When comparing CodePlex vs GitGo, the Slant community recommends GitGo for most people. In the question“What are the best hosted version control services?” GitGo is ranked 9th while CodePlex is ranked 14th. The most important reason people chose GitGo is:
GitGo is designed with simplicity and usability in mind. The main view works as a dashboard of sorts for all the repository activity sorted by newest to oldest. On the top, several tabs allow users to navigate to the commits view, the tasks view or the file browser view. The navigation panel on the left has a button to display notifications, users or to display the general activity view. GitGo manages to display all useful links at all times on the view without feeling overwhelming to the user's eyes.
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Pros
Pro Multiple version control systems
It doesn't use a bridge on top of TFS, instead it uses real Git or Mercurial to host projects.
Pro Binary releases
Pro Users can create forums for their projects
CodePlex gives developers the ability to have not only wikis but also discussion forums for their projects.
Pro Wiki included
Developers can create fully-fledged wikis for their projects. Just like any other wiki, they can then be easily edited and improved with time.
Pro Issue tracker
Fully featured issue and bug tracker is included. Users can create and comment on issues and developers can close them once they are solved.
Pro Beautiful UI
GitGo is designed with simplicity and usability in mind.
The main view works as a dashboard of sorts for all the repository activity sorted by newest to oldest. On the top, several tabs allow users to navigate to the commits view, the tasks view or the file browser view. The navigation panel on the left has a button to display notifications, users or to display the general activity view.
GitGo manages to display all useful links at all times on the view without feeling overwhelming to the user's eyes.
Pro Built for teams
GitGo is built for teams and startups. It has only the features that teams would use such as issue tracking, unlimited repositories, unlimited users, instant deployments, user permissions etc...
Cons
Con No private repositories
CodePlex does not offer the option to have private repositories at all, and it's understandable because CodePlex was built to host open-source projects.
Con GitGo is not free
There is no free tier for GitGo, it's all payed. Although they may offer to give it for free for students in the future.