It still exists. It's practically unusable without an adblocker (like slashdot) but the occasional old project is hosted there (particularly CDE. how the mighty have fallen)

Another step into ensh*ttification? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4Upf_B9RLQ

I believe Codeberg is the new hotness

Just more Microslop, amazing...

Sourcehut is pretty good if you're willing to pay the (very reasonable may I add) prices

SourceForge is still chugging along. It hosts some prominent projects:

https://sourceforge.net/directory/linux/

A few decades? Its competitors are not magically immune to this kind of spam.

> I wonder how long GitHub as a platform will be there as a viable option.

It will be there for as long as you (and everyone else) keep using it.

It will probably remain as a platform for a very long time.

It's baked in literally into every coding tutorial and is kind of industry standard, like JIRA. Maybe it's just an experiment at this moment.