# gitchain/gitchain

Decentralized, peer-to-peer Git repositories aka "Git meets Bitcoin"

Repository: https://github.com/gitchain/gitchain
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/gitchain
Homepage: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/612530753/gitchain
Language: Go
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Last push: 2018-09-23T11:53:17+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4496, "days_push": 2901, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1030, forks 73 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:17.763582+00:00)

## What it is
Gitchain is a decentralized, peer-to-peer network for hosting Git repositories, applying ideas from Bitcoin, Namecoin, and DHTs. It runs as a local proxy to the Gitchain P2P network, letting users push and fetch Git repos without a central server.

## Use cases
- host git repositories without a central server
- decentralized version control network
- push and clone repos over p2p
- censorship-resistant git hosting
- self-hosted distributed git proxy

## When to choose
- you want Git hosting with no central authority or single point of failure
- you're experimenting with blockchain/DHT concepts applied to version control

## When to avoid
- you need a maintained, production-ready Git hosting solution
- you require broad ecosystem support or recent updates - the project is inactive since 2018

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: version-control, p2p, networking, cryptography
- domain: version-control, microservices, blockchain, developer-tools
- platform: windows, go, cli
- tags: git-hosting, decentralization, blockchain, dht, namecoin, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- gitchain/gitchain (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:17.763582+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T07:07:33.625602+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/gitchain/gitchain (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:17.763582+00:00, sha 1910c7bfa065)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.