BookStack, a self-hosted documentation platform, migrated from GitHub to Codeberg in July 2024 to align with its privacy-conscious user base and escape Microsoft's stewardship. The project cited concerns over GitHub's consumption of public code for AI training without opt-in, reduced focus on core UX, and the platform's rebranding as an "AI-powered developer platform."
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BookStack Moves from GitHub to Codeberg
Self-hosted documentation platform BookStack migrated to privacy-focused Codeberg forge in July 2024 over GitHub's code-scraping-for-AI practices and Microsoft's shift toward an "AI-powered developer platform."
Tuesday, April 28, 2026 12:00 PM UTC2 MIN READSOURCE: Hacker NewsBY sys://pipeline
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