Universal Package Distribution & Development
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Time for an Update. Meet Upd.
The new, free home for version control. Built for developers to share releases, push code, and define the future of open source.
Our engine is based on
Forgejo, beautiful diffs are from Pierre, and the mission is simple: to provide a sanctuary away from GitHub and other platforms owned by big tech.
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Universal Package Distribution & Development
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Time for an Update. Meet Upd.
The new, free home for version control. Built for developers to share releases, push code, and define the future of open source.
Our engine is based on
Forgejo, beautiful diffs are from Pierre, and the mission is simple: to provide a sanctuary away from GitHub and other platforms owned by big tech.
How We Got Here
My journey began in 2010. Back then, version control felt like a discovery. My first VCS was Mercurial: it appeared to be smart and easy, and was hosted natively on the old BitBucket. But the landscape changed. Atlassian bought it, and the platform declined. Meanwhile, Git won the mindshare, and we all migrated to GitHub.
For years, GitHub was a fantastic social network for geeks, a place for genuine inspiration and discovery. Then came the noise.
When all our codez were purchased in bulk for $7.5 billion, the atmosphere shifted. Today, GitHub is still prevalent, but feels less like a home for code and more like a honeypot for malware and AI-generated slop.
Old-school engineers like myself are drowning. With 36 million new accounts added annually, the platform has morphed from a code repository to a content farm. It is no longer a community we recognize, nor one we can navigate.
Taking Action
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It is time for a smaller, quieter place. I wanted to build a space where creating a repository actually means something.
I wanted to escape the vanity metrics of chasing stars and forks, and return to an organic network where we can find peers worth following and discover great software.
So, I built Upd. Welcome to the new journey! (ΛοΈΆΛ)
Craftsmanship & Control
By building Upd independently, Iβm laying the foundation for an incorruptible service and superior developer experience.
Visual Clarity: Integrated one of the best diff rendering engines available and boosted UI readability using
TX-02 Berkeley Monoβ’, arguably one of the best programming fonts ever made.
Beyond Git: Upd isnβt just for code archives. It natively serves packages for Go, Rust, Arch, and many other ecosystems directly from your repos.
Resilient Infrastructure: The platform is geo-distributed across US & EU regions, featuring continuous monitoring, database clusters, multi-layered caching, and robust cloud backups.
Radical Transparency: We donβt just host open source; we are open source. Upd self-hosts its own code. You can see exactly how it works right here β
Important Notice
βΉ UPD.DEV βΉ is a host to many distinct communities, each with its own values and rules.
Therefore, there is no "global Code of Conduct" or "global stance on AI usage."
Please refer to the rules of the specific project you are contributing to.
β
A Forge,
Not a Factory.β
β Max Kupriianov a.k.a. Xlab