Research Data Management : Data Sharing: Code repositories
This guide is aimed at assisting researchers in making the choice to share your data, prepare for it and select the appropriate repository to do so.
Code Repositories
If your research projects include the development of code, you should consider the following code repositories to share it: (The list is not comprehensive)
| Repository Name | URL | Functions |
| GitHub * | https://github.com/ | code sharing and archiving |
| GitLab.com ** | https://about.gitlab.com/gitlab-com/ | Git repository management + collaboration (free) |
| BitBucket | https://bitbucket.org/ | Sharing code |
| RunMyCode | http://www.runmycode.org/ | service is based on the innovative concept of a companion website associated with a scientific publication |
| ASLC | http://ascl.net/ | astrophysics code repository |
| Code Ocean | https://codeocean.com/ | cloud-based computational reproducibility platform (recently announced integration with Taylor & Francis to embed code within an article) |
| SourceForge | https://sourceforge.net/ | Open Source community resource for open source software development and distribution. |
| Launchpad | https://launchpad.net/ | software collaboration platform that provides bug tracking, code hosting, code reviewing, ubuntu package building and hosting |
*GitHub integrates with Zenodo to make code hosted in GitHub citable by issuing DOIs.
** KAUST provides a local instance of gitlab for authenticated users https://gitlab.kaust.edu.sa/users/sign_in (for more info see: https://gitlab.kaust.edu.sa/help).
For a discussion on options, factors to consider etc this is a good read: “Choosing a repository for your software project | Software Sustainability Institute, available online https://software.ac.uk/resources/guides/choosing-repository-your-software-project”