About
sourcehut is a software development platform built around open source, standards-based workflows, and minimal overhead. It brings together hosted source control, continuous integration, mailing lists, issue tracking, chat, wikis, and account management in a single suite designed for developers who prefer efficient tools and full control over their data.
The platform emphasizes privacy and simplicity, with no tracking or advertising, no JavaScript requirement for core functionality, and no AI features. It is also available as open source software and can be self-hosted for teams that want to run the same stack on their own infrastructure.
- Hosted git and Mercurial repositories with fine-grained access control
- Continuous integration with virtualized builds and post-build automation
- Mailing lists, patch review, and searchable archives
- Focused ticket tracking, chat services, and markdown/git-driven wikis
- CLI-based administration and data export through the hut tool
Free Tier Value
SourceHut’s pricing page shows three paid subscription tiers at $4, $8, and $12 per month, with the explicit note that all service tiers include full access to all services. The free tier is limited to public alpha access and excludes builds.sr.ht and chat.sr.ht unless paid, so this is a capped free tier rather than always-free. Using the rule for capped free tiers, the conservative FTV is the lowest paid plan that exceeds the free cap: $4/month.
What's included in the free tier
- Access to all services during public alpha, except builds.sr.ht and chat.sr.ht require payment.
- Access to git.sr.ht without payment during public alpha.
- Access to hg.sr.ht without payment during public alpha.
- Access to todo.sr.ht without payment during public alpha.
- Access to lists.sr.ht without payment during public alpha.
- Access to Project hub without payment during public alpha.
- Access to SourceHut pages without payment during public alpha.
- Access to paste.sr.ht without payment during public alpha.
- Access to an account without payment if you only contribute to existing projects.
See sourcehut pricing for current limits.
Paid plans
Amateur hackers
- Full access to all services
- Same features as higher tiers
- No difference besides price
Typical hackers
- Full access to all services
- Same features as lower tiers
- No difference besides price
Professional hackers
- Full access to all services
- Same features as lower tiers
- No difference besides price
Pricing extracted from sourcehut's pricing page. Always verify current pricing before committing.
