SourceHut to the European Union, and have incorporated in the Netherlands. Consequently, the terms have been updated to clarify that users are required to comply with Dutch law in addition to US law. The requirement to comply with US law will be removed in a future update after we close the US entity. | https://sourcehut.org/blog/2022-10-31-tos-update-cryptocurrency/ |
| changes | “Threatening and harassing others” | https://sourcehut.org/blog/2022-10-31-tos-update-cryptocurrency/ |
| changes | We have expanded the list of prohibited behaviors to include “threatening and harassing others”. We have already banned users for this behavior (we can terminate service at our discretion), but we decided to make this explicit. The scope of this is intended to cover incidents where users harass other users or make bigoted, racist, homophobic, transphobic, etc, comments on our platform. | https://sourcehut.org/blog/2022-10-31-tos-update-cryptocurrency/ |
Rank tracking
Persistent keyword baselines and position movement.
This analysis created the first position baseline at 2026-10-20T16:33:57.441Z. Movement appears after the next fresh analysis using the same location and language.
Features
Features and capabilities
Core functions and evidence-backed product capabilities.
| Capability | What it does |
|---|---|
| Git hosting | Host git repositories with fine-grained access control S1. |
| Continuous integration | Run fully virtualised builds on various Linux distros and BSDs S1. |
| Bug tracking | Track issues with private bug reports and trackers for security issues S1. |
| Mailing lists | Manage mailing lists and code review tools S1. |
| Chat | Hosted real-time chat services with IRC bouncer and web chat S1. |
| Wiki | Version-controlled wiki using git S1. |
| Data export | Backup all data with a single 'hut export' command S1. |
Integrations and ecosystem
Connected products, exports, APIs, and workflow compatibility.
| Integration or interface | Type | What it enables |
|---|---|---|
| GraphQL API | API | Programmatic interaction with SourceHut instances S117. |
| OAuth 2.0 | API | Authentication for third-party applications S113. |
| Webhooks | Webhook | Post-build triggers for email, webhooks, etc S1. |
| IRC | Integration | Connect with any IRC client or use web chat S1. |
| Git and Mercurial | Integration | Repository hosting for both version control systems S1. |
Pricing
Pricing and plans
Published plans, free access, trials, credits, and pricing limitations.
| Plan or offer | Verified price and billing | Included | Limits |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amateur hackers | €4/mo† or $4/mo, monthly S43 | Full access to all services S43 | Not established |
| Typical hackers | €8/mo† or $8/mo, monthly S43 | Full access to all services S43 | Not established |
| Professional hackers | €12/mo† or $12/mo, monthly S43 | Full access to all services S43 | Not established |
| Contributors | Free S43 | Not established | Payment only required for hosting projects S43 |
Competition
Competitive landscape
Domains competing for the same organic search demand.
Sampled competitors
| Competitor | First-page appearances | Sampled queries | Average position | Queries observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| news.ycombinator.com | 4 | 1 | 3.5 | sourcehut |
| 100r.co | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100 rabbits |
| en.wikipedia.org | 1 | 1 | 2 | 100 rabbits |
| meta.sr.ht | 1 | 1 | 3 | sourcehut |
| youtube.com | 1 | 1 | 4 | 100 rabbits |
| sufyaan.me | 1 | 1 | 5 | sourcehut |
| hundredrabbits.itch.io | 1 | 1 | 5 | 100 rabbits |
| srht.site | 1 | 1 | 6 | sourcehut |
| docs.sourcehut.org | 1 | 1 | 8 | sourcehut |
| github.com | 1 | 1 | 9 | sourcehut |
Website intelligence — Collected evidence
Customers, testimonials, and first-party review claims
No supporting public-page evidence was collected for this category.
Independent review sources discovered
No links to supported independent review platforms were discovered on the collected pages.
Backlink profile
Authority and referring-domain signals.
Backlink comparison profile
- Domain rating: 73/100
- Backlinks: 28,802
- Referring domains: 2,502
- Dofollow backlinks: 75.0%
- Dofollow referring domains: 59.0%
Collection decision
The Scout search index remains intentionally excluded from automatic Scout analysis. This Scout traffic model profile costs 5 credits (0.5 cents) and is included in the first comparison run so its usefulness can be judged before the recurring collection is finalized.
AI visibility
Measured ChatGPT and Google AI mentions with cited sources.
AI-assistant referral traffic
- Estimated current generative-AI referral share: 1.1%
Scout traffic model did not return a separate AI-referral trend series for this domain.
Website intelligence — Collected evidence
Site-stated AI capabilities
No supporting public-page evidence was collected for this category.
These are first-party product claims, not independent measurements of AI-search visibility.
Marketing opportunities
Actions calculated directly from the collected evidence.
| Opportunity | Recommended action | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Striking-distance keyword | Move “sr list” from position 5 toward the top three. | Volume 170 · https://docs.sourcehut.org/lists.sr.ht |
| Important page | Strengthen the page already earning search visibility before creating an unrelated page. | https://docs.sourcehut.org/lists.sr.ht · 1 sampled keywords · best position 5 |
| Competitor gap | Review the sampled queries where news.ycombinator.com appears. | 4 first-page appearances across sourcehut |
Website intelligence — Collected evidence
Website evidence gaps
- features: no usable public page was collected; verify whether the site publishes this evidence.
- customers: no usable public page was collected; verify whether the site publishes this evidence.
- reviews: no usable public page was collected; verify whether the site publishes this evidence.
- identity: no usable public page was collected; verify whether the site publishes this evidence.
- technical: no usable public page was collected; verify whether the site publishes this evidence.
Trust and proof
Customers, proof, and reviews
Published proof, customer signals, and review evidence.
Independent reviews
No citation-grounded independent review links were found.
Customer proof
No named customers, testimonials, or customer case studies were found.
Independent mentions
- Ask HN: Is Sourcehut a good GitHub/Gitlab alternative? / Hacker News — I have been using SourceHut since the alpha went public. I think the hardest thing to adjust to is patchsets being sent over email. But when you think about it that is the way git is supposed to work. It keeps version control decentralized. Drew DeVault has also created a site git-email.io I believe to help new users with the process. He has also either implemented or is implementing a good web interface to sit on top of patchsets. ... The communication of the service to its users is actually re
- Ask HN: Any update on Sourcehut outage? / Hacker News — I use Sourcehut (sr.ht) as the repo host for a lot of my personal projects. They've been having a serious outage since yesterday. The latest status update I read was that they were in the process of migrating over to a different network provider.
- Just be aware that sourcehut is Opinionated and some projects are unwelcome ther... / Hacker News — That's one of the nicest features of SourceHut, IMHO. There's a real person to talk with, and some hard principles behind the service. Don't on the same page? Nobody forces you to use it. ... we'll allow you. Crypto? We most probably don't allow it 0 .
- Among Git hosters, SourceHut is perhaps the safest one when it comes to automate... / Hacker News — Among Git hosters, SourceHut is perhaps the safest one when it comes to automated submissions. Unlike Codeberg, they also take a stance and I think some measures against LLM scraping. However, the barrier to collaboration is higher, and unless you self-host it is a paid service (only for project author, not collaborators).
- Four Years of Sourcehut / Hacker News — Even the homepage has a few links that you can click around, to explore some of the features for yourself: https://sourcehut.org/ ... .sr.ht/~sircmpwn/job/97412 "Mailing lists & code review tools": https:// ... todo.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/todo.sr.ht
- What's cooking on Sourcehut? Q2 2026 / Hacker News — No. It is 100% open source, not even open core like GitLab. I think the reason is that it has no public-facing instance with unlimited CI usage. ... , I didn't meant to say that it's paid in opposition to being open source (it is AGPL- and BSD-licensed).
- > What did you expect from SourceHut, and why didn't you take this mindset off t... / Hacker News — I expect them (especially if they charge for it) to work in my interests as much as possible. Sure, defending themselves against abuse is fine. They have to survive to keep providing service. However I don't appreciate the imposition of their own
- SourceHut terms of service updates, cryptocurrency projects to be removed / Hacker News — Never read a better summary before - > These domains are strongly associated with fraudulent activities and high-risk investments which take advantage of people who are suffering from economic hardship and growing global wealth inequality. Few to no legitimate use-cases for this technology have been found; instead it is mostly used for fraudulent “get rich quick” schemes and to facilitate criminal activity, such as ransomware, illicit trade, and sanctions evasion. These projects often encourage
External links were grounded in one live web search. Search snippets are leads, not independently scraped page content; rejected links remain available in Review evidence.
Company, security, and trust
Ownership, policies, security signals, and public trust evidence.
| Signal | Finding | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Company and ownership | We are in the process of moving SourceHut to the European Union, and have incorporated in the Netherlands. Consequently, the terms have been updated to clarify that users are required to comply with Dutch law in addition | source |
| Contact and support | Not published on the collected pages. | — |
| Legal and privacy | Changes to SourceHut's terms of service regarding LLMs | source |
| Security and compliance | PGP encrypted and signed emails from each service | source |
| Uptime and status page | We aim for a higher standard of quality than most software & services working in this domain. What we consider an alpha passes for a production-ready system to some. Today, SourceHut is relied upon by thousands of projec | source |
| Domain registered | 2018-10-09 | — |
| Domain expires | 2029-10-09 | — |
Not found on the collected pages: contact and support. This only means Scout did not find it on the pages it read; it says nothing about the company itself.
Documentation and product updates
Help resources, product guidance, and visible changes over time.
| Resource or update | Type | What is available | Date or freshness |
|---|---|---|---|
| The state of SourceHut and our plans for the future | Status page | sourcehut is a network of useful open source tools for software project maintainers and collaborators, including git repos, bug tracking, continuous integration, and mailing lists. (source) | Not dated |
| Announcing docs.sourcehut.org | Documentation | sourcehut is a network of useful open source tools for software project maintainers and collaborators, including git repos, bug tracking, continuous integration, and mailing lists. (source) | Not dated |
Not found in the collected public sources: public roadmap, changelog or release notes, separate help center or knowledge base.
Technical
Technical and delivery signals
Delivery model, platforms, API, data ownership, reliability claims and release activity.
| Signal | Finding | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Delivery model (cloud, self-hosted, desktop, browser extension) | Available as hosted service and self-hosted S43. | S43 |
| Platforms and apps | Web-based platform S1. | S1 |
| API and extensibility (API, SDK, webhooks, MCP, plugins) | GraphQL API and webhooks S51 S1. | S51 S1 |
| Data ownership and export | Backup all data with 'hut export' command S1. | S1 |
| Performance and reliability claims | Frequent backups and highly redundant systems S51. | S51 |
| Release activity | Not published on the collected pages. | — |
Measured infrastructure
Domain, certificate, and hosting signals, measured directly.
| Signal | Finding |
|---|---|
| Domain registered | 2018-10-09 — 1API GmbH |
| Domain expires | 2029-10-09 |
| TLS certificate | Let's Encrypt, valid, expires 2027-01-11 |
| Security headers | CSP |
| Headers not served | HSTS, X-Content-Type-Options, X-Frame-Options, Referrer-Policy |
| Mail handled by | aspmx1.migadu.com, aspmx2.migadu.com |
| Nameservers | ns1.sr.ht, ns2.sr.ht |
Not measurable: wayback: rate limited by archive.org, ladder stopped after 1 probe(s). A gap here means the lookup was unavailable, not that the finding is negative.
Technical site audit
A bounded multi-page crawl with page-level issues and URLs.
Scout — Bounded technical crawl
- Pages crawled: 15 of 15 maximum
- Technical health: 86/100
- Critical issues: 0
- Warnings: 36
- Notices: 16
Issues
Crawled pages
| Status | Title | H1s | Words | Response | URL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 200 | sourcehut - the hacker's forge | 1 | 626 | 465 ms | https://sourcehut.org/ |
| 200 | Blogs | 0 | 1447 | 163 ms | https://sourcehut.org/blog/ |
| 200 | sourcehut pricing - the hacker's forge | 0 | 534 | 234 ms | https://sourcehut.org/pricing/ |
| 200 | Reaching the Sourcehut community | 0 | 213 | 233 ms | https://sourcehut.org/community/ |
| 200 | Changes to SourceHut's terms of service regarding LLMs | 2 | 2559 | 482 ms | https://sourcehut.org/blog/2026-08-27-tos-changes-and-llms/ |
| 200 | SourceHut's contributions to free software - Sourcehut | 1 | 1041 | 279 ms | https://sourcehut.org/foss-contributions/ |
| 200 | What's the scope of Sourcehut's alpha? | 1 | 738 | 300 ms | https://sourcehut.org/alpha-details/ |
| 200 | Logo & Media resources | 0 | 1272 | 233 ms | https://sourcehut.org/logo/ |
| 200 | What's cooking on SourceHut? Q2 2026 | 1 | 1256 | 500 ms | https://sourcehut.org/blog/2026-05-28-whats-cooking-q2-2026/ |
| 200 | What's cooking on SourceHut? Q1 2026 | 1 | 1461 | 440 ms | https://sourcehut.org/blog/2026-02-18-whats-cooking-q1-2026/ |
| 200 | Proposed price increases for SourceHut | 1 | 1260 | 444 ms | https://sourcehut.org/blog/2025-12-01-proposed-pricing-changes/ |
| 200 | What's cooking on SourceHut? Q4 2025 | 1 | 1690 | 449 ms | https://sourcehut.org/blog/2025-11-20-whats-cooking-q4-2025/ |
| 200 | What's cooking on SourceHut? Q3 2025 | 1 | 1726 | 442 ms | https://sourcehut.org/blog/2025-09-01-whats-cooking-q3-2025/ |
| 200 | SourceHut is now accepting payments in Euro | 1 | 1322 | 245 ms | https://sourcehut.org/blog/2025-07-10-pay-in-euro/ |
| 200 | What's cooking on SourceHut? Q2 2025 | 1 | 1692 | 242 ms | https://sourcehut.org/blog/2025-05-29-whats-cooking-q2/ |
This is a bounded Scout crawl. Core Web Vitals and Lighthouse scores are not claimed unless a dedicated performance audit is connected.
Search Console and Analytics
First-party search and behavioral data connection state.
Modeled acquisition channels
| Channel | Estimated share |
|---|---|
| direct | 43.6% |
| search | 29.3% |
| search organic | 28.3% |
| search paid | 1.0% |
| social | 5.4% |
| social organic | 5.0% |
| social paid | 0.4% |
| referrals | 15.2% |
| paid referrals | 2.1% |
| 2.1% | |
| gen ai | 1.1% |
| affiliate | 1.3% |
| other | 0.0% |
First-party connections
| Integration | Status | Data available after connection |
|---|---|---|
| Google Search Console | Not connected | Clicks, impressions, CTR, average position, queries, pages, countries, and devices |
| Google Analytics | Not connected | Organic sessions, engagement, landing pages, conversions, geography, and devices |
No first-party Search Console or Analytics numbers are shown until the site owner authorizes the corresponding Google account. Scout traffic model values above are modeled estimates, not private analytics totals.
Limits and method
Limitations and open questions
Known constraints and missing evidence from the collected pages.
Sources, method, and limitations
Evidence inventory, collection method, provider use, and constraints.
This report is based on 14 collected pages from sourcehut.org, including the homepage, pricing, alpha details, community, consultancy, and blog posts. The evidence catalog includes 180 items from static and rendered pages. External proof search was enabled but no verification requests were made. Limitations include the site being in alpha, so some features may change.
- Official Websitehttps://sourcehut.org/Verified
- Pricing Pagehttps://sourcehut.org/pricing/Verified
- Pricing Pagehttps://sourcehut.org/blog/2020-05-11-sourcehut-plus-plan-9/Verified
- Pricing Pagehttps://sourcehut.org/blog/2022-08-01-dispatch-deprecation-plans/Verified
- Pricing Pagehttps://sourcehut.org/blog/2024-06-04-status-and-plans/Verified
- Pricing Pagehttps://sourcehut.org/blog/2025-12-01-proposed-pricing-changes/Verified
- Documentationhttps://sourcehut.org/blog/2020-09-25-api-2-updates/Verified
- Documentationhttps://sourcehut.org/blog/2025-03-27-announcing-docs-sourcehut-org/Verified
- Official Websitehttps://sourcehut.org/blog/2022-10-31-tos-update-cryptocurrency/Verified
- Pricing Pagehttps://sourcehut.org/blog/2024-06-12-infrastructure-updates/Verified
- Official Websitehttps://sourcehut.org/alpha-details/Verified
- Official Websitehttps://sourcehut.org/blog/Verified
- Official Websitehttps://sourcehut.org/community/Verified
- Documentationhttps://sourcehut.org/consultancy/Verified
- Articlehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22693941Verified
- Articlehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38957836Verified
- Articlehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36445171Verified
- Articlehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44402940Verified
- Articlehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33607098Verified
- Articlehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48307167Verified
- Articlehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43695419Verified
- Articlehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33403780Verified
- Articlehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25941332Verified