# What does Git call services like GitHub and GitLab? 3 messages from 2020-02-15 to 2020-02-17. Participants: Jeffrey Walton, Artur Juraszek, Johannes Schindelin. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/52814 ## Jeffrey Walton, 2020-02-15 21:48 Subject: What does Git call services like GitHub and GitLab? Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CAH8yC8mnjmz7cTGzkpVQ2%2Bss7VGuSZ84hY-kHs8h5k53uEGSCw%40mail.gmail.com ``` Hi Everyone, Forgive my ignorance... What does Git call services like GitHub and GitLab? Jeff ``` ## Artur Juraszek, 2020-02-15 23:23 Subject: Re: What does Git call services like GitHub and GitLab? Message-ID: <87zhdj4eqq.fsf@arch2.laptop.juraszek.xyz> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/87zhdj4eqq.fsf%40arch2.laptop.juraszek.xyz In-Reply-To: ``` > Hi Everyone, > > Forgive my ignorance... What does Git call services like GitHub and GitLab? > > Jeff I believe "forges" is a word quite commonly used around when referring to them: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forge_(software) -- Artur Juraszek ``` ## Johannes Schindelin, 2020-02-17 21:02 Subject: Re: What does Git call services like GitHub and GitLab? Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/nycvar.QRO.7.76.6.2002172201560.46%40tvgsbejvaqbjf.bet In-Reply-To: ``` Hi Jeff, On Sat, 15 Feb 2020, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > Forgive my ignorance... What does Git call services like GitHub and GitLab? I usually refer to them as "hosters" or "commercial Git hosting services". Ciao, Johannes ```