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Comment by pessimizer

> So, what is Radicle?

> Radicle is a peer-to-peer code collaboration platform (“forge”) built on Git.

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> Why Git/GitHub are used as if they were the same category of things?

They are not. Github is a centralized collaboration platform built on git, and radicle is a peer-to-peer collaboration platform built on git.

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> Wtf is "forge"?

A word some people started using for the class of Github/Bitbucket(RIP) or even Fossil-type things, as FOSS alternatives began to multiply.

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> Radicle is an alternative... to what?

To Github, or other "forges."

parent pessimizer 5 months ago

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