The Game of Trees Hub is a transparently funded Git repository hosting service
Our infrastructure is based on OpenBSD and Game of Trees
At a Glance
- Suitable for public and private Git repositories.
- Hand-crafted Git-compatible open source software stack.
- Works with any Git client (git, libgit2, Dulwich, JGit, jujutsu, got, ...)
- Security, privacy, and stability first.
- Add up to 1000 user accounts with a single subscription.
- Bring your own internet domain name if you want to.
- Edit our service configuration file in your favourite editor.
- Reliable Git repository backups.
- Maintained by an experienced community of developers and admins.
- Transparent financials at Open Collective.
- Backed by a self-owned European small business which pays taxes.
- Hosted on physical hardware at trustworthy providers.
Community Tiers
Community tiers are intended for personal use by individuals and collectives. Prices include VAT.
| Tier | Maximum Repository Size | Total Repository Space | Price/Month | Small Community 2026 | 300 MB | 1 GB | 5 € |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium Community 2026 | 1 GB | 6 GB | 8 € |
| Large Community 2026 | 2 GB | 16 GB | 14 € |
Professional Tiers
Professional tiers are intended for, but not restricted to, use by companies and organizations. Commercial support for these tiers is available from Chirpy Software.
VAT will be charged on top unless a VAT ID is provided.
| Tier | Maximum Repository Size | Total Repository Space | Price/Month | Small Professional 2026 | 300 MB | 6 GB | 35 € |
| Medium Professional 2026 | 1 GB | 24 GB | 45 € |
| Large Professional 2026 | 2 GB | 40 GB | 65 € |
Git Repository Hosting
Game of Trees servers interoperate with any Git client. Users access Git repositories securely via Git's SSH protocol, based on OpenSSH, and manage their repository space by committing a configuration file to a special-purpose Git repository. The configuration file controls user accounts, repositories, access permissions, and more.
Our users are either project owners who pay a fee for their use of the service, or people who have been given access to a Git repository by a project owner and who are not required to pay.
Access to Git repositories is private by default but can be made public if desired.
All Git repositories are backed up and can be restored by in case of hardware failure or other problems.
Each Game of Trees Hub project space runs in a dedicated virtual machine on top of the OpenBSD vmm hypervisor. Git repository services in virtual machines are implemented by the Game of Trees gotd, gotwebd, and gotsysd servers. All virtual machines, services, and underlying servers are managed by our admin team.
We aim for secure and reliable version control. Game of Trees does not provide features such as discussion forums, likes, stars, or per-user activity metrics. Project management features such as issue tracking or mailing lists may appear at some point in the future. See our features page for a list of current and planned features.
Transparent funding
We operate much like a free software project. However, running a hosting service costs money, which is provided by our users to ensure our independence and sustainability. Our finances are transparently managed on the Open Collective platform, allowing anyone to see where our money comes from and where it goes to.
Our Open Collective page collects additional financial contributions to support our open source software development efforts for the Game of Trees project and the OpenBSD project. Invoices for your contributions will be issued on request.
Managing funds via Open Collective requires a fiscal host. The fiscal host owns the bank account, represents the Game of Trees Hub project on invoices, and deals with legal obligations such as taxes. Our current fiscal host is Chirpy Software SRL, a limited-liability company owned by Stefan Sperling who founded the Game of Trees project in 2017.