GitHub or GitLab?
Why?

Atom or VSCode. PHP or JS. Its doesnt matter. Whats best for you is whats best for you :p

@ScribeOfGoD Except if it's a service you could self-host. Then use that.

@ScribeOfGoD True, but I think the OP is about to choose one and wants input rather than is trying to start a debate.

You could also consider Azure DevOps (rebranded from VSTS) if you were feeling a bit Microsofty. If you’ve already narrowed it down to Lab v Hub then I’m afraid I have no input to that.

Neither. I'd rather have self hosted then.

If you're going to host yourself go with Gitea, else github. It's the only alternative if you want people to find your work.

If your just using it to store basic code and not working in a team on a somewhat big project, id use github. Its user friendlier, way more projects, has a basic kanban board, can be modded with plugings and people will find your project easier.

For bigger projects and working with a team I use gitlab, it has an amazing CI/CD built in for all your repos. So testing building and deploying is super easy. The project manager imo has more functionality than githubs and they give you the option to self host gitlab if you're worried about having your code on a 3rd party service.

Use both, as your primary host use gitlab, and for publicity use github.