[vaceletm]

I'm not saying GitHub doesn't help. SourceForge did help at time. But if you value your freedom, you need to understand that, if you don't have the keys of your infrastructure, you are locked to the good will of the provider (and its stakeholders).

I don't buy the money argument. If you have the chance to be a successful enough open source project, you will find hosting companies ready to help you with free VMs.

If you are not that successful, you can use github & co without fear, nobody will try to insert crapware in your packages. And if you want to selfhost, even a raspberry pi will have enough power to serve your site.