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Jun 20, 2026 · Industry Insights

Is GitHub Crumbling? How Cursor, GitLab and Zed Are Rebuilding Code Hosting

Amid AI‑driven traffic overload, GitHub struggles with billions of commits and pull‑requests, prompting Cursor’s Origin, GitLab’s Project Switch, and Zed’s DeltaDB to redesign version‑control infrastructure, while industry leaders debate new metrics, model ownership and the future of IDEs.