# upend/IF_MS_BUYS_GITHUB_IMMA_OUT

GitHub has sold us out. Time to get out.

Repository: https://github.com/upend/IF_MS_BUYS_GITHUB_IMMA_OUT
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/if_ms_buys_github_imma_out
License Family: other
Topics: github-evacuee
Last push: 2018-06-19T05:56:15+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": 3014, "days_push": 2997, "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 3597, forks 51 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:11.359340+00:00)

## What it is
The GitHub Evacuation Project is a community movement and evacuation guide for developers looking to migrate off GitHub following Microsoft's 2018 acquisition. It is primarily a README-based resource with a wiki guide hosted on GitLab, not a software tool.

## Use cases
- migrate repositories off github to gitlab
- find alternatives to github after microsoft acquisition
- guide for moving open source projects to self-hosted git hosting
- coordinate a developer movement against github
- leave a forwarding address when abandoning a github repo

## When to choose
- you want a 2018-era community guide to leaving GitHub for GitLab or self-hosted alternatives
- you want to signal participation in the github-evacuee movement

## When to avoid
- you need actual migration tooling or scripts - this is a guide and movement, not software
- you want an actively maintained resource - it was abandoned after mid-2018
- you just want to evaluate GitHub alternatives objectively - the content is advocacy-driven

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: abandoned
- function: developer-tools, documentation, version-control
- domain: developer-tools, version-control, self-hosted
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: github-evacuation, gitlab-migration, developer-movement, platform-migration, microsoft-acquisition, guide, web-server

## Member repositories
- upend/IF_MS_BUYS_GITHUB_IMMA_OUT (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:11.359340+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 2026-08-29T18:33:47.266555+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/upend/IF_MS_BUYS_GITHUB_IMMA_OUT (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:11.359340+00:00, sha 028ef3d146b9)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.