SourceHut vs Cursor Origin

SourceHut6.9Visit Cursor Origin6.7Visit

Higher score SourceHut #6 in Git Hosting Services 6.9/10 Free plan · paid from $4/user/mo Free plan✓ 2 of 3 features Visit SourceHut

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Cursor Origin #8 in Git Hosting Services 6.7/10 From $20/user/mo ✓ 0 of 3 features Visit Cursor Origin

• SourceHut fits best

  Unix-oriented teams needing Git and Mercurial

• Cursor Origin fits best

  Cursor-centered development teams

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Side by side

Feature	SourceHut 6.9/10 Visit ↗	Cursor Origin 6.7/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	6.9	6.7
Ranking	#6 in Git Hosting Services	#8 in Git Hosting Services
Best for	Unix-oriented teams needing Git and Mercurial	Cursor-centered development teams
Pricing model	Free plan + paid	Paid
Starting price	$4/user/mo (best)	$20/user/mo
Free plan	✓ (best)	—
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud, Self-hosted	Cloud
Platforms	Web, Linux	Web
Support	Email, Community, Docs	Email, Community, Docs
Compliance	2FA	SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, SSO/SAML, 2FA
Integrations	6 integrations	4 integrations
Built for	Solo, Small business, Mid-market	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features SourceHut 2/3 · Cursor Origin 0/3
Built-in CI/CD	✓ (best)	—
Built-in wiki	✓ (best)	Not published
Merge queue	Not published	Not published
Specs
Artifact storage	Not published	Not published
Git LFS storage	Not published	Not published
SSO support	Not published	Saml_scim
Our review
Pros	Hosts Git and Mercurial repositories with fine-grained access controls Combines patch review, CI, issues, wikis, mailing lists, and Pages Supports Linux and BSD builds with email and webhook triggers	Standard Git support for cloning, pushing, and pulling repositories Pull requests, code browsing, search, review, and merge workflows Integrations with GitHub, Vercel, Buildkite, Depot, and Cursor agents
Cons	No free plan for hosting your own projects Integrations center on a relatively narrow set of tools The hosted service is currently described as a public alpha	No free plan or separate Origin-only price Early beta availability may limit production suitability No native CI/CD; builds rely on external integrations
Our verdict	SourceHut is an open-source software development platform for free and open-source projects, with hosted Git and Mercurial repositories, patch and code review, issue tracking, mailing lists, continuous integration, wikis, static hosting,… Read the review →	Cursor Origin is a web-based Git forge for storing and sharing code, aimed at teams that center development around Cursor. It supports Origin repositories, standard Git operations, GitHub mirroring, code browsing and search, repository… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• SourceHut — where it wins

  • Hosts Git and Mercurial repositories with fine-grained access controls
  • Combines patch review, CI, issues, wikis, mailing lists, and Pages
  • Supports Linux and BSD builds with email and webhook triggers

  Where it doesn't

  • No free plan for hosting your own projects
  • Integrations center on a relatively narrow set of tools
  • The hosted service is currently described as a public alpha

• Cursor Origin — where it wins

  • Standard Git support for cloning, pushing, and pulling repositories
  • Pull requests, code browsing, search, review, and merge workflows
  • Integrations with GitHub, Vercel, Buildkite, Depot, and Cursor agents

  Where it doesn't

  • No free plan or separate Origin-only price
  • Early beta availability may limit production suitability
  • No native CI/CD; builds rely on external integrations

• SourceHut6.9/10 · Free plan · paid from $4/user/mo

  A focused Git and Mercurial forge for Unix-oriented, email-friendly workflows.

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• Cursor Origin6.7/10 · From $20/user/mo

  Git hosting for teams building around Cursor's agents and workflows.

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