Infrastructure & DevOps
Ghostfork
Last updated 2026-08-18 · benchmark measured 2026-10-14 — deterministic & reproducible
Zero-trust Git hosting where the server never sees your plaintext code.
Ghostfork at a glance
Ghostfork is a Git hosting service that encrypts code on the developer's machine before it is sent, so the server only ever stores encrypted data it cannot read.
Good for
- Developers who want their code encrypted before it reaches a Git server
- Security-conscious teams or organizations that need to keep code private from the hosting provider
- Teams who want stronger privacy than self-hosted Git without managing their own server infrastructure
Questions people ask
How does Ghostfork keep code private from the server?
A command-line helper encrypts your code locally before it leaves your machine, so the server only ever stores ciphertext and encrypted copies of the repo key, which it cannot read or use.
Do I need to learn new commands to use Ghostfork?
No, it uses standard Git commands and workflow; the CLI helper handles encryption and decryption transparently in the background.
Can more than one person access the same encrypted repo?
Yes, a vault (the encrypted container for a repo) can store an encrypted copy of the repo key for each authorized user, and an owner can grant a new user access with an add-user command.
How is this different from self-hosting my own Git server?
With self-hosted options like Gitea or Forgejo, a server compromise exposes plaintext code and you are responsible for the security model and operations; with Ghostfork, a server compromise only exposes ciphertext, and Ghostfork runs the infrastructure while you run your code.
How do I get access to Ghostfork?
The site currently offers early access by signing up with your email, after which they will follow up with an invite.
Written by Legit.Show from ghostfork.io on 2026-09-30. It does not change the score.
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Legit.Show scored Ghostfork 66/100 on 2026-10-14, measured across all 7 frames from its public surface. legit.show/s/ghostfork-io/2026-10-14
Is Ghostfork production-ready?
Legit.Show scores Ghostfork 66 out of 100 — the simple average of its 7 measured frames. Legit.Show ran its deterministic 7-Frame production-readiness benchmark on Ghostfork (public-surface assessment), measured from the public surface with no LLM in the scoring path. Its strongest frame is Reliability; its weakest is Privacy. Every frame it averages is published with its evidence on the Legit.Show listing.
The 7 Frames
- Performance — 84/100
- Accessibility — 88/100
- Security — 25/100How this compares across the catalogue: The Web Security Baseline
- Privacy — 25/100How this compares across the catalogue: The Privacy Gap
- Reliability — 100/100
- Standards — 92/100
- Discoverability — 47/100
What we measured
- No Content-Security-Policy and no HSTS.
- Served over HTTPS with a valid certificate.
- Real Lighthouse performance run — 247 ms to first byte.
- Returns a proper 404 for unknown routes.
- 2 of 2 sampled routes reachable.
- No privacy policy found.
- Sets cookies / loads scripts with no consent prompt.
Who built it
product account @ghostfork_io
Who it's for
Developers · Security-conscious teams · Organizations requiring code privacy · Self-hosted Git users · Enterprise teams
Sources and updates
- Description
- Taken from ghostfork.io's own website on 2026-08-18.
- Benchmark
- Measured by Legit.Show from the live site, the way any visitor sees it — with no access to its code or accounts. Same method for every product, and no AI decides the score. Last checked 2026-10-14.
Put together from public information, without Ghostfork's involvement. If anything here is wrong, tell us and a person will check it.
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