This is a list of Project hosting options, and what the options and benefits of each are.
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Public
Github
Gitweb
Sourceforge
Generally not recommended, because of deceptive and malicious practices in distributing installers for software they hosted. Since change of ownership, they seem to be cleaning up their act.
Google Code
Deprecated
DARCShub
Gitlab
Free private Repositories; Git-based
Launchpad
Project-centric rather than user-centric. Used by Ubuntu for PPAs.