From cc28947002ed1c0a85148407017103e494de7c1a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ethan Holz <ethan.holz@thoriumworks.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2025 13:19:41 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] developer: add a forge page

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+title: Pick and use a software forge
+layout: practice
+weight: 1
+what: >
+  A software forge is where you will host your source code for collaboration.
+why: >
+  Software forges are essential in how you store your code, run CI, and collaborate with others.
+  Picking the right one establishes how people should collaborate with your code.
+  Much of the content of this playbook assumes that you are using some way to store and collaborate on your code.
+when: Inception
+implementations:
+  - desc: "[GitHub](https://github.com)"
+    advantages:
+      - The largest Git hosting provider
+      - Easy to collaborate, one account works for multiple projects
+      - Includes dedicated CI platform (GitHub Actions)
+      - Provides dedicated support for teams and organizations
+      - Centralized code hosting
+    disadvantages:
+      - Not owned by the project
+      - The code for GitHub is not open source
+  - desc: "[GitLab](https://gitlab.com)"
+    advantages:
+        - Has managed, self-hosted, and dedicated hosting options
+        - Has a robust CI platform for utilizing hosted compute
+        - Projects have the option to own their own data in self-hosted instances
+    disadvantages:
+        - GitLab accounts may vary between institutions making it hard for external collaborators 
+        - Not as common of a method for collaboration
+  - desc: "[Bitbucket](https://bitbucket.org/product/)"
+    advantages:
+        - Built for JIRA
+        - Tightly coupled with Atlassian products
+        - Provides a CI provider
+    disadvantages:
+        - Not built for public collaboration
+        - Limited number of users per instance on the free tier
+  - desc: "[Codeberg](https://codeberg.org)"
+    advantages:
+        - European, non-profit hosting
+        - Privacy-focused and community maintained
+        - Powered by the open-source Forgejo Project
+        - Centralized code hosting
+        - Provides dedicated support for teams and organizations
+        - Has GitHub Actions comaptibility
+    disadvantages:
+        - Not as common of a method for collaboration
+recommendation: GitHub
+---