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I would like to host my code in the cloud. Which one would you recommend?

eos87
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    This is somewhat subjective and vague. You seem to be conflating git vs. mercurial with github vs. bitbucket? – John Weldon Feb 23 '11 at 20:36
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    What sort of code are you going to manage? How many people are going to be involved? Is your code open source? Will it be developed by people with Windows? Will it be developed by people with Linux? Mac OS? How big is your code base? – nmichaels Feb 23 '11 at 20:37
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    They are both excellent. Use whatever the people around you use. – Greg Hewgill Feb 23 '11 at 20:37
  • @John: maybe i'm conflating git vs mercurial, in that case, which you recommend me?? @nmichaels: in some case my code is opensource and another is privative, developed in Linux, Mac not in Windows @Greg: Thanks! – eos87 Feb 23 '11 at 20:47
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    In case you want to decide between Mercurial and Git, there are plenty of related questions here on SO. A simple search should help out. – Oben Sonne Feb 23 '11 at 20:53
  • thanks, i going to search and learn a little bit more. – eos87 Feb 23 '11 at 20:57
  • http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7024483/comparing-the-pros-and-cons-of-bitbucket-to-github – nawfal Feb 06 '14 at 10:47
  • http://www.javaworld.com/article/2071215/build-ci-sdlc/bitbucket-vs-github-which-project-host-has-the-most.html – Yousha Aleayoub Sep 14 '14 at 22:28

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Neither GitHub nor Bitbucket are SCMs -- they are just hosting services built around Git and Mercurial, which are the underlying SCMs. If your question is actually whether you should use Git/Mercurial as an SCM, then most people will answer "yes", but it sounds like you should read up on exactly what these are before diving in, since it sounds like you have quite a bit of confusion on the topic.

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    Just wanted to an important part on choosing an hosting service. github is well known for open source projects, but bitbucket provides the same functionality with as an extra FREE private repos. I' m not affiliated with Atlassian, but the FREE part made me choose for bitbucket. – Peter De Winter Apr 20 '12 at 12:09
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    Note: the free private repositories can only be shared with 5 people total - that includes all private repos you are in, and includes you. – Daan Wilmer Jul 22 '12 at 22:35
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    @DaanWilmer, I had shared a private repo with 6 users. They have a good promotion system: if you invite people to join BitBucket, you get up to 3 additional places for repository users. – naXa stands with Ukraine Oct 09 '14 at 09:11
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    gitlab is another option now. As per this page https://about.gitlab.com/gitlab-com/ they support unlimitted public and private repositories for free. – Junaid Jun 05 '15 at 16:32