Code hosting
SourceHut privacy rating
Git and Mercurial hosting with ticket tracking, mailing lists, wikis and a CI build service. Can be self-hosted, or used through the hosted instance at sr.ht.
Summary
SourceHut scores 75 out of 100 (grade B) on the code hosting criteria. It meets 5 of 8 criteria: open source, no trackers or telemetry, no ads or data sales, tells users about requests and TLS configuration. It partly meets transparency report. It does not meet independent audit and security headers. It is based in the Netherlands: Nine Eyes member; EU member (GDPR). Automated tests: SSL Labs grade A and Mozilla HTTP Observatory grade D.
Score 75 out of 100. How scoring works
Criteria
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Yes
No trackers or telemetry Weight 3 of 3
Are the website and apps free of third-party trackers, with any analytics anonymous and any telemetry off by default?
The privacy policy lists no analytics and states no user information is shared with third parties apart from payment processing.
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Yes
No ads or data sales Weight 2 of 3
Is the product funded without advertising, ad targeting or selling user data?
Funded by paid subscriptions, with no ads.
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No
Independent audit Weight 2 of 3
Has an independent security or privacy audit been published within the last three years?
No independent audit is published.
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Partial
Transparency report Weight 2 of 3
Does the provider regularly publish how many government and legal requests it receives and how it responds?
The privacy policy describes how court orders for account data are handled, but no request counts are published.
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Yes
Tells users about requests Weight 1 of 3
Does the provider promise to tell users about requests for their data, unless a court forbids it?
The privacy policy promises to notify users of court orders for their data unless the order prohibits it.
Automated tests
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Yes
TLS configuration Weight 2 of 3
Does the website pass the Qualys SSL Labs test with a grade of A or better?
Grade A
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No
Security headers Weight 1 of 3
Does the website pass the Mozilla HTTP Observatory test with a grade of A or better?
Grade D (35/100+)
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Not tested yet
Modern web standards Weight 1 of 3
Does the website score 90% or higher on the Internet.nl website test?
Not tested yet.