Free Git clones at the edge GitDelivr serves any public Git URL from Cloudflare Workers and stores the packfile in R2. The request is hashed with SHA‑256, the response is cached, and the next clone hits the edge inste…

In practice, a developer on a slow connection sees the same speed as someone on a fast line because the data comes from the nearest Cloudflare node. The cache fills on the first request, then every subsequent clone is…

Bandwidth as the silent bill for open source Open‑source projects rarely charge users, yet they consume bandwidth every time a repository is cloned or a package manager pulls an artifact. GNOME recently redirected Git…

GitDelivr’s model proves that the cost can be shifted to a CDN that absorbs egress fees. Cloudflare charges the operator, not the end user, and the operator can be a community or a commercial entity that recoups expen…