Ask HN: Private Git repo hosting?

#1

Post by webmaven » Sun, Oct 05, 2014, 11:34 AM UTC

Do you use the paid GitHub plan, the free BitBucket plan, Gitlab, something else, or self-host?

Update: Removed the running totals. I'll summarize later, didn't expect this to be quite so popular.

Re: Ask HN: Private Git repo hosting?

#2

Post by jacquesm » Sun, Oct 05, 2014, 11:38 AM UTC

Paid github. And that's because I feel that when I pay for a service such as this they need to take my money in order to continue to survive. Anything else will sooner or later disappear.

Re: Ask HN: Private Git repo hosting?

#3

Post by rswail » Sun, Oct 05, 2014, 11:43 AM UTC

gitlab... easy to set up and easy to use.

Re: Ask HN: Private Git repo hosting?

#4

Post by wlk » Sun, Oct 05, 2014, 12:02 PM UTC

For private/small projects free BitBucket is enough. For larger projects I have used self-hosted Gitlab which was running very well on relatively low spec server.

Re: Ask HN: Private Git repo hosting?

#5

Post by drinchev » Sun, Oct 05, 2014, 12:04 PM UTC

rswail wrote: post #3

gitlab... easy to set up and easy to use.

I had a gitlab instance on one of my computers that is online 24/7. It is a good solution, but my system was compromised by exploiting ruby / gitshell . Also it took way too much system resources to operate.

Of course it's my responsibility to patch software I'm using, but after considering how much time I would need to run gitlab on my own host ( incl. server upgrade, security configuration, may be kernel + docker installation, etc. ) I decided to go to a paid repo at GitHub.

Re: Ask HN: Private Git repo hosting?

#6

Post by nirix » Sun, Oct 05, 2014, 12:14 PM UTC

I use BitBucket for small private projects. Never had any issues with it. For larger projects I'd go with a paid GitHub plan.

Re: Ask HN: Private Git repo hosting?

#7

Post by 0x0 » Sun, Oct 05, 2014, 12:14 PM UTC

Started on the free bitbucket and went to the paid bitbucket when we needed more than 5 users. With 200+ repositories, we've already exceeded what is available for purchase on github.

Re: Ask HN: Private Git repo hosting?

#8

Post by mindcrime » Sun, Oct 05, 2014, 12:17 PM UTC

We use paid GitHub.

Re: Ask HN: Private Git repo hosting?

#9

Post by eldelshell » Sun, Oct 05, 2014, 12:22 PM UTC

Paid GitHub.

It's great, not really expensive, almost every developer knows how it works.

Simply setting up your own Git repo would be more expensive than a few months of GitHub/BitBucket subscription.

Re: Ask HN: Private Git repo hosting?

#10

Post by webmaven » Sun, Oct 05, 2014, 12:22 PM UTC

drinchev wrote: post #5

rswail wrote: post #3

gitlab... easy to set up and easy to use.

I had a gitlab instance on one of my computers that is online 24/7. It is a good solution, but my system was compromised by exploiting ruby / gitshell . Also it took way too much system resources to operate. Of course it's my responsibility to patch software I'm using, but after considering how much time I would need to run gitlab on my own host ( incl. server upgrade, security configuration, may be kernel + docker i…

Had you considered GitLab's free hosting?